Snipes

2 3 | 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ALLISON SNIPES, □ Case No. 18-cv-03259-TSH 9 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

10 Ve COMPEL INDEPENDENT MENTAL

EXAMINATION

I UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and ROBERT WILKIE, Secretary of the United Re: Dkt. No. 74 a States Department of Veterans Affairs, gE *Redacted Version* & ~ 13 Defendants.

BS 14 I. INTRODUCTION

8 15 In this Title VII employment discrimination case, the government moves to compel

AQ 16 |} Plaintiff Allison Snipes to submit to an independent mental examination pursuant to Federal Rule a

17 || of Civil Procedure 35, which provides that the Court may compel such an examination when a

7 Z 18 || party places their mental condition “in controversy.” ECF No. 74. Snipes filed an Opposition 19 || (ECF No. 80) and Defendants filed a Reply (ECF No. 81). The Court finds this matter suitable for 20 |) disposition…