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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STEPHEN P. BERZON (SBN 46540)

JEFFREY B. DEMAIN (SBN 126715)

PEDER J. THOREEN (SBN 217081)

Altshuler Berzon LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

sberzon@altshulerberzon.com

jdemain@altshulerberzon.com

pthoreen@altshulerberzon.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

Service Employees International Union, 

Local 1000

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIANNE KNOX; WILLIAM L. BLAYLOCK;

EDWARD L. DOBROWOLSKI, JR.; KARYN

GIL; THOMAS JACOB HASS; PATRICK

JOHNSON; AND JON JUMPER, ON BEHALF

OF THEMSELVES AND THE CLASS THEY

SEEK TO REPRESENT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

STEVE WESTLY, Controller, State of

California; AND CALIFORNIA STATE

EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 1000,

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL

UNION, AFL-CIO-CLC,

Defendants.

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No. 2:05-cv-2198-MCE-KJM

JOINT STIPULATED REQUEST OF

ALL PARTIES TO PERMIT

SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS

TO BE HEARD ON AUGUST 17,

2007; ORDER THEREON

Date: N/A

Time: N/A

Judge Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

Place: Courtroom 3

15th Floor

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 In November 2006, John Chiang was elected to serve as California State Controller, 1/

succeeding defendant Steve Westly. Mr. Chiang is automatically substituted as a defendant in place of

Mr. Westly, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d).

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All of the parties to the above-captioned case hereby jointly request the Court to permit 1/

summary judgment motions to be heard on August 17, 2007. In support of this request, the parties

stipulate to the following facts, which demonstrate good cause for their request:

1. Plaintiffs intend to file a summary judgment motion. Defendant SEIU Local 1000 may also

file a motion or cross-motion for summary judgment, in full or in part.

2. The Amended Pretrial (Status) Scheduling Order (hereinafter “Scheduling Order”), filed in

this case on January 23, 2006 (Docket No. 34), sets the cut-off date for the hearing on dispositive

motions as August 13, 2007, which is a Monday. Scheduling Order at 4:17-19.

3. At the time the Court entered the Scheduling Order, it was hearing civil motions on Mondays.

4. Plaintiffs’ counsel was recently informed by the Courtroom Deputy that the Court will soon

switch its civil motions hearing day to Fridays. For that reason, the Court will not be available on

Monday, August 13, 2007, to hear any summary judgment motions in this case. Rather, the Court’s civil

motions hearing date that week will be on Friday, August 17, 2007.

5. Plaintiffs’ counsel was also recently informed by the Courtroom Deputy that the Court will

not be available to hear civil motions on any day between between June 9 and August 16, 2007. In other

words, the only available civil motions hearing date before August 17, 2007, will be June 8, 2007.

6. Under the notice and briefing schedule established by the Court’s local rules, opening

summary judgment papers will need to be filed by May 8, oppositions by May 22, and replies by June 1,

2007, for a hearing date of June 8, 2007.

7. If plaintiffs were to file their opening summary judgment papers on May 8, defendant SEIU

Local 1000 would not be able to file its reply by May 22. Lead counsel for defendant SEIU Local 1000,

Jeffrey B. Demain, will be out of the state on a long-planned and ticketed family trip for his father’s 80th

birthday, from May 4–21, and therefore will not be available to research and draft his client’s opposition

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papers between those dates – the very time period allotted under the schedule for a June 8 hearing. Mr.

Demain notified plaintiffs’ counsel of this unavailability on March 16, 2007.

8. Since the June 8 hearing date is not workable for the parties, and since the Court has no

alternative hearing dates available between June 8 and August 17, good cause exists to extend the

schedule set forth in the Scheduling Order by four days, to permit summary judgment motions to be

heard on August 17, 2007.

Therefore, on the basis of the foregoing showing of good cause, which is stipulated between the

undersigned parties, the parties respectfully request the Court to modify the Scheduling Order to provide

that dispositive motions in this matter may be heard on August 17, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

STEPHEN P. BERZON

JEFFREY B. DEMAIN 

PEDER J. THOREEN 

Altshuler Berzon LLP

Dated: April 30, 2007. By: /s/ Jeffrey B. Demain 

 Jeffrey B. Demain

Attorneys for Defendant

Service Employees International Union, Local 1000

W. JAMES YOUNG, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

c/o National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.

8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600

Springfield, Virginia 22160

(703) 321-8510

STEVEN R. BURLINGHAM, Esq.

California Bar No. 88544

Gary, Till & Burlingham

5330 Madison Avenue, Suite F

Sacramento, California 95841

(916) 332-8122

Facsimile — (916) 332-8153

Dated: April 30, 2007. By: /s/ W. James Young (as authorized on April 27, 2007)

 W. James Young

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Classes They Represent

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Attorney General

STACY BOULWARE EURIE,

Senior Assistant Attorney General

CHRISTOPHER E. KRUEGER,

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

DOUGLAS J. WOODS (SBN 161531),

Deputy Attorney General

1301 I Street

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, California 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 324-4663

Fax: (916) 324-5567

Email: Douglas.Woods@doj.ca.gov

Dated: April 30, 2007. By: /s/ Douglas J. Woods (as authorized on April 27, 2007)

 Douglas J. Woods

Attorneys for Defendant John Chiang

 ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 4, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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