By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

TO EXPEDITE the disposition of the case filed by a Port Authority of Guam employee against 10 GovGuam officials, the District Court of Guam moved the May scheduling conference to an earlier date.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joaquin Manibusan ordered that the scheduling conference for the case filed by Anthony Sanders against GovGuam officials be held on April 25, instead of May 4, 2007.
Manibusan instructed Sanders’ lawyer and Assistant Attorney General Philip D. Isaac to submit their proposed order and discovery plan not later than April 20, 2007.
Sanders sued the 10 unnamed officials last month, citing unlawful employment practices and discrimination when the Port Authority of Guam failed to promote him.
The Attorney General’s Office denies any unfair labor practice committed by the officials against Sanders, asked for the dismissal of the civil case, and requested for a pretrial conference to discourage wasteful pretrial activities.
The AGO’s request was prompted by Sanders’ failure to provide the defendant and the court a correct address for the service process and his failure and refusal to comply with the District Court of Guam rules, specifically the order contained in the scheduling notice.
According to Isaac, an AGO processing officer, Francisco Santos, went to serve the plaintiff a copy of their answer to the complaint to the Yona address given by the plaintiff but Sanders was located at his actual residence in Agat which was not provided on record.
On April 6, 2007, Isaac said the plaintiff called counsel for defendant and said that he had just received a copy of the letter and said that he hadn’t lived in his Yona address since he retired from military service.