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Attorneys for Plaintiff EEOC
Attorneys for Defendant TESLA, INC.
(Additional counsel listed on next page)
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ROBERTA L. STEELE, SBN 188198 (CA) MARCIA L. MITCHELL, SBN 18122 (WA) 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) 684-0939 Fax No. (415) 522-3425 roberta.steele@eeoc.gov
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
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,
Plaintiff, vs.
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TESLA, INC.
Defendant.
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Additional Counsel:
AMOS BLACKMAN, SBN 50331 (WA) U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Seattle Field Office 909 First Avenue, Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone No. (206) 576-3027 Fax No. (206) 220-6911 amos.blackman@eeoc.gov
Attorneys for Plaintiff EEOC
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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 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
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
Attorneys for Defendant TESLA, INC.
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Pursuant to the Court’s March 27, 2025 Order (ECF 91), 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 April 2, 2025, the EEOC provided Tesla a supplemental list of individuals who have
sought the EEOC’s legal advice and assistance in this action (“Potentially Aggrieved Individuals” or
“PAIs”) to date in this action. Thereafter, the parties engaged in discussions regarding the schedule
for the identification and selection of PAIs set forth in Section 1(d) of the parties’ Protocol to Limit
Discovery for Potentially Aggrieved Individuals (ECF 67-68) (the “PAI Protocol”). In accordance
with Section 1(e) of the PAI Protocol, the parties agreed to modify the interim rolling schedule for
PAI selections and resulting disclosures as follows:
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July 1, 2025: 3rd round of PAI selections
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Sept. 1, 2025: 4th round of PAI selections
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Sept. 29, 2025: Disclosures for 3rd round of PAI selections
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Dec. 1, 2025: 5th round of PAI selections
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Dec. 29, 2025: Disclosures for 4th round of PAI selections
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Mar. 2, 2026: Disclosures for 5th round of PAI selections
The changes to these interim dates do not affect the March 20, 2026 deadline for the completion of
the initial fact discovery period (ECF 65).
On May 6, 2025, Telsa made its first production of deposition transcripts from actions involving allegations of harassment based on race (Black or African American) or retaliation at
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Tesla’s Fremont facility. See ECF 87. Tesla supplemented its list of such actions and number of
depositions identified on April 29, 2025, and has committed to making supplemental productions of
deposition transcripts.
On June 2, 2025, the parties exchanged disclosures of information concerning the PAIs selected by the EEOC and Tesla on March 3, 2025 in accordance with the PAI Protocol.
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 still in the process of evaluating the logged communications and anticipates that it may need additional information or clarification from the EEOC. Tesla will meet and confer with the EEOC to address any potential disputes prior to briefing any remaining issues in a joint discovery dispute letter.
ii. Deposition transcripts in actions concerning race harassment at Fremont Facility.
Status: 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 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 supplemented its list of such actions and number of transcripts on April 29, 2025. Tesla made an initial production of responsive transcripts on May 6, 2025, but this production did not include all the transcripts identified in Tesla’s April 29 list. As such, this dispute is not fully resolved, but Tesla has committed to making supplemental productions of deposition transcripts. Tesla remains committed to producing the agreed-upon deposition transcripts and is currently working through the procedure set forth in Section 9 of the Protective Order with respect to transcripts designated as confidential by nonparties. 3.
Settlement and ADR The parties’ position that ADR is premature has not changed. The Court previously extended
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the parties’ deadline to select an ADR process to November 24, 2025. (ECF 91.) The parties do not
believe a further extension is necessary at this time.
Dated: June 4, 2025 ROBERTA STEELE Regional Attorney MARCIA L. MITCHELL Assistant Regional Trial Attorney KENA C. CADOR Senior Trial Attorney MARIKO M. ASHLEY Senior Trial Attorney AMOS BLACKMAN Senior Trial Attorney BY:
/s/ Amos Blackman Amos Blackman U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Seattle Field Office 909 First Avenue, Suite 400 Seattle, WA 98104 Telephone (206) 576-3027 amos.blackman@eeoc.gov Attorneys for Plaintiff EEOC
BY:
/s/ Tyree P. Jones 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.
LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3) ATTESTATION
I, Amos Blackman, 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: June 4, 2025
/s/ Amos Blackman Amos Blackman, Senior Trial Attorney
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