Case: EEOC v. NEW MEXICO NEWSPAPERS, INC., dba THE DAILY TIMES

1:98-cv-01188 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 1998

Closed Date: July 22, 1999

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Case Summary

EEOC's Phoenix, AZ office, along with the Albuquerque, NM and Washington, DC offices filed this sexual harassment lawsuit against the defendant, New Mexico Newspapers, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Albuquerque) on 09/29/1998. The defendant owns the Daily Times in Farmington, NM. EEOC alleged on behalf of two identified female complainants and a class of females in similar situations that the defendant subjected them to a sexually-hostile work environment, including unwelcome physical and verbal conduct. Additionally, one identified complainant was retaliated against and the other was forced to resign. EEOC sought injunctive relief, backpay, pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses and punitive damages.

Neither party was very active in the pre-trial stage as no motion was filed nor settlement conference held. The case was resolved by a consent decree entered on 07/22/1999. Without access to the consent decree, it is not known what type of relief was obtained.

Summary Authors

Yin Zheng (6/17/2007)

People

For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/10873393/parties/eeoc-v-new-mexico-newspaper/

Judge(s)

Parker, James Aubrey (New Mexico)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Medina, Loretta F (New Mexico)

Molina, Veronica A (New Mexico)

O'Neill, Mary Jo (New Mexico)

Attorney for Defendant

Gurley, Curtis R (New Mexico)

Judge(s)

Parker, James Aubrey (New Mexico)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Medina, Loretta F (New Mexico)

Molina, Veronica A (New Mexico)

O'Neill, Mary Jo (New Mexico)

Reams, Gwendolyn Young (New Mexico)

Stewart, C Gregory (New Mexico)

Trujillo, Richard R. (New Mexico)

Attorney for Defendant

Gurley, Curtis R (New Mexico)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Documents in this case

1:98-cv-01188	Docket EEOC v. New Mexico Newspapers, Inc.	July 22, 1999	July 22, 1999 Docket
1 1:98-cv-01188	Complaint EEOC v. New Mexico Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a THE DAILY TIMES	Sept. 29, 1998	Sept. 29, 1998 Complaint

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Docket

See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/10873393/eeoc-v-new-mexico-newspaper/

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Docket for: EEOC v. New Mexico Newspaper

