MOTION to Stay All Proceedings filed by Tesla, Inc.. Motion Hearing set for 2/1/2024 10:00 AM in San Francisco, Courtroom 08, 19th Floor before Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley. Responses due by 12/28/2023. Replies due by 1/4/2024. DEFENDANT TESLA, INC.'S NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS IN LIGHT OF LONG-RUNNING, CURRENTLY PENDING AND VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL STATE COURT LITIGATION; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT THEREOF (Attachments: # (1) Declaration of Sara Begley ISO, # (2) Declaration of Tiffany Hart ISO, # (3) Declaration of Thomas Hill ISO, # (4) Declaration of Jessica Quon-Vaili ISO, # (5) Request for Judicial Notice ISO, # (6) Exhibit List, # (7) Exhibit A, # (8) Exhibit B, # (9) Exhibit C, # (10) Exhibit D, # (11) Exhibit E, # (12) Exhibit F, # (13) Exhibit G, # (14) Exhibit H, # (15) Exhibit I, # (16) Exhibit J, # (17) Exhibit K, # (18) Exhibit L, # (19) Exhibit M, # (20) Exhibit N, # (21) Exhibit O, # (22) Exhibit P, # (23) Exhibit Q, # (24) Exhibit R, # (25) Exhibit S, # (26) Proposed Order)(Hill, Thomas) (Filed on 12/18/2023) Modified Text on 12/19/2023 (krp, COURT STAFF).
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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
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Case No. 3:23-cv-4984-JSC DEFENDANT TESLA, INC.'S EXHIBITS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS IN LIGHT OF LONG-RUNNING, CURRENTLY PENDING AND VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL STATE COURT LITIGATION
Defendant.
Hearing Date: February 1, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM Judge: Hon. Jacqueline Scott Corey Courtroom: 8
Complaint Filed: September 28, 2023
[Defendant's Notice ofMotion and Motion; Declarations ofSara A. Begley, Tiffany Hart, Thomas E. Hill, and Jessica Quon-Vaili; Request for Judicial Notice; 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 .i:::: ...~O'l-.:t--.:t- -~ ... Cl.l~u~~ ~ 00 00 ..2 ad 8.
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Defendant Tesla, Inc. ("Telsa") hereby submits the Exhibits identified below in support of its
Motion to Stay All Proceedings in this matter. Tesla's reliance on and the Court's review of these
Exhibits are supported by Tesla's concurrently filed Request for Judicial Notice ("RJN") and/or the
Declarations of Sara A. Begley, Tiffany Hart, Thomas E. Hill and Jessica Quon-Vaili, as noted below.
Exhibit Description Support Exhibit A
Exhibit B
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Copy of the operative Second Amended Complaint m the Vaughn Case Hill Deel. , 6 RJN,2 Hill Deel. , 7 RJN,3 Hill Deel. , 8 Hill Deel. , 9 Exhibit E Tesla, Inc.'s Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policies Hart Deel. , 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 Exhibit G Exhibit H
Copy of the court docket in Department ofFair Employment and Housing v. Tesla, Inc., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. 22CV006830 (the "CRD Case") RJN, 1 Copy of the operative First Amended Complaint in the CRD Case
Copy of the court docket in Vaughn, et al. v. Tesla, Inc., et al., Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG 17882082 (the "Vaughn Case") Copy of the DFEH's Director's Discrimination Complaint in Kish v. Tesla, Inc., DFEH Administrative Case No. 20190606540918, dated June 21, 2019 Copy of the 2019 and 2022 Worksharing Agreements between the EEOC and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing / Civil Rights Department RJN,4 RJN,5 Begley Deel. , 2 RJN,6 Begley Deel. , 11 RJN,7 Hill Deel. , 10 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") Hill Deel. , 11 Exhibit J EEOC's Requests for Information to Tesla, Set One (Jan. 8, 2020) Quon-Vaili Deel.
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Exhibit L Tesla-CRD E-mail Chain regarding Conciliation (Feb. 3, 2022) ExhibitM Copy of EEOC Determination Letter Administrative Action, dated June 1, 2022
ExhibitN m the EEOC Copy of EEOC Press Release, dated September 28, 2023
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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
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Attorneys for Defendant
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LITIGATION
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Request for Judicial Notice; and Proposed
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Telephone: (215) 252-9600
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Samuel J. Stone (SBN 317013)
sam.stone@hklaw.com
Mary T. Vu (SBN 323088)
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HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
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Los Angeles, California 90071
Telephone: (213) 896-2400
Facsimile: (213) 896-2450
Raymond A. Cardozo (SBN 173263)
rcardozo@reedsmith.com
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San Francisco, California 94105-3659
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Defendant Tesla, Inc. ("Telsa") hereby submits the Exhibits identified below in support of its
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Motion to Stay All Proceedings in this matter. Tesla's reliance on and the Court's review of these
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Exhibits are supported by Tesla's concurrently filed Request for Judicial Notice ("RJN") and/or the
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Declarations of Sara A. Begley, Tiffany Hart, Thomas E. Hill and Jessica Quon-Vaili, as noted below.
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Exhibit
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Copy of the operative Second Amended Complaint m the
Vaughn Case
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Tesla, Inc.'s Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policies
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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
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Copy of the court docket in Department ofFair Employment and
Housing v. Tesla, Inc., Alameda County Superior Court Case No.
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Copy of the operative First Amended Complaint in the CRD
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Copy of the court docket in Vaughn, et al. v. Tesla, Inc., et al.,
Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG 17882082 (the
"Vaughn Case")
Copy of the DFEH's Director's Discrimination Complaint in
Kish v. Tesla, Inc., DFEH Administrative Case No. 20190606540918, dated June 21, 2019
Copy of the 2019 and 2022 Worksharing Agreements between
the EEOC and the California Department of Fair Employment
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Copy of the Transcript of Proceedings (Dec. 13, 2021) in US.
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EEOC's Requests for Information to Tesla, Set One (Jan. 8,
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EEOC's Requests for Information to Tesla, Set Two (Dec. 22,
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Copy of Court's Order on Submitted Matter, dated November 18,
2022, filed in the CRD Case
Copy of letter from Rosa M. Viramontes, District Director,
EEOC Los Angeles District Office, to Activision Blizzard, Inc.,
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