I.M.A.G.E.
I.M.A.G.E. v. Bailar
Opinion
lead Opinion
Wollenberg, J.
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS CERTAIN DEFENDANTS AND CERTAIN PLAINTIFFS; DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS CLASS ALLEGATIONS IN PART; AND GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION OF CLASS ACTION IN PART
Class action allegations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., have been made concerning the San Francisco District 1 of the United States *552 Postal Service (Postal Service) for discrimination in employment against Hispanics and women. This action is brought by two individual plaintiffs, Maria Hansen and Janie Caragajal Cavanaugh, and two organizational plaintiffs, I.M.A.G.E. and Mexican-American G. I. Forum (G. I. Forum).
Defendants now move to dismiss certain of the named defendants, Joseph F. Morris, Regional Postmaster for the Western Region, Guido Alasia, District Manager of the San Francisco Sectional Center and Austin Simon, Manager of the Oakland Sectional Center. They also move to dismiss the class action allegations on the grounds that the organizational plaintiffs lack standing to sue, and that Rule 23 2 requirements have not been met. Plaintiffs move pursuant to Rule 23(c)(1) 3 for a court determination that the…