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Parties Involved:
College of Health & Human Services, San Francisco State University
Defendant
Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIA POWELL KELLER-MCINTYRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN

SERVICES, SAN FRANCISCO STATE

UNIVERSITY,

Defendant.

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No. C-06-3209 MMC (EMC)

ORDER OVERRULING DEFENDANT’S

OBJECTIONS TO LATE-SERVED LIST

OF FIVE SIMILARLY SITUATED

EMPLOYEES

(Docket No. 135)

Defendant the College of Health & Human Services, San Francisco State University, has

objected to Plaintiff Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre’s designation of decision makers and employees

as untimely. The University further objects that one of the five employees designated by Ms.

Keller-McIntyre is not similarly situated. The Court construes the University’s objections as a

motion for protective order and hereby DENIES the motion.

Regarding the first objection, the University has provided evidence that the designation of

decision makers and employees was untimely. See Shupe Decl., Ex. A. However, in spite of the

untimeliness, there are two factors counseling against the University’s request for a protective order.

First, the University has not demonstrated any prejudice as a result of the untimely

designation. Ms. Keller-McIntyre’s designation was only a few days late, and trial is not scheduled

until April of next year. Second, and more important, it would have been difficult, if not impossible,

for Ms. Keller-McIntyre to comply with the Court’s November 29 order. The November 29 order

required a designation within three days of the order. In issuing the order, the Court did not take

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into account the fact that the order was served upon Ms. Keller-McIntyre by mail. It is likely that

Ms. Keller-McIntyre did not receive the order until at least a day or two after service. Cf. Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 6(e) (where a party must act within a prescribed period after service and

service is made by mail, “3 days are added after the prescribed period would otherwise expire.”). 

Given these circumstances, the Court cannot, as a matter of fairness, hold Ms. Keller-McIntyre to

the strict terms of the November 29 order. 

As for the second objection, the University argues that Jason Katz is not a similarly situated

employee because he is Ms. Keller-McIntyre’s supervisor, “not an employee who, like plaintiff, is

supervised by him.” Obj. at 1. The fact that Mr. Katz is a supervisor -- even Ms. Keller-McIntyre’s

supervisor -- does not automatically mean that it is impossible for him to be similarly situated. As

the Court indicated in its November 29 order, whether a person might be similarly situated is a fact

specific inquiry and is not precluded simply because one is a supervisor. In the absence of

additional argument or evidence, the Court cannot conclude that a protective order is warranted.

The University’s objections are overruled.

This order disposes of Docket No. 135.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2006

_________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIA POWELL KELLER-MCINTYRE,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN

SERVICES, SAN FRANCISCO STATE

UNIVERSITY,

Defendant.

______________________________/

No. C-06-3209 MMC (EMC)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the U.S. District Court, Northern

District of California. On the below date, I served a true and correct copy of the attached, by placing

said copy/copies in a postage-paid envelope addressed to the person(s) listed below, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail; or by placing said copy/copies into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Office of the Clerk.

Julia Powell Keller-McIntyre

P.O. Box 320662

San Francisco, CA 94132

415/314-4204 (cell)

415/405-3943 (work)

ALL OTHER COUNSEL/PARTIES TO

RECEIVE ORDER VIA ELECTRONIC

FILING

Dated: December 21, 2006 RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK

By: /s/ 

Leni Doyle

Deputy Clerk

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