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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statutes

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IAN GERSHENGORN 

 Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

 United States Attorney 

VINCENT M. GARVEY 

 Deputy Branch Director 

CAROLINE LEWIS WOLVERTON 

 District of Columbia Bar No. 496433 

 Senior Counsel 

 Telephone: (202) 514-0265 

 E-mail: caroline.lewis-wolverton@usdoj.gov 

KIMBERLY L. HERB 

 Illinois Bar No. 6296725 

 Trial Attorney 

 Telephone: (202) 305-8356 

 Email: Kimberly.L.Herb@usdoj.gov 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

U.S. Department of Justice 

P.O. Box 883 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Facsimile: (202) 616-8470 

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV 09-0037-CW

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME 

TO FILE ANSWER; AND ORDER 

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1) and Civil L.R. 6-2, the parties, by and through 

undersigned counsel, hereby respectfully move to extend the time for Defendants’ to file an 

answer until March 17, 2010. The requested enlargement will not have any effect on the present 

schedule for the case, and will require Defendants to serve an answer in advance of the Settlement 

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Conference scheduled for March 19, 2010. In accordance with Civil L.R. 6-2(a), this motion is 

supported by the Declaration of Kimberly L. Herb, counsel for Defendants, filed herewith and a 

proposed order below. 

1. Defendants submit that the Declaration of Kimberly L. Herb establishes good 

cause for the requested enlargement as follows: 

a. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of February 2, 2010, Defendants must file their 

Answer to Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) on March 12, 2010. (Dkt. No. 

64.) 

b. Defendants are in the process of responding to allegations in the Plaintiffs’ 

Complaint. Because of the length of the Complaint and the fact that it concerns events that span 

more than fifty years, Defendants have spent a significant amount of time responding to the 

factual allegations. This, in turn, has delayed the review of the Defendants’ responses within 

their respective agencies. 

c. Absent an enlargement of time, Defendants will be substantially prejudiced in 

responding to the Complaint because Defendants have not had the opportunity to complete its 

necessary review process within the Department of Justice and the Defendant agencies. 

2. There have seven previous modifications in this case. 

a. On March 24, 2009, the parties stipulated to a continuance of the case management 

conference to June 16, 2009, and the deadline for the joint case management statement to June 9, 

2009. On March 31, 2009, the Court entered an Order establishing the dates to which the parties 

had stipulated. (Dkt. No. 15.) 

b. On May 11, 2009, the parties stipulated to enlarge the period for Defendants’ 

response to the Complaint in the form of a dispositive motion by thirty-two days—from May 11, 

2009 to June 12, 2009—and a corresponding adjustment of the briefing schedule and hearing 

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date. On May 12, 2009, the Court entered an Order establishing the briefing deadlines and 

hearing date to which the parties had stipulated. (Dkt. No. 19.) 

c. On June 4, 2009, Defendants filed a Motion for an Extension of Time to File 

Response to Complaint until June 30, 2009 on the ground that Ms. Wolverton had assumed 

primary responsibility for the case sixteen days prior to the deadline for submission of a motion to 

dismiss. Plaintiffs opposed the extension request. The Court entered an Order granting the 

requested extension on June 12, 2009. (Dkt. No. 27.) 

d. On September 10, 2009, at the behest of counsel for Plaintiffs, the parties 

stipulated to an enlargement of the briefing schedule on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and a 

continuance on the initial case management conference. On September 15, 2009, the Court 

entered an Order granting the briefing and hearing schedule to which the parties had stipulated. 

(Dkt. No. 42.) 

e. On October 28, 2009, again at the behest of counsel for the Plaintiffs, the parties 

stipulated to a continuance of the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and the initial case 

management conference. On October 29, 2009, the Court entered an Order granting the 

continuance of the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and the initial case management 

conference as the parties had stipulated. (Dkt. No. 50.) 

f. On January 27, 2010, Defendants filed a Motion to Enlarge Time to File Answer 

until April 19, 2010 on the ground that Defendants wanted to review discovery documents that 

pertained to the factual allegations in Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint. Plaintiffs opposed 

the extension request. On February 2, 2010, the Court entered an Order granting in part the 

Defendants’ Motion to Extend Time, extending the time to file the answer until March 12, 2010. 

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g. On February 18, 2010, at the behest of counsel for Defendants, the parties 

stipulated to extend Defendants’ time to respond to discovery requests and produce documents. 

On February 23, 2010, the Court entered an Order granting the parties’ stipulation. (Dkt. No. 66.) 

3. The requested enlargement will not have any effect on the present schedule for the 

case, and will require Defendants to serve an answer in advance of the Settlement Conference 

scheduled for March 19, 2010. 

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In order to allow Defendants sufficient time to prepare their Answer, the parties hereby 

respectfully request that the Court enlarge the time in which to file the answer to March 17, 2010. 

Dated: March 12, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

GORDON P. ERSPAMER IAN GERSHENGORN 

TIMOTHY W. BLAKELY Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

ADRIANO HRVATIN JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

KIMBERLY L. TAYLOR United States Attorney 

STACEY M. SPRENKEL VINCENT M. GARVEY 

 Deputy Branch Director 

 CAROLINE LEWIS WOLVERTON 

 Morrison & Foerster LLP Senior Counsel 

 425 Market Street 

 San Francisco, CA 94105 By: /s/ Kimberly L. Herb 

 Telephone: (415) 268-411 KIMBERLY L. HERB 

 Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 Illinois Bar No. 6296725 

 Email: GErspamer@mofo.com Trial Attorney 

 U.S. Department of Justice 

 Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

By: /s/ Timothy W. Blakely 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. 

 Washington, DC 20530 

 Telephone: (202) 305-8356 

 Facsimile: (202) 616-8470 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Email: Kimberly.L.Herb@usdoj.gov 

 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

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ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 3/23/2010 –––––––––––––––––––––––– 

 CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 United States District Judge 

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