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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

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REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO FILE 

OVERLENGTH MEMORANDUM; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER; AND DECLARATION 

SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

Eduardo G. Roy (State Bar # 146316) 

Rodney R. Patula (State Bar # 182052) 

Daniel T. Balmat (State Bar # 230504) 

One Maritime Plaza, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3492 

Telephone: +1.415.954.0200 

Facsimile: +1.415.393.9887 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT 

DISTRICT, a multi-county rapid transit district 

established and existing under the laws of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID 

TRANSIT DISTRICT, a multi-county 

rapid transit district established and 

existing under the laws of California, for 

itself and for and in the name of the people 

of the State of California, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

WILLIAM D. SPENCER, an individual; 

F.W. SPENCER & SON, INC., a 

California corporation; BRISBANE 

MECHANICAL CO., a California 

corporation; WILLIAM M. MCGAHAN, 

an individual; BRUCE R. BONAR, an 

individual; and DOES 1-25, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 04 4632 

PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR 

PERMISSION TO FILE OVERLENGTH 

MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO 

MOTION TO DISMISS; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER; AND DECLARATION OF 

DANIEL T. BALMAT 

Date: September 2, 2005 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: Courtroom 10, 19th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston 

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ORDER; AND DECLARATION

TO DEFENDANTS AND THEIR ATTORNEY OF RECORD: 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that plaintiff SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID 

TRANSIT DISTRICT (“BART”) hereby requests that it be allowed to file a memorandum of 

points and authorities in support of its Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (the 

“Opposition”) that exceeds twenty-five (25) pages of text. 

Civil Local Rules 7-3(a) and 7-4(b) provide that briefs or memoranda filed with 

opposition papers may not exceed 25 pages of text, except by order of the Court. 

This allowance is necessary because although the Defendants raise myriad and 

complicated legal issues in the Motion to Dismiss, they support many of these arguments with 

only minimal elaboration and discussion, and often without citation of authority. See the 

Declaration of Daniel T. Balmat in Support of Plaintiff’s Request to File Overlength 

Memorandum (“Balmat Decl.”) ¶ 3 filed herewith. BART believes, however, that the Court will 

be better served by a more fulsome analysis of these issues, and has drafted the Opposition 

accordingly. Id. 

BART has made diligent efforts to prepare the Opposition in compliance with the page 

limitations. Balmat Decl. ¶ 4. BART finds, however, that it can accurately, comprehensively, 

and effectively address the myriad and complex facts and legal arguments raised by Defendants 

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in their Motion to Dismiss only by means of an over-length memorandum. Id. BART therefore 

requests approval to file a memorandum in excess of the applicable Rules, such memorandum not 

to exceed 30 pages. 

Dated: August 11, 2005 SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P. 

By: /s/ 

Daniel T. Balmat 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID 

TRANSIT DISTRICT 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 HON. SUSAN ILLSTON 

JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DISTRICT COURT 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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GRANTED

Judge Susan Illston

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ORDER; AND DECLARATION

DECLARATION OF DANIEL T. BALMAT

I, DANIEL T. BALMAT, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney at law admitted to practice in the State of California and before 

the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. I am an associate in the 

law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Our firm has been retained to represent the 

plaintiff SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT (“BART”) in Case No. 

C-04-4632, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District v. William D. Spencer et al. I have 

personal knowledge of the facts stated below and, if called as a witness, could and would testify 

competently thereto. 

2. I have been responsible for drafting and preparing BART’s Opposition to the 

Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, to be filed on August 12, 2005. 

3. The Motion to Dismiss involves intricate facts and raises myriad and complicated 

legal issues. Specifically, Defendants have made numerous legal arguments which they support 

with only minimal elaboration, and often without citation of authority. BART believes, however, 

that the Court is better served by a more complete analysis of these issues, and the Opposition is 

drafted accordingly. 

4. BART has made diligent efforts to prepare the Opposition in compliance with the 

page limitations set forth by the applicable Rules of this Court. BART finds, however, that it can 

accurately, comprehensively, and effectively address the myriad and complex facts and legal 

arguments raised by Defendants in their Motion to Dismiss only by means of an over-length 

memorandum of points and authorities in support of the Opposition. 

I hereby swear under penalty of perjury under the laws of California and the United States 

that the foregoing is true and accurate. 

DATED: August 11, 2005 /s/ 

 DANIEL T. BALMAT 

 

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ORDER; AND DECLARATION

PROOF OF SERVICE

(Pursuant to Federal Law) 

The undersigned certifies and declares as follows: 

I, JOHN R. AGUILAR, am a resident of the State of California and over 18 years of age 

and am not a party to this action. My business address is One Maritime Plaza, Suite 300, San 

Francisco, California 94111-3492, which is located in the county where any non-personal service 

described below took place. 

On August 11, 2005, a copy of the following document(s): 

PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO FILE OVERLENGTH 

MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISMISS; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER; AND DECLARATION OF DANIEL T. BALMAT 

was served on: 

Jewell J. Hargleroad, Esq. 

Timothy L. McInerney, Esq. 

LeCarie Whitfield, Esq. 

MCINERNEY & DILLON, P.C. 

One Kaiser Plaza, 18th Floor 

Oakland, California 94612-3610 

Telephone: +1.510.465.7100 

Facsimile: +1.510.465.8556 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Service was accomplished as follows.

: By U.S. Mail. I am “readily familiar” with the firm’s practice of collection 

and processing correspondence for mailing. Under that practice the mail would be deposited 

with U.S. postal service on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid at San 

Francisco, California, in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on motion of the 

party served, service is presumed invalid of postal cancellation date or postage meter date is 

more than one day after date of deposit for mailing in affidavit. 

: By Facsimile. On the above date, I transmitted the above-mentioned 

document(s) by facsimile transmission machine to the parties noted above, whose facsimile 

transmission machine telephone number is set forth above. 

 By Express Service Carrier. On the above date, I sealed the above 

document(s) in an envelope or package designated by Federal Express, an express service 

carrier, addressed to the above, and I deposited that sealed envelope or package in a box or 

other facility regularly maintained by the express service carrier, or delivered that envelope 

to an authorized courier or driver authorized by the express service carrier to receive 

documents, located in San Francisco, California with delivery fees paid or otherwise 

provided for. 

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I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose 

direction the service was made. Executed on August 11, 2005, at San Francisco, California. 

 /s/ 

 JOHN R. AGUILAR 

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