Abdulhadi v. Board of Trustees of the California State University
- Yvonne Rogers
- 4:18-cv-04662
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Abdulhadi v. Board of Trustees, Judge Rogers reset case deadlines during COVID-19, vacated scheduled dates, and sealed the unredacted statement.
Rabab Abdulhadi and the Board of Trustees of the California State University, as well as the schedule for their case and public access to the unredacted case management statement.
What happened
In Abdulhadi v. Board of Trustees of the California State University, the parties jointly asked the court to address case scheduling during the COVID-19 national emergency. The court found that the request did not sufficiently justify delaying the trial until January 2023.
The court vacated the case management conference, trial, and related dates. It set limited deadlines for the plaintiff to respond to document demands by June 15, 2020, complete her deposition by August 15, 2020, and attend a settlement conference by September 30, 2020. It also set a further case management conference for October 19, 2020.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers also granted the motion to place the unredacted case management statement under seal because it contained sensitive medical information. The order terminated docket number 74.
The detailed version
- Abdulhadi v. Board of Trustees of the California State University · No. 4:18-cv-04662
- Yvonne Rogers
- Apr. 1, 2020
Background
The parties jointly filed a case management conference statement. The court reviewed both a redacted version and an unredacted version filed under seal. The parties sought scheduling changes, including a delay of the trial until January 2023, in connection with the ongoing COVID-19 national emergency.
Rulings
The court found good cause to vacate the case management conference, trial date, and related dates. It did not find the showing sufficient to delay the trial until January 2023. Instead, the court set these limited deadlines:
- The plaintiff’s response to California State University’s document demands was due June 15,
- - The plaintiff’s deposition was due by August 15,
- - The settlement conference was due by September 30,
- - A further case management conference to reset dates was set for October 19, 2020.
The court also granted the administrative motion to file the unredacted case management statement under seal. It found that the information sought to be protected included sensitive medical information and was privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. The order terminated docket number 74.
Judge and disposition
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued the order on April 1, 2020. This was a case-management and filing-access order; it did not decide the underlying claims described in the case caption.
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