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Thomas E. Hill (SBN 100861) thomas.hill@hklaw.com Christina T. Tellado (SBN 298597) christina.tellado@hklaw.com HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 400 South Hope Street, 8th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: (213) 896-2400 Facsimile: (213) 896-2450 Attorneys for Defendant TESLA,INC.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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Case No. 3:23-cv-04984-JSC DEFENDANT TESLA, INC.'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS IN LIGHT OF LONG-RUNNING, CURRENTLY PENDING AND VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL STATE COURT LITIGATION
Hearing Date: February 1, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM Judge: Hon. Jacqueline Scott Corey Courtroom: 8
Complaint Filed: September 28, 2023
Defendant.
[Defendant's Notice ofMotion and Motion; Declarations ofSara A. Begley, Tiffany Hart, Thomas E. Hill, and Jessica Quon-Vaili; Exhibits in Support ofMotion; and Proposed Order, All Filed Concurrently Herewith]
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Sara A. Begley (admitted pro hac vice) sara. begley@hklaw.com HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 1650 Market Street, Suite 3300 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Telephone: (215) 252-9600 Facsimile: (215) 867-6070 Samuel J. Stone (SBN 317013) sam.stone@hklaw.com Mary T. Vu (SBN 323088) mary.vu@hklaw.com HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 400 South Hope Street, 8th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071 Telephone: (213) 896-2400 Facsimile: (213) 896-2450 Raymond A. Cardozo (SBN 173263) rcardozo@reedsmith.com REED SMITH LLP 101 Second Street, Suite 1800 San Francisco, California 94105-3659 Telephone: (415) 543-8700 Facsimile: (415) 391-8269
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Tyree P. Jones Jr. (SBN 127631) tpjones@reedsmith.com REED SMITH LLP 1301 K Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20005-3317 Telephone: (202) 414-9200 Facsimile: (202) 414-9299
Attorneys for Defendant TESLA, INC.
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I. Introduction
Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 201 ("Rule 201"), Defendant Tesla, Inc. ("Defendant" or "Tesla")
hereby requests the Court to take judicial notice of certain documents that are attached as exhibits to
"Defendant's Exhibits in Support of Motion to Stay All Proceedings in Light of Long-Running,
Currently Pending and Virtually Identical State Court Litigation" ("Defendant's Motion Exhibits"),
filed concurrently herewith. The subject documents consist of true and correct copies of (1) state
court dockets, filings and orders, (2) state and federal agency administrative filings and notices, and
(3) information obtained from government websites. Judicial notice of these documents under Rule
201 is appropriate for the following reasons
II. Legal Standard
Federal courts may take judicial notice of facts that "can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned." Fed. R. Evid. 201(b)(c). It is thus well established that federal courts may take judicial notice of state court orders and proceedings that are relevant to a federal action. See Dawson v. Mahoney, 451 F.3d 550, 551 n.1 (9th Cir. 2006) (taking judicial notice of state court orders and proceedings); see also United States v. Black, 482 F.3d 1035, 1041 (9th Cir. 2007) (stating that a federal court "may take notice of proceedings in other courts, both within and without the federal judicial system, if those proceedings have a direct relation
to matters at issue"); ScripsAmerica, Inc. v. Ironridge Global LLC, 56 F. Supp. 3d 1121, 1136 (C.D.
Cal. 2014) ("It is well established that federal courts may take judicial notice of related state court
orders and proceedings.").
Records and reports of administrative bodies, including the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), may also be judicially noticed under Rule 201. See Anderson v. Holder, 673 F.3d 1089, 1094 n.1 (9th Cir. 2012) (internal quotation marks omitted) (a court "may
take judicial notice of records and reports of administrative bodies"); Cunningham v. Litton Indus., 413 F.2d 887, 889 n.2 (9th Cir. 1969) (taking judicial notice of EEOC decision); Flewellen-El v. AT&T, Servs., No. C 17-04193 WHA, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40382, at *5 n.1 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 12, 2018) (plaintiff's EEOC discrimination charge was part of administrative record and properly
judicially noticed); Larson v. Conewango Prods., No. CV F 09-1060 LJO SMS, 2010 U.S. Dist.
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LEXIS 26636, at *16 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 18, 2010) (taking judicial notice of EEOC Notice of Charge of
Discrimination).
Finally, information and documents obtained from government agency websites "have often
been treated as proper subjects for judicial notice." Paralyzed Veterans ofAm. v. McPherson, 2008
U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69542, at *17 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 8, 2008) (citations omitted); see Ibarra v. Loan City,
Case No. 09-CV-02228-IEG (POR), 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6583, at *8 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 27, 2010).
III. Documents Subject to Judicial Notice
Based on the foregoing, Tesla asks the Court to take judicial notice of the following
documents, true and correct copies of which are included amongst Defendant's Motion Exhibits.
These documents are publicly accessible and available, and their authenticity cannot be reasonably
disputed.
(1) Exhibit A: Copy of the court docket in Vaughn, et al. v. Tesla, Inc., et al., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RGl 7882082 (the "Vaughn Case").
(2) Exhibit B: Copy of the court docket in Department ofFair Employment and Housing v.
Tesla, Inc., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 22CV006830 (the "CRD Case").
(3) Exhibit C: Copy of the operative Second Amended Complaint in the Vaughn Case.
(4) Exhibit D: Copy of the operative First Amended Complaint in the CRD Case.
(5) Exhibit F: Copy of the EEOC's Commissioner's Charge of Discrimination in Burrows
v. Tesla, Inc., Charge No. 555-2019-01273 (the "EEOC Administrative Action"), dated May 28,
2019.
(6) Exhibit G: Copy of the DFEH's Director's Discrimination Complaint in Kish v. Tesla,
Inc., DFEH Administrative Case No. 201906-06540918, dated June 21, 2019.
(7) Exhibit H: Copy of the 2019 and 2022 Worksharing Agreements between the EEOC and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing/ Civil Rights Department.
(8) Exhibit I: Copy of the Transcript of Proceedings (Dec. 13, 2021) in US. EEOC v.
Activision Blizzard, Inc., et. al., United States District Court (C.D. Cal.) Case No. 2:21-CV-07682 DSF-JEM (the "Activision Case").
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(9) Exhibit M: Copy of EEOC Determination Letter in the EEOC's Administrative Action, dated June 1, 2022.
10) Exhibit N: Copy of EEOC Press Release, dated September 28, 2023.
(11) Exhibit 0: Copy of Tesla's Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award (including copy of
final Arbitration Award) filed in Tesla, Inc. v. De Witt Lambert, Alameda County Superior Court Case
No.RG17854515,onMay2,2019.
(12) Exhibit P: Copy of Court's Order on Submitted Matter, dated November 18, 2022, filed in the CRD Case.
(13) Exhibit Q: Copy of letter from Rosa M. Viramontes, District Director, EEOC Los
Angeles District Office, to Activision Blizzard, Inc., filed in the Activision Case on November 8,
2021.
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(14) Exhibit R: Copy of Court's Order Denying Motion to Intervene, in the Activision Case,
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IV. Conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, the Court should grant Tesla's request and take judicial notice of the above-identified documents.
Respectfully submitted,
Dated: December 18, 2023
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
Isl Thomas E. Hill Thomas E. Hill Attorneys for Defendant TESLA,INC.
DEF. TESLA, INC.'S REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPP. OF MOT. TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS Case No.: 3:23-cv-4984-JSC
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