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Parties Involved:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Plaintiff
First America Automotive
Defendant
Lexus of Serramonte
Defendant
Sonic Automotive, Inc.
Defendant

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C-05-0962 SBA 

Ex Parte App./[Proposed] Order 

WILLIAM R. TAMAYO, SBN 084965 

DAVID F. OFFEN-BROWN, SBN 063321 

ELIZABETH ESPARZA-CERVANTES, SBN 205412 

LINDA 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) 625-5654 

Fax No. (415) 625-5657 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

LEXUS OF SERRAMONTE, SONIC 

AUTOMOTIVE, INC., AND FIRST 

AMERICA AUTOMOTIVE, 

 Defendants.

Case No. C-05-0962 SBA 

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER 

SETTING HEARING DATE FOR 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 

 The instant application is filed concurrent with the United States Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. Applicant, EEOC 

requests that the hearing date for its Motion for Partial Summary Judgment be set for September 19, 

2006. Currently, Judge Armstrong’s next available date for hearing this motion, as this case ends in 

an odd number, is October 17, 2006. The trial of this case is set to begin on October 2, 2006. 

 The Court initially set the deadline for the filing of dispositive motions for September 26, 

2006. On August 3, 2006, the EEOC discovered that the Court’s July 31, 2006, Order “extended” 

the hearing deadline to September 19, 2006. EEOC counsel called the Court’s clerk to advise of the 

conflict of deadlines. Thereafter, on August 4, 2006, this Court clarified that the September 26, 

2006 date was in error and that the correct hearing date was September 19, 2006. [Ordonio-Dixon 

Decl. ¶2.] 

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2.

 Discovery in this case is open until August 19, 2006. The EEOC has and continues to 

conduct discovery which includes the subject matter of the instant motion. The EEOC did not file 

the instant motion sooner so as to include all available evidence, including transcripts of the 

deposition testimony described in the Declaration of Elizabeth Esparza-Cervantes at paragraphs 7 to 

9. 

 Upon learning on August 4, 2006 of the corrected hearing deadline set by the July 31st Order, 

the EEOC made immediate plans to file the instant motion. Defense Counsel was contacted on 

August 4, 2006 to arrange to “meet and confer” as directed by this Court’s Pretrial Order. Because 

of the unavailability of Defense Counsel, these “meet and confer” discussions did not conclude until 

Friday, August 11, 2006. [Ordonio-Dixon Decl. ¶3.] 

 The EEOC’s Motion for Summary Judgment is timely filed for the September 19, 2006 

hearing date. As such, setting the hearing for September 19, 2006 would pose no prejudice to 

Defendants. 

 Allowing the EEOC to move forward with the instant motion would allow the Court to rule 

on various clearly deficient defenses raised by Defendants which could ultimately narrow the issues 

to be addressed at trial, thus conserving the time and resources of the Court, the jury and the parties. 

 In view of the foregoing, the EEOC respectfully requests that the Court set the hearing date 

for the instant motion on September 19, 2006. 

WHEREFORE, Applicant prays: 

 That this court issue an Order allowing the EEOC’s motion to be heard before this honorable 

Court on September 19, 2006.

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3.

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated August 14, 2006 U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION 

 

 

BY: _________//s//___________________ 

 Linda Ordonio-Dixon 

 

 It is so ordered. 

 

 8/28/06 _________________________________ 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

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