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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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2nd MOT. TO EXTEND CMC DEADLINES 

06 – 00561 AWI DLB

WILLIAM R. TAMAYO, SBN 084965 

DAVID F. OFFEN-BROWN, SBN 063321 

LINDA S. ORDONIO-DIXON, SBN 172830 

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 

San Francisco District Office 

350 The Embarcadero, Suite 500 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1260 

Telephone No. (415) 625-5658 

Fax No. (415) 625-5657 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

GRIMMWAY ENTERPRISES, INC. 

d/b/a GRIMMWAY FARMS; 

ESPARZA ENTERPRISES, INC. 

 Defendant. 

 

CIVIL ACTION NO. 06 – 00561 AWI DLB 

SECOND MOTION TO EXTEND CASE 

MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE AND JOINT CASE 

MANAGEMENT STATEMENT DEADLINE; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

FRCP 16(b) 

 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b), Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC), hereby requests an extension of the case management hearing and related 

deadlines set out in this Court’s Order dated August 9, 2006. The Case Management Conference 

statement is currently due on October 5, 2006 and the Scheduling Conference itself is scheduled for 

October 12, 2006. 

 Good cause exists for the granting of an extension as it will allow the parties to engage in 

meaningful settlement discussions. The parties have agreed to begin such discussions now so as to 

avoid the cost of protracted litigation. In keeping with this intent, the EEOC has provided the 

Complaint and related documents to Defendants; however, official service of process has not yet 

been completed in order to avoid the expense of the drafting of an Answer should settlement 

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negotiations be successful. [See Dixon Decl. ¶2.] 

In order to allow the EEOC to determine the number and extent of the claimants in this case, 

on August 17, 2006, Defendant Grimmway Farms provided to the EEOC a list of approximately 500 

women who worked in the locale of the alleged harassment during the relevant time period. The list 

contains the name of each woman as well as her last known address and phone number. [See Dixon 

Decl. ¶3.] 

Unfortunately, the EEOC has encountered significant problems contacting the women 

identified on the list. More than one-third of an initial mass mailing sent out by the EEOC was 

returned. Nearly all of these returned letters did not have forwarding addresses. In addition, the 

mailing process has taken a significant amount of time. In most cases, letters are not returned for

two or three weeks. The EEOC’s continuing attempts to contact women has required extensive 

database research and the re-mailing of many of the letters. [See Dixon Decl. ¶4.] 

The EEOC has also attempted to contact individuals by phone with very limited success 

because of disconnected telephones, wrong numbers, unreturned voicemail messages and language 

barriers. These efforts continue. [See Dixon Decl. ¶5.] 

The EEOC has stepped up its efforts to contact the women on the list provided by Defendant

Grimmway Farms. Unfortunately, at present, the EEOC is unable to confirm contact with more than 

two-thirds of the women. However, the EEOC has been able to make contact with more women as 

time progresses. [See Dixon Decl. ¶6.] 

Based on the foregoing, the EEOC requests that the Court allow a second extension of the 

Case Management Conference deadlines so that the EEOC may have sufficient time to complete the 

task of contacting the women identified by Grimmway Farms. In turn this will allow the parties to 

engage in meaningful settlement discussions with identifiable claimants. 

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The EEOC respectfully requests that the Court extend the Case Management dates as 

follows: 

Mandatory Scheduling Conference December 14, 2006, 9:00 a.m., Ctrm #9, 6th Floor 

Joint Scheduling Report Deadline December 7, 2006 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: October 5, 2006 _______//s//_____________________________ 

LINDA ORDONIO-DIXON 

Attorney for Plaintiff EEOC 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 6, 2006 ____/s/ Dennis L. Beck______ DENNIS L. BECK

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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