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Parties Involved:
Adams & Associates
Respondent
Joseph F. Frankl
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH F. FRANKL, Regional Director 

of Region 20 of the National Labor 

Relations Board, for and on behalf of the 

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS 

BOARD, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

ADAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC., 

Respondent. 

No. 2:14-cv-02766-KJM-EFB 

ORDER AMENDING ORDER FILED 

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 

 This matter is before the court on the motion to amend by petitioner Joseph F. 

Frankl, Regional Director of Region 20 of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or 

“Board”). (ECF No. 29.) Petitioner seeks to amend this court’s February 10, 2015 order. (Id.) 

Respondent Adams & Associates, Inc. (“Adams” or “respondent”) opposes the motion. (ECF No. 

31.) The court found the motion appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

78; L.R. 230(g). As explained below, the court GRANTS the motion. 

I. BACKGROUND 

 On November 25, 2014, petitioner moved for an injunction under section 10(j) of 

the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), 29 U.S.C. § 160(j), contending respondent had 

engaged in unfair labor practices in violation of the NLRA. (ECF No. 1.) After thorough 

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briefing and oral argument, the court granted petitioner’s motion on February 10, 2015. (ECF 

No. 27.) In granting petitioner’s motion for injunctive relief, the court ordered respondent to 

offer Genesther Taylor reinstatement to her job position and to permit her access to the 

Sacramento Job Corps Center for the purpose of representing union members in union-related 

matters. (Id. at 15–16.) 

 Petitioner now moves to amend that order to include the following: “that pending 

the final disposition of the matters involved now pending before the Board, [r]espondent is 

ordered to cease and desist from . . .” 

a) Refusing to hire Genesther Taylor or other bargaining unit 

employees of predecessor employer Horizons because of their 

union support or affiliation; 

b) Refusing to permit Genesther Taylor or other Union representatives 

access to the Center for the purpose of collective bargaining; [and] 

c) In any like or related manner interfering with, restraining or 

coercing employees in the exercise of their Section 7 rights. 

(ECF No. 29 at 2.) 

 Respondent opposes the motion, arguing there is “no reasonable justification for 

[petitioner’s] unnecessary and punitive request.” (ECF No. 31 at 1.) 

II. LEGAL STANDARD 

 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(a) provides: “The court may correct . . . a 

mistake arising from oversight or omission whenever one is found in a[n] . . . order . . . . The 

court may do so on motion or on its own, with or without notice.” This court “may properly 

invoke Rule 60(a) to make a[n] [order] reflect the actual intentions and necessary implications of 

the court’s decision.” Robi v. Five Platters, Inc., 918 F.2d 1439, 1445 (9th Cir. 1990). In ruling 

on such a motion, district courts are afforded “wide latitude,” and the rulings are reviewed under 

the “abuse of discretion” standard. Id. 

III. DISCUSSION 

 As noted above, petitioner asks this court to amend its February 10, 2015 order to 

“include cease and desist provisions that would restrain [r]espondent from: 1) refusing to hire 

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Genesther Taylor or other bargaining unit employees of predecessor employer Horizons because 

of their union support or affiliation; 2) refusing to permit Genesther Taylor or other Union 

representatives access to the Center for the purpose of collective bargaining; and 3) in any like or 

related manner interfering with, restraining or coercing employees in the exercise of their Section 

7 rights.” (ECF No. 29-1 at 3.) Petitioner reasons the “omission of these cease and desist 

provisions is clear error,” because the Board’s remedy for the violations at issue “includes both an 

affirmative provision that employees be reinstated to their former positions, as well as a cease and 

desist provision restraining the employer from refusing to hire employees of its predecessor.” (Id.

at 4.) 

 The court finds amending its February 10, 2015 order is warranted. In holding so, 

the court does not engage in any fact-finding regarding respondent’s compliance with the court’s 

February 10, 2015 order. Rather, the court makes a limited amendment to its prior order to reflect 

its original intention. The cease and desist provisions that petitioner now seeks to add to the 

court’s order were included in both the original petition for injunction (ECF No. 1 at 8–9) and the 

proposed temporary injunction order (ECF No. 1-4 at 2). The court should have included those 

provisions in its order because they are designed to effectuate the purposes and policies of the 

NLRA. See Frankl v. HTH Corp., 825 F. Supp. 2d 1010, 1050 (D. Haw. 2011), aff’d sub nom. 

Frankl ex rel. N.L.R.B. v. HTH Corp., 693 F.3d 1051 (9th Cir. 2012); New Breed Leasing Corp., 

317 NLRB 1011, 1026–27 (1995). Therefore, the court AMENDS the directive portion of its 

February 10, 2015 order (ECF No. 27) to read as follows: 

 The court HEREBY ORDERS respondent, its officers, representatives, 

supervisors, agents, servants, employees, attorneys, and all persons acting on its behalf or in 

participation with it to take the following steps pending the final disposition of the matter: 

a. Offer Genesther Taylor immediate instatement to the job position which she 

previously held with her predecessor employer Horizons, or to a substantially 

equivalent position if her position no longer exists, without prejudice to 

Taylor’s rights and privileges, displacing, if necessary, any newly hired outside 

applicants; 

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b. Permit Genesther Taylor access to the Sacramento Job Corps Center for the 

purpose of representing union members in grievance proceedings and other 

union-related matters (such as collective-bargaining sessions) that occur there; 

c. Within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order, post copies of the District 

Court’s Order at the Sacramento Job Corps Center located in Sacramento, 

California, in all places where notices to its employees are normally posted; 

maintain these postings during the Board’s administrative proceeding free from 

all obstructions and defacements; grant all employees free and unrestricted 

access to said postings; and grant to agents of the Board reasonable access to 

its facilities to monitor compliance with this posting requirement; and 

d. Within twenty-one (21) days of the issuance of this order, file with the court 

and serve upon the Regional Director of Region 20 of the Board, a sworn 

affidavit from a responsible official describing with specificity the manner in 

which respondent has complied with the terms of the Order, including the 

locations of the posted documents. 

 The court ADDITIONALLY ORDERS that no later than seven (7) days after the 

ALJ issues the final recommendation, the parties shall file a Joint Status Report with the court 

briefly setting forth the decision of the ALJ and the schedule for further proceedings before the 

Board. 

 The court FURTHER ORDERS respondent, its officers, representatives, 

supervisors, agents, servants, employees, attorneys and all persons acting on its behalf or in 

participation with it, to cease and desist from the following acts and conduct, pending the final 

disposition of this matter now pending before the board: 

 a. Refusing to hire Genesther Taylor or other bargaining unit employees of 

 predecessor employer Horizons because of their union support or affiliation; 

 b. Refusing to permit Genesther Taylor or other Union representatives access to 

 the Sacramento Job Corps Center for the purpose of collective bargaining; 

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 c. In any like or related manner interfering with, restraining or coercing 

 employees in the exercise of their Section 7 rights. 

 The court’s February 10, 2015 order shall remain in full effect in all other respects. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: March 18, 2015. 

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