Case: EEOC v. Health Centers of Northern New Mexico

1:99-cv-01104 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 1999

Closed Date: July 12, 2000

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Case Summary

In September 1999, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against Health Centers of Northern New Mexico in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant permitted sexual harassment of the complaining parties, female employees, leading to either their constructive or retaliatory discharge respectively. Follo…

In September 1999, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against Health Centers of Northern New Mexico in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant permitted sexual harassment of the complaining parties, female employees, leading to either their constructive or retaliatory discharge respectively. Following some discovery, the parties settled the dispute through a consent decree in July 2000.

The three-year decree, containing an anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation clause, required the defendant to: report discrimination or retaliation complaints to the EEOC, perform other compliance reporting, hold annual training sessions and keep records of the employees attending them, permit EEOC inspections, designate a supervisory or managerial employee in each region as investigative officers for sexual harassment issues, provide complainants with neutral references, post notice of employee rights, and pay $40,000 to be distributed among three individuals.

Summary Authors

David Friedman (10/30/2007)

People

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Judge(s)

Parker, James Aubrey (New Mexico)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

1:99-cv-01104

Docket [PACER]

July 12, 2000

July 12, 2000

Docket
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Complaint

Sept. 29, 1999

Sept. 29, 1999

Complaint
31

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Memorandum Opinion and Order [Granting Plaintiff's Motion to Strike]

April 14, 2000

April 14, 2000

Order/Opinion
47

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Order on Plaintiff's Motion to Compel

June 7, 2000

June 7, 2000

Order/Opinion
51

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Consent Decree

July 12, 2000

July 12, 2000

Settlement Agreement

Resources

Docket

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Last updated April 5, 2025, 10:25 a.m.

ECF Number Date Description Link
1 Sept. 29, 1999

COMPLAINT-Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (1 Summons(es) issued) (vv) (Entered: 09/30/1999)

PACER
2 Oct. 7, 1999

NOTICE of Refusal to Consent to Proceed before a US Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia by pltf EEOC (ild) (Entered: 10/12/1999)

PACER
3 Oct. 12, 1999

MINUTE ORDER: Case reassigned to Judge James A. Parker , and Case referred to Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia (cc: all counsel) (ild) (Entered: 10/12/1999)

PACER
4 Nov. 2, 1999

RETURN OF SERVICE executed upon defendant Health Centers on 10/18/99 (sl) (Entered: 11/02/1999)

PACER
5 Nov. 5, 1999

NOTICE by defendant of consent to proceed before a U.S. Magistrate Judge (sl) (Entered: 11/05/1999)

PACER
6 Nov. 5, 1999

ANSWER by defendant [1-1] (sl) (Entered: 11/05/1999)

PACER
7 Nov. 8, 1999

INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia ; Rule 16 scheduling conference set for 12/16/99 at 9:00 am; provisional discovery plan and IPTR due on 12/10/99 (cc: counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 11/09/1999)

PACER
8 Nov. 29, 1999

UNOPPOSED MOTION for Extension by plaintiff to serve pltf's mtn to strike deft's affirmative defenses (jrm) (Entered: 11/30/1999)

PACER
9 Nov. 30, 1999

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia granting pltf's unopposed mtn for an extension of time until 12-15-99 in which to serve pltf's mtn to strike deft's affirmative defense [8-1] (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 12/01/1999)

PACER
11 Dec. 9, 1999

PROVISIONAL DISCOVERY PLAN by parties (bap) (Entered: 12/14/1999)

PACER
10 Dec. 10, 1999

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of initial disclosure to counsel on 12/9/99 (sl) (Entered: 12/10/1999)

PACER
12 Dec. 16, 1999

CLERK'S MINUTES: before Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia ; Rule 16 scheduling conference held on 12/16/99 (sl) (Entered: 12/16/1999)

