Melanie Buck v. Chicos FAS, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:19-cv-01806-JLS-ADS Date: November 18, 2019 Title: Melanie Buck et al v. Chicos FAS, Inc. et al.

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Terry Guerrero N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANT:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

MISJOINDER

This is a workplace discrimination action jointly brought by Plaintiffs Buck, Gray, and Manfredonia. (See Compl., Doc. 1-2.) Having reviewed the Complaint, the Court ORDERS Plaintiffs to show cause as to why the Court should not sever Plaintiffs as misjoined. In this litigation, Plaintiffs each assert seven claims based on alleged workplace discrimination by Defendants on the basis of disability. (Compl. ¶¶ 11-28.) However, each Plaintiff suffered from a different disability and recounts a different set of facts precipitating her…