Martinez
Martinez v. County of Alameda
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 LISAMARIA MARTINEZ, Case No. 20-cv-06570-TSH
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. BIFURCATE
COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 94 Defendants.
13 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Lisamaria Martinez, who is blind, brings this disability rights action against Defendants County of Alameda, Melissa Wilk, Eva He, and Maria Laura Briones for their alleged exclusion from participation in or denial of benefits concerning services at the County Clerk- Recorder’s Office in 2019. Pending before the Court is Martinez’s Motion to Bifurcate, in which she requests the Court separate the trial into two phases under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(b). ECF No. 94. Defendants filed an opposition (ECF No. 95)1 and Martinez filed a reply (ECF No. 96). Having considered the arguments made and the record in this case, the Court DENIES Martinez’s motion for the following reasons.2
24 1 In a footnote in the…