PACER
14 Dec. 16, 1999

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia assigning standard track and setting pretrial deadlines ; Discovery cutoff 5/16/00 ; Motion Filing cutoff 7/17/00 ; Pretrial order ddl 8/30/00 (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 12/16/1999)

PACER
15 Jan. 3, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service of initial disclosures by defendant to counsel on 12-23-99 (jrm) (Entered: 01/03/2000)

PACER
16 Jan. 4, 2000

INITIAL PRE-TRIAL REPORT Judge James A. Parker and Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia ; Discovery set for 5/16/00 ;mtn filing ddl set for 7/17/00 ; proposed pretrial order due 8/30/00 ; pretrial conference set for 9:00 am on 8/23/00; jury trial set for 8:30 am on 11/6/00 ; Estimated # of Trial Days: 5; (cc: all counsel w/notice of hearing attached) (sl) (Entered: 01/05/2000)

PACER
17 Jan. 5, 2000

SUPPLEMENT by plaintiff of the contentions in the initial pretrial report (sl) Modified on 01/12/2000 (Entered: 01/05/2000)

PACER
18 Jan. 6, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of first supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 1/5/00 (vv) (Entered: 01/06/2000)

PACER
19 Jan. 19, 2000

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL: terminating attorney Mary Jo O'Neill for EEOC and substituting attorney C Emanuel Smith (sl) Modified on 01/21/2000 (Entered: 01/19/2000)

PACER
20 Jan. 19, 2000

MOTION by plaintiff to strike deft's affirmative defense (sl) (Entered: 01/20/2000)

PACER
21 Jan. 19, 2000

MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in support of motion to strike deft's affirmative defense [20-1] (sl) (Entered: 01/20/2000)

PACER
22 Jan. 19, 2000

RESPONSE by defendant to pltf's motion to strike deft's affirmative defense [20-1] (sl) (Entered: 01/20/2000)

PACER
23 Jan. 19, 2000

REPLY by plaintiff to deft's response to motion to strike deft's affirmative defense [20-1] (sl) (Entered: 01/20/2000)

PACER
24 Feb. 25, 2000

CERTIFICATE of Service by plaintiff of first set of non-uniform interrogatories, first request for production of documents and first request for admissions, mailed to opposing counsel of record on 2/24/00 (bap) (Entered: 02/29/2000)

PACER
25 March 16, 2000

UNOPPOSED MOTION by plaintiff for order to establish deadline for designation of rebuttal expert (sl) (Entered: 03/16/2000)

PACER
26 March 23, 2000

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia denying pltf's motion for order to establish deadline for designation of rebuttal expert [25-1] (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 03/23/2000)

PACER
27 April 4, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by defendant of responses to first request for admissions to counsel on 4/3/00 (vv) (Entered: 04/05/2000)

PACER
28 April 4, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by defendant of first request for production of documents to counsel on 4/3/00 (vv) (Entered: 04/05/2000)

PACER
30 April 13, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of third initial disclosures to counsel on 4/12/00 (vv) (Entered: 04/14/2000)

PACER
31 April 14, 2000

MEMORANDUM, OPINION, AND ORDER: by Judge James A. Parker granting pltf's motion to strike deft's affirmative defense [20-1] (cc: all counsel*) (sl)

RECAP
32 April 17, 2000

CERTIFICATE of Service by plaintiff of second set of non-uniform interrogatories, faxed to counsel of record on 4/14/00 (bap) (Entered: 04/18/2000)

PACER
33 April 19, 2000

CERTIFICATE of Service by defendant of objection to second set of non-uniform interrogatories, mailed to opposing counsel of record on 4/18/00 (bap) (Entered: 04/20/2000)

PACER
34 April 21, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of fourth initial disclosures to counsel on 4/20/00 (vv) (Entered: 04/21/2000)

PACER
35 April 28, 2000

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia upon parties telephonic request to extend discovery deadline ; Discovery cutoff 6/15/00 (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 04/28/2000)

