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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 20:1400 Civil Rights of Handicapped Child

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Case No. C 06-7836 JSW Request and Declaration of Amy Bisson Holloway in 

Support of Request for Extension of Time 

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MARSHA A. BEDWELL, State Bar No. 094860 

General Counsel 

AMY BISSON HOLLOWAY, State Bar No. 163731 

Assistant General Counsel 

GABRIEL C. VIVAS, State Bar No. 092434 

Deputy General Counsel 

California Department of Education 

1430 N Street, Room 5319 

Sacramento, California 94244-2720 

Telephone: (916) 319-0860 

Facsimile: (916) 319-0155 

Email: gvivas@cde.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

R.K., a minor, by and through his parents, T.K. and 

C.K.,, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

HAYWARD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

VALERIE BAUGH, in her individual capacity, 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 

CHILDREN’S HEALTH COUNCIL a corporation 

also doing business as ESTHER B. CLARK a non 

public school, ALAMEDA COUNTY BEHAVIOR 

HEALTH CARE SERVICES, CAROLYN 

NOVESEL, in her official capacity as a Director for 

Children’s System of Care a division of ALAMEDA 

COUNTY BEHAVIORAL SERVICES, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.C06-7836 JSW 

REQUEST FOR ORDER EXTENDING 

TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT, 

DECLARATION OF AMY BISSON 

HOLLOWAY IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME, AND 

PROPOSED ORDER

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 Counsel for defendant, California Department of Education (CDE), hereby requests that this 

Court extend the time to February 6, 2007, for defendant CDE to file responsive pleadings. This 

request is based on the declaration of, Amy Bisson Holloway, and such other pleadings already on file 

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with the Court that might be relevant. 

Dated: January 22, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

 MARSHA A. BEDWELL 

 General Counsel 

 AMY BISSON HOLLOWAY 

 Assistant General Counsel 

 By: /s/ Amy Bisson Holloway 

 AMY BISSON HOLLOWAY 

 Assistant General Counsel 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

DECLARATION 

 I, Amy Bisson Holloway, hereby declare the following: 

 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice in the State of California, and admitted to 

practice before this Court. I am employed by the California Department of Education as the Assistant 

General Counsel. I am responsible for assigning cases to the various Deputy General Counsels under 

my supervision. This matter has been assigned to Deputy General Counsel Gabriel C. Vivas. 

 2. Gabriel Vivas was out of the office due to a hearing in southern California and on 

vacation from January 11, 2007 – January 15, 2007. On January 15, 2007, I was advised that Mr. 

Vivas was ill, and would not be in the office on January 16, 2007. Late in the day on January 17, 2007, 

I received a communication from Mr. Vivas advising me that his doctor said that he would not be able 

to return to work for 7-10 days. 

 3. The Complaint in this matter was received in the Legal Division on January 3, 2007. 

CDE’s responsive pleading is due January 23, 2007. 

4. At my request, one of the other attorney’s in the office, Gregory Rousseve, reviewed the 

file to determine if he could complete the necessary pleading. However, due to the complicated facts in 

the case, and other work demands, he is not able to file a responsive pleading by January 23, 2007. Mr. 

Vivas is the only attorney familiar with the facts of this case. At present there is no other attorney I am 

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able to assign this matter to on short notice. 

 4. At my direction Mr. Rousseve contacted plaintiffs’ counsel on January 19, 2007. It has 

been explained to plaintiffs’ counsel that Mr. Vivas is out of the office due to medical reasons. 

Plaintiffs’ counsel does not oppose a continuance until February 6, 2007, for CDE to file its responsive 

pleading to the Complaint. 

5. For all of the foregoing reasons, I respectfully request that this Court grant an extension 

of time of 14 days to file the responsive pleadings of CDE in this matter, which would require these 

filings no later than Tuesday, February 6, 2007. 

 I declare that the foregoing is true and correct under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State 

of California, and this declaration is executed at Sacramento, California on January 22, 2007. 

 _/s/_Amy Bisson Holloway

 AMY BISSON HOLLOWAY 

 

ORDER 

 It is hereby ordered that counsel for defendant California Department of Education be granted 

an extension of time to February 6, 2007, to file the responsive pleadings in this matter. 

DATED: _____________________ By: _____________________________________ 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 U.S. District Judge 

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