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ROBERTA L. STEELE, SBN 188198 (CA) MARCIA L. MITCHELL, SBN 18122 (WA) JAMES H. BAKER JR, SBN 291836 (CA) KENA C. CADOR, SBN 321094 (CA) MARIKO M. ASHLEY, SBN 311897 (CA) U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION San Francisco District Office 450 Golden Gate Ave., 5th Floor West P.O. Box 36025 San Francisco, CA 94102 Telephone No. (650) 684-0950 Fax No. (415) 522-3425 james.baker@eeoc.gov
Attorneys for Plaintiff EEOC
CHRISTINA T. TELLADO, SBN 298597 (CA) MARY VU, SBN 323088 (CA) POLSINELLI LLP 20249 Century Park East Suite 2900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone (310)-556-1801 Fax No. (310)-556-1802 ttellado@polsinelli.com mvu@polsinelli.com
Attorneys for Defendant TESLA, INC. (Additional counsel listed on next page)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
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vs.
Case No.: 3:23-cv-04984-JSC UPDATED JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
TESLA, INC.
Defendant.
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TYREE P. JONES JR., SBN 127631 (CA) POLSINELLI 1401 I Street, N.W., Washington, DC 2005-3317 Telephone No. (202) 783-3300 tjones@polsinelli.com
Attorneys for Defendant TESLA, INC.
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SARA A. BEGLEY (admitted pro hac vice) DANA E. FEINSTEIN (admitted pro hac vice) POLSINELLI LLP Three Logan Square 1717 Arch St, Suite 2800 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: 215-267-3001 Facsimile: 215-267-3002 sbegley@polsinelli.com dfeinstein@polsinelli.com
RAYMOND A. CARDOZO, SBN 173263 (CA) REED SMITH LLP 101 Second Street, Suite 1800 San Francisco, California 94105-3659 Telephone No. (415) 543-8700 Fax No. (415) 391-8269 rcardozo@reedsmith.com
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Pursuant to the Court’s January 21, 2025, Minute Order (ECF 81), Plaintiff U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Defendant Tesla, Inc. (Tesla), (collectively, the
parties), hereby submit the following Updated Joint Case Management Conference Statement (CMC
Statement). In accordance with the Court’s Pretrial Order No. 2 and Civil Standing Order this CMC
Statement only addresses new issues. See ECF 65; Civil Standing Order at 2, Section E.
1.
Motions
There are no pending motions, though the parties are continuing to meet and confer on
ongoing discovery issues that they anticipate could be submitted to the Court in Discovery Dispute
Letters, as summarized below in Section 2 (Discovery).
2.
Discovery a.
Status On March 3, 2025, in accordance with the parties’ Protocol to Limit Discovery for
Potentially Aggrieved Individuals (ECF 67-68), the EEOC and Tesla each identified another 10
potentially aggrieved individuals (20 total) for whom they will disclose certain information as
defined by the protocol. The parties’ disclosures for these identified PAIs are due June 3, 2025.
On March 24, in accordance with the Second ESI Protocol (ECF 88), the EEOC produced its First Privilege Log to Tesla.
b. Pending Discovery Disputes i. EEOC Communications with plaintiffs in Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Tesla, Inc., Alameda County Superior Court No. 22CV006830, and Vaughn, et al. v. Tesla, Inc., et al., Alameda County Superior Court No. RG 17882082 Tesla Statement: On March 24, the EEOC provided Tesla with its First Privilege Log. Tesla is currently evaluating the logged communications and anticipates that it may have disputes concerning some of the withheld communications. Tesla will meet and confer with the EEOC to address any disputes prior to briefing any remaining issues in a joint discovery dispute letter. ii. Deposition transcripts in actions concerning race harassment at Fremont Facility. EEOC Statement: On February 7, 2025, the Court ordered Tesla to identify by March 7 all actions involving allegations of harassment based on race (Black or African American) or retaliation
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at Tesla’s Fremont facility, and the number of transcripts to be produced from each action and a
reasonable date by which the transcripts will be produced. See ECF 87. Tesla identified the actions it
believes to be responsive and has committed to producing responsive transcripts by May 6, 2025,
which would resolve this dispute.
3.
Settlement and ADR The parties’ position that ADR is premature has not changed. The parties request that the
Court extend the deadline to select an ADR process to November 24, 2025. The current deadline for
the parties to select an ADR process is May 26, 2025. See ECF 65.
Dated: December 5, 2024 ROBERTA STEELE Regional Attorney MARCIA L. MITCHELL Assistant Regional Trial Attorney JAMES H. BAKER Senior Trial Attorney KENA C. CADOR Senior Trial Attorney MARIKO M. ASHLEY Senior Trial Attorney BY:
/s/ James H. Baker James H. Baker U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION San Francisco District Office 450 Golden Gate Ave., 5th Floor West P.O. Box 36025 San Francisco, CA 94102 Telephone (650) 684-0950 james.baker@eeoc.gov
Attorneys for Plaintiff EEOC BY:
/s/ Tyree P. Jones Jr.
Tyree P. Jones Jr., SBN 127631 (CA) POLSINELLI 1401 I Street, N.W., Washington, DC 2005-3317 Telephone No. (202) 783-3300 Attorneys for Defendant Tesla Inc.
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LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) ATTESTATION I, James H. Baker, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file the Joint Case Management Conference Statement. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Tyree P. Jones concurs in this filing. Dated: March 26, 2025
/s/ James H. Baker James H. Baker, Senior Trial Attorney
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