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	Sept. 29, 1998	COMPLAINT with jury demand (1 Summons(es) issued) (referred to Chief Magistrate William Deaton) (vv) (Entered: 09/30/1998)	RECAP
2	Dec. 7, 1998	UNOPPOSED MOTION by defendant to extend time until 12-14-98 in which to answer complaint (jrm) (Entered: 12/08/1998)	RECAP
3	Dec. 10, 1998	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton granting motion to extend timenuntil 12-14-98 in which to answer complaint [2-1] (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 12/11/1998)
3	Dec. 10, 1998	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton granting motion to extend time until 12-14-98 in which to answer complaint [2-1] (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 12/11/1998)	RECAP
4	Dec. 11, 1998	ANSWER by defendant [1-1] (jrm) (Entered: 12/11/1998)	RECAP
5	Jan. 4, 1999	INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton Rule 16 scheduling conference set on 2/9/99 at 10:30 am; provisional discovery plan & IPTR due 2/1/99 (cc: all counsel, electronically) (dmw) (Entered: 01/04/1999)	RECAP
6	Feb. 1, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of initial disclosures to counsel on 01/29/99 (vv) (Entered: 02/02/1999)	RECAP
7	Feb. 1, 1999	PROVISIONAL DISCOVERY PLAN by parties (jrm) (Entered: 02/02/1999)	RECAP
8	Feb. 4, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service by defendant of initial disclosures to counsel on 02/03/99 (vv) (Entered: 02/05/1999)	RECAP
9	Feb. 9, 1999	CLERK'S MINUTES: before Chief Magistrate William Deaton Rule 16 scheduling conference HELD (jrm) (Entered: 02/09/1999)	RECAP
10	Feb. 10, 1999	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton re: initial scheduling conference held 2-9-99 Discovery cutoff 9-7-99 (cc: all counsel, electronically) (jrm) (Entered: 02/10/1999)	RECAP
11	Feb. 10, 1999	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton setting a settlement conferene for 9-13-99 at 2:00 pm in Albuquerque (cc: all counsel, eletronically) (jrm) (Entered: 02/10/1999)	RECAP
12	Feb. 18, 1999	INITIAL PRE-TRIAL REPORT Judge James A. Parker and Chief Magistrate William Deaton ; Discovery set for 9/7/99 ;mtn filing ddl set for 11/4/99 ; proposed pretrial order due 11/19/99 ; pretrial conference set for 8:30 am on 11/17/99 ; jury trial set for 8:30 am on 1/10/2000 ; Estimated # of Trial Days: 6-10; Chances of Settlement: UNKNOWN (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 02/18/1999)	RECAP
13	Feb. 24, 1999	CERTIFICATE of Service by deft of the supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 2/12/99 (kd) (Entered: 02/24/1999)	RECAP
14	March 12, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 03/11/99 (vv) (Entered: 03/15/1999)	RECAP
15	March 30, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE of s/c executed upon defendant New Mexico Newspaper on 11/12/98 (bap) (Entered: 03/31/1999)	RECAP
16	April 1, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of first set of non-uniform interrogatories and request for production of documents to counsel on 3/31/99 (vv) (Entered: 04/01/1999)	RECAP
17	April 19, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of third supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 4/16/99 (vv) (Entered: 04/20/1999)	RECAP
18	April 19, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of second supplemental initial disclosures to counsel on 4/16/99 (vv) (Entered: 04/20/1999)	RECAP
19	April 28, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service of 4th supplemental initial disclosures by plaintiff to counsel on 4-27-99 (jrm) (Entered: 04/28/1999)	RECAP
20	May 10, 1999	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton that the time for disclosing pltf's experts and for serving their reports is extended until 7-9-99 and deft's time extended until 8-9-99 [10-1] (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 05/10/1999)
20	May 10, 1999	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton that the time for disclosing pltf's experts and for serving their reports is extended until 7-9-99 and deft's time extended until 8-9-99 [10-1] (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 05/10/1999)	RECAP
21	May 25, 1999	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton vacating the 9-13-99 settlement conference (cc: all counsel, electronically) (jrm) (Entered: 05/25/1999)	RECAP
22	June 2, 1999	ORDER by Chief Magistrate William Deaton terminating case referral to Chief Magistrate William Deaton, Case to Magistrate Judge Karen B. Molzen (cc: all counsel) (pg) (Entered: 06/02/1999)	RECAP
23	June 7, 1999	CERTIFICATE of Service by defendant of answers to first set of non-uniform interrogatories and responses to first request for production of documents, hand-delivered to opposing counsel on 02/01/99 (bap) (Entered: 06/08/1999)	RECAP
24	June 15, 1999	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of fifth supplemental initial disclosure to counsel on 6/14/99 (vv) (Entered: 06/16/1999)	RECAP
25	July 13, 1999	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Karen B. Molzen that upon ntc that this matter is settled, closing documents are due by 7-30-99 (cc: all counsel, electronically) (jrm) (Entered: 07/14/1999)	RECAP
26	July 22, 1999	CONSENT DECREE by Judge James A. Parker as described herein dismissing case (cc: all counsel) (jrm) (Entered: 07/22/1999)	RECAP

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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, 1998

Closing Date: July 22, 1999

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

New Mexico Newspapers, Inc.

Case Details

Causes of Action:

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

Other Dockets:

District of New Mexico 1:98-cv-01188

Available Documents:

Complaint (any)

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Unknown

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Issues

Discrimination Area:

Disparate Treatment

Harassment / Hostile Work Environment

Discrimination Basis:

Sex discrimination

Affected Sex/Gender(s):

Female

EEOC-centric:

Direct Suit on Merits

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of EEOC v. NEW MEXICO NEWSPAPERS, INC., dba THE DAILY TIMES, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/8241/ (last updated 6/17/2007).