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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 20:1401 Education: Handicapped Child Act

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP 

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W.N., ET AL. V. RIPON USD, ET AL. 2:07-CV-00166-GEB-EFB 

Jeffrey R. Olson, # 120945 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

Centre Plaza Office Tower 

1150 Ninth Street, Suite 1200 

Modesto, CA 95354 

Telephone: (209) 524-1100 

Facsimile: (209) 524-1188 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Ripon Unified School District, Leo Zuber, Carla 

Travaille, Larry Stewart, David Whithycombe, Frank 

Ferral, Claudia Nepote, San Joaquin County Office of 

Education, and Punkin Legris 

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT 

W.N., a minor, by and through his parents, 

S.N. and J.N., and S.N. and J.N., 

individually, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

and LEO ZUBER, individually and in his 

official capacity as superintendent for 

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

and RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD 

MEMBERS: CARLA TRAVAILLE, 

LARRY STEWART, DAVID 

WHITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, and 

CLAUDIA NEPOTE, each in his or her 

official capacity as a member of the Ripon 

Unified School District Board, and SAN 

JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF 

EDUCATION and STONE SOUP CHILD 

CARE PROGRAMS and PUNKIN 

LEGRIS, Manager of the Ripon School 

District Stone Soup Program in her official 

capacity, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-CV-00166-GEB-EFB 

STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO 

ANSWER COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER THEREON (Local Rule 6-144(a)) 

NOW COMES Plaintiffs, W.N. S.N., and J.N., by and through their counsel, Tamara L. 

Loughrey, Jeffrey R. Olson of McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, counsel for 

Defendants, RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LEO ZUBER, CARLA TRAVAILLE, 

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LARRY STEWART, DAVID WHITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, CLAUDIA NEPOTE, 

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND PUNKIN LEGRIS, and Timothy 

M. Blaine of Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, counsel for Defendant, STONE SOUP CHILD 

CARE PROGRAMS, in this action. This is the second request for an extension to respond to the 

complaint by Defendants, RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LEO ZUBER, CARLA 

TRAVAILLE, LARRY STEWART, DAVID WHITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, CLAUDIA 

NEPOTE, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND PUNKIN LEGRIS. 

These Defendants were granted an extension of 30 days past the time to file a responsive 

pleading, from February 19, 2007 to March 22, 2007. (See Document No. 13 filed in this case.) 

These Defendants now seek approval of the Court for this second extension to file an answer only 

to the complaint based upon the grounds set forth in the Declaration of Jeffrey R. Olson to follow 

here. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 22, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF TAMARA L. LOUGHREY 

AND CHRISTOPHER IDE-DON 

By: /s/Tamara L. Loughrey 

Tamara L. Loughrey 

State Bar No. 227001 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, W.N., S.N., and J.N. 

Dated: March 22, 2007 PORTER, SCOTT, WEIBERG & DELEHANT 

By: /s/ Timothy M. Blaine 

Timothy M. Blaine 

State Bar No. 124176 

Attorneys for Defendant Stone Soup Child 

Care Programs 

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Dated: March 22, 2007 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, 

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Olson 

Jeffrey R. Olson 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Ripon Unified School District, Leo Zuber, 

Carla Travaille, Larry Stewart, David 

Whithycombe, Frank Ferral, Claudia 

Nepote, San Joaquin County Office of 

Education, and Punkin Legris 

DECLARATION OF JEFFREY R. OLSON

I, JEFFREY R. OLSON, declare: 

1. I am an attorney at law duly admitted to practice before all the courts of the State 

of California, and a partner of McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth. 

2. I was not notified until March 19, 2007 by the claims administrator for 

Defendants, RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT and SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE 

OF EDUCATION, that I would be representing each of the following Defendants in this action: 

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LEO ZUBER, CARLA TRAVAILLE, LARRY 

STEWART, DAVID WHITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, CLAUDIA NEPOTE, SAN 

JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND PUNKIN LEGRIS. The delay in such 

notification of representation was to resolve coverage issues. 

3. I, with the assistance of other attorneys in my firm, was not able to complete an 

evaluation of the allegations in the complaint to determine what type of pleading would be filed 

in this case for these Defendants until the afternoon of March 20, 2007. I have determined that 

these Defendants will file an answer to the complaint as their responsive pleading. 

4. My mother was hospitalized on March 21, 2007 at Memorial Hospital in Modesto 

for a life-threatening intestinal blockage and is being scheduled for surgery sometime today. My 

mother faces significant health risks as she is already in very poor health. I have not been able to 

devote the time I had scheduled to work on this case since my mother was hospitalized yesterday 

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morning. 

5. I will need time to meet with each of these individually named Defendants in order 

to fully prepare the answer to the complaint on behalf of each of these Defendants. I anticipate 

that it will take me at least until April 4, 2007 in which to file an answer to the complaint on 

behalf of each of these Defendants. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that this 

Declaration was executed on March 22, 2007, at Modesto, California, and that the foregoing is 

true and correct of my own personal knowledge 

 /s/ Jeffrey R. Olson ___________________ 

 JEFFREY R. OLSON 

ORDER

Upon reviewing the Stipulation Extending Time to Answer the Complaint entered into by 

and between Plaintiffs, W.N. S.N., and J.N., and Defendants, RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, LEO ZUBER, CARLA TRAVAILLE, LARRY STEWART, DAVID 

WHITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, CLAUDIA NEPOTE, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY 

OFFICE OF EDUCATION, PUNKIN LEGRIS, and STONE SOUP CHILD CARE 

PROGRAMS, the accompanying Declaration of Jeffrey R. Olson, and good cause appearing 

therefore, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 

That Defendants, RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LEO ZUBER, CARLA 

TRAVAILLE, LARRY STEWART, DAVID WHITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, CLAUDIA 

NEPOTE, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND PUNKIN LEGRIS, are 

hereby granted an extension up to and including April 4, 2007 in which to file an answer to the 

complaint. 

DATED: March 22, 2007 

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