Ellis

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs in these seven related actions are Black and Mexiean-American male and Black female civilian workers at the Naval Air Station in Alameda County, California. They allege that they have been discriminated against in employment on the basis of their race and sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16), 42 U.S. C. § 1981, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and Executive Order No. 11478, 3 C.F.R. § 207 (1974). These eases involve eleven individual plaintiffs, raising approximately thirty separate claims of discrimination in firing and promotional decisions and job training assignments at the naval base.

The defendants have moved to dismiss all jurisdictional grounds other than Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (hereinafter Title VII) (42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16). They have also moved for summary judgment based on the available administrative records in each of the actions. Plaintiffs, in turn, have filed cross motions for summary judgment in several of the cases and have asked for additional hearings in federal court in other…