Free Order on Motion to Amend/Correct - District Court of California - California

Case 4:07-cv-03944-SBA

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WILLIAM R. TAMAYO, SBN 084965 DAVID F. OFFEN-BROWN, SBN 063321 LINDA S. ORDONIO-DIXON, SBN 172830 U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION San Francisco District Office 350 The Embarcadero, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94105-1260 Telephone No. (415) 625-5654 Fax No. (415) 625-5657 Attorneys for Plaintiff MARGARET HART EDWARDS, SBN 65699 JOSHUA D. KIENITZ, SBN 244903 LITTLER MENDELSON A Professional Corporation 650 California Street 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108-2693 Telephone No. (415) 433-1940 Fax No. (415) 358-4566 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC, Defendant. CIVIL ACTION NO. C 07-3944 SBA STIPULATED MOTION TO AMEND PLAINTIFF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION'S COMPLAINT

The parties to the above-entitled action submit this Joint Stipulation to respectfully request that this Court allow Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to amend its Complaint dated August 1, 2007. (Docket No. 1.) Defendant's Answer dated October 1, 2007, contained the denial that "Georgia ­Pacific LLC" was an employer of Charging Party Janet Stege. (Docket No. 10.) Defendant Georgia-Pacific LLC

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concurrently filed "Defendant Georgia-Pacific LLC's Certification of Interested Entities or Persons
Stip. To Amend Complaint C 07-3944 SBA

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And Disclosure Statement ­ Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1" (Docket No. 11.) This pleading indicated that "Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC" is the employer of Charging Party Janet Stege. Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure states, in pertinent part, that "a party may amend the party's pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse party." Fed.R.Civ.P.

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Stip. To Amend Complaint C 07-3944 SBA

15. Here, the parties have stipulated to allow the amendment of the Complaint in order to replace the current Defendant with the entity that has been identified as Charging Party Janet Stege's employer. In view of the foregoing, the parties respectfully request that the Court grant the instant motion to amend and that this Court allow the filing of the attached "First Amended Complaint" upon entry of the Court's order.

Date: January 25, 2008

________//s//__________________ LINDA ORDONIO-DIXON Atty for Plaintiff EEOC

________//s//__________________ MARGARET HART EDWARDS Atty for Defendant Georgia-Pacific LLC

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

2/22/08 Dated: ___________________

_______________________________________ Saundra B. Armstrong U.S. District Court Judge

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