PACER
36 April 28, 2000

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia setting settlement conference for 6/16/00 at 9:00 am in Albuquerque, NM (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 04/28/2000)

PACER
37 May 10, 2000

CERTIFICATE of Service by defendant of amended responses to first request for admissions, nos. 2,4,6 & 7, hand delivered to opposing counsel on 5/10/00 (bap) (Entered: 05/11/2000)

PACER
38 May 11, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of third supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 5/10/00 (vv) (Entered: 05/11/2000)

PACER
39 May 26, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of fifth initial disclosures to counsel on 5/25/00 (vv) (Entered: 05/30/2000)

PACER
40 May 30, 2000

MOTION by plaintiff to compel responses to pltf EEOC's 1st set of non-uniform interrog(s) and 1st request for production of documents (jrm) (Entered: 05/30/2000)

PACER
41 May 30, 2000

MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in support of motion to compel responses to pltf EEOC's 1st set of non-uniform interrog(s) and 1st request for production of documents [40-1] (jrm) (Entered: 05/30/2000)

PACER
42 May 30, 2000

RESPONSE by defendant to motion to compel responses to pltf EEOC's 1st set of non-uniform interrog(s) and 1st request for production of documents [40-1] (jrm) (Entered: 05/30/2000)

PACER
43 May 30, 2000

SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE by defendant to motion to compel responses to pltf EEOC's 1st set of non-uniform interrog(s) and 1st request for production of documents [40-1] (jrm) (Entered: 05/30/2000)

PACER
45 May 30, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by defendant of supplemental answers to interrogatory no.3, supplemental responses to request for production no.10 to counsel on 5/24/00 (vv) (Entered: 05/31/2000)

PACER
46 June 6, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of sixth supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 6/5/00 (vv) (Entered: 06/06/2000)

PACER
47 June 7, 2000

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia granting in part and denying in part pltf's motion to compel responses to pltf EEOC's 1st set of non-uniform interrog(s) and 1st request for production of documents [40-1] (cc: all counsel*) (jrm) Modified on 06/07/2000 (Entered: 06/07/2000)

PACER
48 June 15, 2000

CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of seventh supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 6/14/00 (sl) (Entered: 06/15/2000)

PACER
49 June 15, 2000

DISCOVERY STIPULATION by parties (sl) (Entered: 06/15/2000)

PACER
50 June 16, 2000

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F. Garcia granting parties discovery stipulation [49-1] as described herein (cc: all counsel) (sl) (Entered: 06/16/2000)

PACER
June 16, 2000

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE held before Magistrate Judge Lorenzo F Garcia; case has settled (jrm) (Entered: 06/19/2000)

PACER
51 July 12, 2000

CONSENT JUDGMENT by District Judge James A. Parker as described herein (see judgment for specifics) dismissing case (cc: all counsel) (sl) (Entered: 07/13/2000)

PACER

Case Details

State / Territory:

New Mexico

Case Type(s):

Equal Employment

Special Collection(s):

EEOC Study — in sample

Multi-LexSum (in sample)

Key Dates

Filing Date: Sept. 29, 1999

Closing Date: July 12, 2000

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.

Plaintiff Type(s):

EEOC Plaintiff

Attorney Organizations:

EEOC

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Private Entity/Person

Health Centers of Northern New Mexico

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Other Dockets:

District of New Mexico 1:99-cv-01104

Available Documents:

Complaint (any)

Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief

Monetary Relief

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Damages

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Content of Injunction:

Discrimination Prohibition

Monitoring

Neutral/Positive Reference

Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law

Provide antidiscrimination training

Recordkeeping

Reporting

Retaliation Prohibition

Amount Defendant Pays: 40000

Order Duration: 2000 - 2003

Issues

General/Misc.:

Retaliation

Discrimination Area:

Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc.)

Demotion

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Disparate Treatment

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Discrimination Basis:

Sex discrimination

Affected Sex/Gender(s):

Female

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

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