Ou-Young v. Vasquez et al

Filing 22

ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh finding as moot 17 Motion ; granting 21 Motion to Continue (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/14/2012)

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Case5:12-cv-02789-LHK Document21 Filed08/10/12 Page1 of 4 1 2 3 MELINDA HAAG (CSBN 132612) United States Attorney JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143) Chief, Civil Division JAMES A. SCHARF (CSBN 152171) Assistant United States Attorney 4 5 6 7 150 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 900 San Jose, CA 95113 Telephone: (498) 535-5044 Facsimile: (408) 535-5081 Attorneys for United States of America and United States Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SAN JOSE DIVISION 12 KUANG-BAO P. OU-YOUNG, 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ALEJANDRO B. VASQUEZ, in his official ) capacity; et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) No. CV 12-02789 LHK ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FROM OCTOBER 17, 2012, TO NOVEMBER 15, 2012 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-11, the United States of America 20 and United States Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe1 hereby move the Court for an order 21 continuing the October 17, 2012 Case Management Conference to November 15, 2012, or any 22 date thereafter, to be held, if necessary, following the hearing on the pending motion to dismiss 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 Plaintiff has not yet properly served the individual defendants named in Case No. C 1202789 in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 4(c)(2) and 4(i)(3), which require personal service by an adult who is not a party. To the extent plaintiff is pursuing tort claims against federal employees acting in their official capacities, the United States of America is the only proper defendant. 28 U.S.C. § 2679(b)(1). To the extent plaintiff is pursuing employment discrimination claims, United States Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe, as head of the agency which employed plaintiff, is the only proper defendant. 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-16. Administrative Motion to Continue CMC CV 12-02789 LHK Case5:12-cv-02789-LHK Document21 Filed08/10/12 Page2 of 4 1 2 filed August 9, 2012, Document 20, which is set for hearing on November 15, 2012. By way of background, plaintiff filed this action on May 31, 2012. Plaintiff declined to 3 proceed before a Magistrate Judge and this case was re-assigned to Your Honor. On July 17, 4 2012, in response to plaintiff’s administrative motion, moving parties advised the Court that they 5 intended to file a motion to dismiss on August 10, 2012 and requested the Court to schedule a 6 Case Management Conference for October 3, 2012, or any date thereafter, so that the Case 7 Management Conference occurred after the hearing on the motion to dismiss. On August 9, 8 2012, the moving parties filed their motion to dismiss (Document 20). As per Your Honor’s 9 Courtroom Deputy, the first available hearing date was November 15, 2012, and the moving 10 parties noticed the hearing on the motion to dismiss for that date. Also on August 9, 2012, after 11 filing the motion to dismiss, counsel for the moving parties called plaintiff on the telephone and 12 left a voice-mail message for plaintiff requesting plaintiff to stipulate to the administrative relief 13 requested herein. As of this filing, plaintiff has not responded to that request.2 14 As defendant’s pending motion to dismiss should be dispositive, the moving parties 15 request that the Case Management Conference be continued until November 15, 2012, or any 16 date thereafter, in order to conserve time and resources. 17 18 Dated: August 10, 2012 Respectfully submitted, MELINDA HAAG United States Attorney 19 20 ___________/S/____________ James A. Scharf Assistant United States Attorney 21 22 23 24 25 26 2 I declare under penalty of perjury that the background facts stated in this administrative motion are true and correct. 27 28 Administrative Motion to Continue CMC CV 12-02789 LHK 2 Case5:12-cv-02789-LHK Document21 Filed08/10/12 Page3 of 4 1 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER Good cause appearing, the October 17, 2012, Case Management Conference is continued 3 to November 15, 2012, to be held, if necessary, immediately following the hearing on the 4 pending motion to dismiss. The parties shall file their Case Management Conference Statement(s) on or before November 8, 2012. Plaintiff's motion to change time is DENIED as moot. See ECF No. 17. 5 6 7 August 14 DATED: ____________________, 2012 Hon. Lucy H. Koh United States District Court Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Administrative Motion to Continue CMC CV 12-02789 LHK 3

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