STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE OVERSIZED BRIEFS

MAXINE M. CHESNEY, District Judge.

In accordance with the Section 7 of the Court's Standing Orders for Civil Cases, the parties jointly seek relief for Local Rule 7 in connection with the City's anticipated Motion for Summary Judgment ("Motion"). Defendant City and County of San Francisco ("City") will be filing its Motion on August 7, 2015, per the Court's pretrial order. The City has sought and received Plaintiffs Aaron C. Stevenson, Kevin D. Taylor, Kevin V. Smith, Audry Lee, and Kirk W. Richardson's ("Plaintiffs") stipulation to seek leave of court from Local Rule 7-2(b) to permit filing of an opening brief not to exceed 35 pages in length for this Motion. The City has similarly stipulated for Plaintiffs to be granted leave of court from Local Rule 7-3(a) to permit filing of an opposition to its Motion not to exceed 35 pages in length. There is good cause to grant this request giving the complexity of Plaintiffs' complaint, which includes not only a racial discrimination disparate impact claim challenging the 2010 examination for promotion to H-50 Assistant Chief within the San Francisco Fire Department, but also each of the five plaintiffs' individual disparate treatment claims based on racial discrimination.

Accordingly, the parties request the Court grant this joint request.

SO STIPULATED.

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE OVERSIZED BRIEFS

For good cause appearing, the Court hereby grants leave from Local Rule 7 to permit the Defendant City and County of San Francisco leave to file an opening brief not more than 35 pages in length for its motion for summary judgment and for Plaintiffs Aaron C. Stevenson, Kevin D. Taylor, Kevin V. Smith, Audry Lee, and Kirk W. Richardson to file an opposition to the same not to exceed 35 pages in length.

IT IS SO ORDERED.