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Parties Involved:
JungOak Cha
Plaintiff
The Permanente Medical Group
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 Plaintiff Cha, proceeding pro se, erroneously captioned her complaint against “The Kaiser

Permanente,” but according to Defendant, the corporate entity that employed Ms. Cha is “The

Permanente Medical Group, Inc.” See Docket No. 7. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUNGOAK CHA,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE KAISER PERMANENTE,

Defendants.

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No. C-14-04672-EMC

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING ORDER

On December 1, 2014, Defendant Permanente Medical Group1

 filed a motion to dismiss

Cha’s pro se complaint alleging various causes of action, including discrimination causes of action

purportedly arising under federal law. See Docket No. 7. Defendant claims Ms. Cha’s federal

discrimination claims are time-barred because they were not filed within ninety (90) days of her

receipt a Right to Sue notice from the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing

(DFEH). Id. at 6-7. Defendant does not appear, however, to cite any case law or other relevant

authority that establishes that a right to sue letter issued by the DFEH triggers the federal 90 day

limitations period that may otherwise be triggered when a claimant receives a Right to Sue notice

from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). See Payan v. Aramark

Management Services Ltd. P’ Ship, 495 F.3d 1119, 1121 (9th Cir. 2007) (holding that a plaintiff has

ninety days to file a Title VII action after receipt of an EEOC right-to-sue notice letter). 

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Defendant is hereby ORDERED to submit a supplemental brief, not to exceed three pages in

length, that contains its best authorities in support of its position that the ninety day federal

limitations period begins to run from the date of receipt of a DFEH right-to-sue notice. Defendant’s

supplemental brief shall be filed no later than noon PST on Monday, January 12, 2015. Plaintiff

may (but is not obligated to) file her own brief, not to exceed three pages, containing any authorities

she believes support her position that the DFEH letter did not trigger the federal limitations period. 

Any such brief must be filed no later than Wednesday, January 15, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 8, 2015

_________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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