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ROBERTA L. STEELE, SBN 188198 (CA) MARCIA L. MITCHELL, SBN 18122 (WA) BEATRIZ ANDRE, SBN 4394599 (NY) 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
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.
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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 June 5, 2025 Order (ECF 94), 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. (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 July 1, 2025, in accordance with the parties’ Protocol to Limit Discovery for Potentially
Aggrieved Individuals (ECF 67-68) and the parties’ agreed-upon modification to the interim rolling
schedule for PAI selections (ECF 93), 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. On July 9, 2025, the EEOC amended its selection to substitute one individual in its
selections due to an inadvertent error identified by Tesla. Per the parties’ modified schedule, the
parties’ disclosures for these selected PAIs are due September 29, 2025.
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
Status: On March 24, 2025, the EEOC provided Tesla with its First Privilege Log. On August 1, 2025, Tesla notified the EEOC that it seeks clarification and additional information concerning some of the withheld communications. The parties are scheduled to meet and confer on August 14, 2025 to address these disputes prior to briefing any remaining issues in a joint discovery dispute letter.
ii. Deposition transcripts in actions concerning race harassment at Fremont Facility.
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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. (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. Tesla has committed to making supplemental productions of
deposition transcripts, but as it has yet to do so, this dispute is not resolved.
3.
Settlement and ADR The parties’ position that ADR is premature has not changed. The Court previously extended
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: August 13, 2025 ROBERTA STEELE Regional Attorney MARCIA L. MITCHELL Assistant Regional Trial Attorney BEATRIZ BISCARDI ANDRE 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
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/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.
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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: August 13, 2025
/s/ Amos Blackman Amos Blackman, Senior Trial Attorney
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