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Parties Involved:
Browning Manor, Inc.
Defendant
Kaweah Manor, Inc.
Defendant
Magnolia Health Corporation
Defendant
Merritt Manor, Inc.
Defendant
Porterville Convalescent, Inc.
Defendant
Twin Oaks Assisted Living, Inc.
Defendant
Twin Oaks Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Inc.
Defendant
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Plaintiff

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Anna Y. Park, CA SBN 164242 

Sue Noh, CA SBN 192134

Rumduol Vuong, CA SBN 264392

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

255 East Temple Street, Fourth Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Telephone: (213) 894-1083

Facsimile: (213) 894-1301

E-Mail: lado.legal@eeoc.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MAGNOLIA HEALTH CORPORATION, 

TWIN OAKS ASSISTED LIVING, INC., 

TWIN OAKS REHABILITATION AND 

NURSING CENTER, INC., 

PORTERVILLE CONVALESCENT, INC., 

BROWNING MANOR, INC., KAWEAH 

MANOR, INC., MERRITT MANOR, INC., 

and Does 1-10 inclusive,

Defendant(s).

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Case No.: 1:15-CV-01222—EPG

UNOPPOSED EX PARTE MOTION TO 

CONTINUE MANDATORY 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE; 

DECLARATION; ORDER

Plaintiff EEOC submits the following unopposed ex parte motion to continue the 

mandatory scheduling conference and attendant deadlines. 

On August 5, 2015, the EEOC filed the instant action against Defendants Magnolia 

Health Corporation (“Magnolia”), Twin Oaks Assisted Living, Inc., Twin Oaks Rehabilitation 

and Nursing Center, Inc., Porterville Convalescent, Inc., Browning Manor, Inc., Kaweah Manor, 

Inc., and Merritt Manor, Inc. (See Docket No. 1). 

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On August 6, 2015, the Court issued an order setting the mandatory scheduling 

conference for November 10, 2015. (Docket No. 4). Pursuant to that Order, the joint scheduling 

report is due on November 3, 2015 and the parties must meet and confer pursuant to Rule 26(f) 

by October 20, 2015.

On September 15, 2015, the EEOC sent Defendants Magnolia, et al. a Notice of Lawsuit 

and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons. (Vuong Dec. at ¶ 3). Pursuant to Rule 4(d)(3)

“[a] defendant who, before being served with process, timely returns a waiver need not serve an 

answer to the complaint until 60 days after the request was sent.” Fed.R.Civ.P 4(d)(3). Defense 

counsel, Shirley Deutsch, has stated that Defendants will likely agree to waive the service of 

summons, thereby rendering the deadline for Defendants to submit responsive pleading to 

November 16, 2015. (Vuong Dec. at ¶ 4). 

Good cause exists to continue the mandatory scheduling conference for thirty (30) days.

Initially, Defendants do not oppose a thirty (30) day extension but are unable to agree to a joint 

stipulation as they have yet to appear in the case. (Vuong Dec. at ¶ 4). Further, as Defendants’ 

answer will likely be due on November 16, 2015, the parties would be unable to complete either 

the joint scheduling report or participate in the Rule 26(f) conference, which are both 

prerequisites to the mandatory scheduling conference. Additionally, responsive pleadings by 

Defendants will illuminate several critical issues, including what affirmative defenses 

Defendants will raise and thus the scope of discovery. Moreover, the requested continuance will 

not result in any undue delay or prejudice to either party as Defendants have not yet appeared in 

this case; indeed, the continuance of the mandatory scheduling conference would permit the 

Defendants to meaningfully participate in those proceedings. 

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Accordingly, the EEOC requests that this Court continue the mandatory scheduling 

conference, which is currently set for November 10, 2015 for a period of thirty (30) days. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: October 23, 2015 _/s/ Rumduol Vuong_________

RUMDUOL VUONG,

Senior Trial Attorney 

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

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ORDER

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWING, THIS COURT HEREBY ORDERS THAT

The initial scheduling conference shall be moved to December 10, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. The 

parties shall conduct their conference by or on November 19, 2015 and their joint scheduling 

report shall be due to the Court on December 3, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 23, 2015 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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