Case: EEOC v. SONIC DRIVE-IN

1:05-cv-01033 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

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Case Summary

In September 2005, the EEOC district office in Phoenix, Arizona brought this suit against Sonic Drive-In, a regional fast-food chain, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The complaint states that two pregnant former employees alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it unlawfully refused to hire and/or discharged them because of their pregnancies. Two months after the only settlement conference during the litigation, a consent decree was entered in October 2006.In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would pay the women a total of $23,500, refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of sex, institute and distribute a non-discrimination policy, revise any existing policies, post an EEO notice, provide EEO training, submit complaint/compliance reports, and allow the EEOC unfettered access to all consent decree documentation. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement runs for three years. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2009.

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Joel Pettit (7/3/2007)

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People

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Judge(s)

Herrera, Judith C. (New Mexico)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Lee, James L (New Mexico)

Medina, Loretta F (New Mexico)

Molina, Veronica A (New Mexico)

O'Neill, Mary Jo (New Mexico)

Attorney for Defendant

Judge(s)

Herrera, Judith C. (New Mexico)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Lee, James L (New Mexico)

Medina, Loretta F (New Mexico)

Molina, Veronica A (New Mexico)

O'Neill, Mary Jo (New Mexico)

Reams, Gwendolyn Young (New Mexico)

Smith, C Emanuel (New Mexico)

Attorney for Defendant

Perry, Robert J. (New Mexico)

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Documents in this case

1:05-cv-01033	Docket EEOC v. RWW Enterprises, Inc, et al	Oct. 26, 2006	Oct. 26, 2006 Docket
1 1:05-cv-01033	Complaint Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. RWW Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Sonic Drive-In	Sept. 27, 2005	Sept. 27, 2005 Complaint
4 1:05-cv-01033	First Amended Complaint Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Richard Donaldson, RWW Enterprises, Inc., and M&D Industries, d/b/a Sonic Drive-In	Jan. 17, 2006	Jan. 17, 2006 Complaint
23 1:05-cv-01033	Consent Decree Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Richard Donaldson, RWW Enterprises, Inc., and M&D Industries d/b/a Sonic Drive-In	Oct. 26, 2006	Oct. 26, 2006 Settlement Agreement

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	March 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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Docket for: EEOC v. RWW Enterprises, Inc

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	Sept. 27, 2005	COMPLAINT for Discrimination w/jury demand (counsel to submit summons at a later date) (referred to Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi) (nc) (Entered: 09/28/2005)	RECAP
	Sept. 27, 2005	LETTER re: consent to proceed before a US Magistrate Judge (nc) (Entered: 09/28/2005)	PACER
	Sept. 27, 2005	LETTER re: consent to proceed before a US Magistrate Judge (nc)
	Oct. 6, 2005	SUMMONS issued to Richard Donaldson (sl) (Entered: 10/06/2005)	PACER
	Oct. 6, 2005	SUMMONS issued to Richard Donaldson (sl)
2	Oct. 7, 2005	NOTICE by plaintiff of refusal to consent to proceed before a U.S Magistrate Judge (sl) (Entered: 10/07/2005)	RECAP
3	Oct. 11, 2005	MINUTE ORDER: transferring case to the Santa Fe Division and reassigning case from Magistrate Judge Alan Torgerson to District Judge Judith C. Herrera (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 10/11/2005)	RECAP
4	Jan. 17, 2006	AMENDED COMPLAINT [1-1] by plaintiff; jury demand; adding Richard Donaldson, M & D Industries (sl) (Entered: 01/17/2006)	RECAP
5	Feb. 15, 2006	ANSWER by RWW Enterprises, Inc, Richard Donaldson, M & D Industries [4-1] (sl) (Entered: 02/15/2006)	RECAP
6	Feb. 15, 2006	ACCEPTANCE/ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SERVICE by defendants on 1/18/06 (sl) (Entered: 02/15/2006)	RECAP
7	Feb. 23, 2006	INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi Rule 16 scheduling conference set for 4/19/06 at 11:00 am; provisional discovery plan and IPTR due on 4/12/06 (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 02/23/2006)	RECAP
8	April 10, 2006	NOTICE by defendants' counsel of unavailability of counsel from 5/22/06 through 5/31/06 (sl) (Entered: 04/10/2006)	RECAP
9	April 11, 2006	PROVISIONAL DISCOVERY PLAN by the parties* (kd) (Entered: 04/12/2006)	RECAP
10	April 13, 2006	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of initial disclosures to counsel on 4/13/06* (sl) (Entered: 04/13/2006)	RECAP
11	April 19, 2006	CLERK'S MINUTES: before Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi Rule 16 scheduling conference held (sl) (Entered: 04/19/2006)	RECAP
12	April 20, 2006	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi setting settlement conference for 7/18/06 at 9:00 am (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 04/20/2006)	RECAP
13	May 8, 2006	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of first request for admissions, first set of interrogatories and first request for production of documents to counsel on 5/8/06* (sl) (Entered: 05/08/2006)	RECAP
14	May 11, 2006	CERTIFICATE by defts of Service of 1st set of interrog(s) to counsel on 05/09/06 (nc) Modified on 05/16/2006 (Entered: 05/12/2006)
14	May 11, 2006	CERTIFICATE by defts of Service of 1st set of interrog(s) to counsel on 05/09/06 (nc) Modified on 05/16/2006 (Entered: 05/12/2006)	RECAP
15	May 12, 2006	INITIAL PRE-TRIAL REPORT by District Judge Judith C. Herrera and Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi; Discovery set for 8/16/06; mtn filing ddl set for 10/5/06; proposed pretrial order due 12/21/06; pretrial conference set for 2:00 p.m. on 2/8/07; jury trial set for 9:00 a.m. on 2/20/07 in Albuquerque, NM; Estimated # of Trial Days: 5; Chances of Settlement: unknown (cc: all counsel) (mjr) (Entered: 05/12/2006)	RECAP
16	May 25, 2006	ORDER by Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi resetting settlement conference for 8/14/06 at 1:00 pm (cc: all counsel*) (sl) (Entered: 05/25/2006)	RECAP
17	June 14, 2006	CERTIFICATE by defts of Service of responses to 1st request for production, joint answers to 1st set of interrog(s) & joint responses to 1st request for admissions to counsel on 06/09/06 (nc) (Entered: 06/15/2006)	RECAP
18	June 20, 2006	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of responses and objections to defts' first set of interrogatories to counsel on 6/19/06* (sl) (Entered: 06/20/2006)	RECAP
19	July 11, 2006	NOTICE by plaintiff's counsel of unavailability from 7/24/06 through 8/4/06 * (sl) (Entered: 07/11/2006)	RECAP
20	Aug. 4, 2006	CERTIFICATE by defts of service of supplemental interrogatories to counsel on 8/4/06 (eh) (Entered: 08/07/2006)	RECAP
21	Aug. 14, 2006	CERTIFICATE of service by plaintiff of supplementtal responses and objection to deft's first set of interrogatories to counsel on 8/14/06* (sl) (Entered: 08/14/2006)	RECAP
22	Aug. 16, 2006	SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE held before Magistrate Judge Puglisi; case settled* (dmw) (Entered: 08/18/2006)	RECAP
23	Oct. 26, 2006	CONSENT DECREE by District Judge Judith C. Herrera (see document for specifics) dismissing case (cc: all counsel) (mjr) (Entered: 10/26/2006)	RECAP