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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

PAUL T. HAMMERNESS, State Bar No. 90294

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5520

Fax: (415) 703-5480

Email: Paul.Hammerness@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant State of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ALVARO RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. C 07-04126-SI

DEFENDANT STATE OF

CALIFORNIA'S REQUEST FOR

CONTINUANCE OF CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

PENDING HEARING OF

DISPOSITIVE MOTION;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

CMC Date: December 7, 2007

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Courtroom: 10 (19th Floor)

Judge: Honorable Susan Illston

E-FILING

A. Nature of Action; Procedural Status.

This is an action for damages brought by pro per plaintiff pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff sues the State seeking to vacate the DUI conviction obtained against him in prior state

court criminal proceedings.

Following service of this action, Defendant State has promptly calendared a motion to

dismiss, now set for hearing on January 4, 2008. The motion asserts, inter alia, that the action is

barred by Eleventh Amendment immunity, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and under Heck v.

Humphrey.

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B. Grounds for Request.

After filing, the matter was set for a case management conference for December 7, 2007. 

Proper preparation for such a conference would require a substantial amount of effort, including

service and filing of early disclosures, and a joint case management conference statement.

Given the pendency of the State's dispositive motion, however, it would appear premature

to hold the case management conference at the scheduled time. Obviously, if the motion is

successful, the necessity for the conference would be mooted. However, even if the motion is

not wholly-dispositive, the likely narrowing of issues would render much of the conference

preparation and discovery unnecessary.

Consequently, in the interests of justice, to avoid unnecessary time and expense to all

parties, defendant State of California herein respectfully request that the current case

management conference (and associated requirements) be continued and/or vacated pending the

hearing on the State's motion.

Dated: November 13, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

s/Paul T. Hammerness 

PAUL T. HAMMERNESS

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendant State of California

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that the Initial Case Management Conference herein be continued to

January , 2008.

DATED: 

 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Court Judge

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