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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

Document Text:

STIPULATION and [PROPOSED] Order

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Anna Y. Park, SBN 164242 

Sue Noh, SBN 192134

Rumduol Vuong, SBN 264392

Nakkisa Akhavan, CA SBN 286260

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

Juancarlos Jauregui, CA SBN 280492

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

2300 Tulare Street, Suite 215

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 487-5135

Facsimile: (559) 487-5053

Email: juancarlos.jauregui@eeoc.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

(Additional Counsel on Next Page)

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,

Defendants.

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Case No: 1:15-CV-01222-DAD-EPG

STIPULATION REQUESTING 

CONTINUANCE OF SETTLEMENT 

AND SCHEDULING CONFERENCES

AND ORDER THEREON

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STIPULATION and [PROPOSED] Order

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SHIRLEY D. DEUTSCH, Bar No. 76230

deutsch@sdllp.net

ROBERT A. SCHWARTZ, Bar No. 92315

schwartz@sdllp.net

SCHWARTZ & DEUTSCH, LLP

333 South Hope Street, 35th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

Telephone: (213) 236-9400

Facsimile: (213) 236-9499

BREN K. THOMAS, Bar No. 156226

bkthomas@littler.com

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.

5200 No. Palm Avenue, Suite 302

Fresno, California 93704-2225

Telephone: (559) 244-7500

Facsimile: (559) 244-7525

Attorneys for Defendants

Magnolia Health Corporation, Merritt Manor, Inc.,

Browning Manor, Inc., Kaweah Manor, Inc.,

Porterville Convalescent, Inc.,

Twin Oaks Assisted Living, Inc., and

Twin Oaks Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Inc.

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Plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC” or 

“Commission”) and Defendants Magnolia Health Corporation, 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. (collectively “Defendants”) hereby 

stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, the Court set a further Settlement Conference for June 10, 2016 and further 

set the Scheduling Conference for June 27, 2016;

WHEREAS, the EEOC delivered a draft Consent Decree to defense counsel on May 16, 

2016 as ordered by the Court;

WHEREAS, the Court ordered that Defendants produce an employee discharge list and 

financial disclosure documents on or before May 16, 2016;

WHEREAS, due to the number of employees who have worked for Defendants in the 

past 2.5 years, and the need to prepare a financial report for each of the seven Defendants, 

Defendants require additional time to prepare and finalize the employee discharge list and 

financial disclosure documents and will provide the documents to the EEOC on or before June 8, 

2016;

WHEREAS, the EEOC requires time to review and consider the documents provided by 

Defendants;

WHEREAS, counsel for the parties believe that the interests of judicial economy would 

be best served by postponing the Settlement and Scheduling Conferences for at least two weeks;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and requested by the parties, through their respective

counsel of record, that:

1. The Settlement Conference be continued to June 27, 2016 at 11 a.m.;

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2. Counsel for Defendants shall submit a redlined version of the proposed Consent 

Decree to the EEOC on or before 5:00 p.m. on June 14, 2016;

3. Counsel for the parties shall participate in a telephone conference to discuss the 

terms of the proposed Settlement Agreement and the documentation produced by 

Defendants at 10:00 a.m. on June 21, 2016; and

4. Counsel for the parties shall submit a joint status report and final red-lined version 

of the Settlement Agreement with Consent Decree to the Court by noon on June 

22, 2016.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Respectfully Submitted, 

U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

Date: June 2, 2016 By: /s/ Nakkisa Akhavan______________

Nakkisa Akhavan

Attorneys for Plaintiff EEOC

Date: June 2, 2016 By: /s/ Shirley D. Deutsch_____________

Shirley D. Deutsch

Attorneys for Defendants

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ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING:

1. The Settlement Conference currently set for June 10, 2016 is hereby continued to 

June 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m.;

2. Counsel for Defendants shall submit a redlined version of the proposed Consent 

Decree to the EEOC on or before 5:00 p.m. on June 14, 2016;

3. Counsel for the parties shall participate in a telephone conference to discuss the 

terms of the proposed Settlement Agreement and the documentation produced by 

Defendants at 10:00 a.m. on June 21, 2016; and

4. Counsel for the parties shall submit a joint status report and final red-lined version 

of the Settlement Agreement with Consent Decree to the Court by noon on June 

22, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 3, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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