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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Case No. C 13-3470 LB Administrative Motion, Supporting Declaration, and [Proposed] Order Extending Time to Respond to 

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MELINDA HAAG (CSBN 132612)

United States Attorney

ALEX TSE (CSBN 152348)

Chief, Civil Division

JAMES A. SCHARF (CSBN 152171)

Assistant United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 535-5044

Facsimile: (408) 535-5081

Email: james.scharf@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

Jeh Charles Johnson, FBI Director James Comey, and 

FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ADAM JIBREEL, Case No. C 13-3470 LB 

Plaintiff, ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION, SUPPORTING DECLARATION, AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

V

HOCK SENG CHIN, et al.,

Defendants. ___________________________

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-3, defendants Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

Jeh Charles Johnson, FBI Director James Comey, and FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta

(“movants”)1 hereby request an extension of time for all federal defendants to respond to plaintiff’s 

 1 Plaintiff sued former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and 

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complaint in this action to and including February 28, 2014. This is movants’ first request for additional 

time to respond to the complaint. A case management conference is set for March 20, 2014. 

Movants seek an extension of time to and including February 28, 2014 for all federal defendants 

to respond to the complaint for the following reasons: 

First, additional time is necessary for the United States Marshals Service (‘USMS’) to serve the 

federal defendants. USMS served the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of 

California on November 13, 2013, the United States Attorney General (by certified mail) on November 

25, 2013, and former FBI Director Robert Swan Mueller III on December 12, 2013. The USMS was not 

able to serve the foreign defendants and is still in the process of serving the other federal defendants. 

Second, additional time is necessary to sort out representational issues. Specifically, additional 

time is needed for the undersigned attorney to obtain authority from the United States Department of 

Justice to represent Senators Lindsay Graham and Patty Murray. The undersigned attorney anticipates 

that he will ultimately represent all the federal defendants, except for Representative Pete King, who 

will be represented by Todd B. Tatelman of the U.S. House of Representatives, Office of General 

Counsel. 

Third, additional time is necessary for the undersigned attorney to prepare a motion to dismiss 

for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. Although the complaint appears to 

lack merit, because plaintiff has sued so many federal defendants, undersigned counsel anticipates that 

he will need to consult with numerous agency attorneys. 

Undersigned counsel attempted to meet and confer with plaintiff about this requested extension 

before filing this administrative motion. By letter dated December 31, 2013, undersigned counsel asked 

plaintiff to call him by close of business on Friday, January 3, 2014, if plaintiff objected to the requested 

extension of time. Plaintiff did not respond to that letter. 

 

former FBI Director Robert Swan Mueller III. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)

(2), current Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Charles Johnson and current FBI 

Director James Comey are automatically substituted in for their predecessors. 

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Mr. Tatelman joins movants’ request on behalf of Congressman King. 

Accordingly, movants request an extension of time for all federal defendants to respond to 

plaintiff’s complaint in this action to and including February 28, 2014. Undersigned counsel anticipates 

that Mr. Tatelman will also file a motion to dismiss on behalf of Congressman King on or before that 

date. This extension of time would not prejudice plaintiff because, among other reasons, the Court has 

already continued the initial Case Management Conference to March 20, 2014, because of service 

issues. 

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: January 6, 2014 MELINDA HAAG

United States Attorney

/S/ JAMES A. SCHARF

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Secretary of the Department of Homeland 

Security Jeh Charles Johnson, FBI Director James Comey, 

and FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta 

DECLARATION OF JAMES A. SCHARF

I, James A. Scharf, declare as follows:

1. I am an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. I currently 

represent defendants Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Jeh Charles Johnson, FBI 

Director James Comey, and FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta in this action. I anticipate that I will 

ultimately represent all the federal defendants, except for defendant Congressman Pete King. 

2. By e-mail dated January 3, 2014, Christian Hanson of the United States Marshals Service 

(“USMS”) informed me that the USMS served the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern 

District of California on November 13, 2013, the United States Attorney General (by certified mail) on 

November 25, 2013, and former FBI Director Mueller on December 12, 2013. Mr. Hanson further 

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stated in that e-mail that the USMS will not be able to serve the foreign defendants and was still in the 

process of serving the other federal defendants. 

3. I am informed and believe that Senators Lindsay Graham and Patty Murray have (or soon 

will) request the United States Department of Justice to authorize me to represent them in this action. 

This process will take at least a few weeks and perhaps longer. 

4. I am informed and believe that Congressman King will be represented by Todd B. Tatelman. 

Mr. Tatelman informed me that he joins this administrative motion on behalf of Congressman King. 

5. In this action, plaintiff has sued President Obama, two United States Senators, a United States 

Congressman, the heads (or former heads) of four separate federal agencies, and two foreign officials. 

Although the complaint does not appear to have any discernible merit, I will need to consult with 

numerous agency attorneys in preparing a motion to dismiss. I first spoke with some of these agency 

attorneys on December 30, 2013.

6. I was not able to call or e-mail plaintiff because I don’t have his telephone number or e-mail 

address. By letter dated December 31, 2013, I asked plaintiff to call me by close of business on Friday, 

January 3, 2014, if plaintiff objected to the requested extension of time. To date, plaintiff did not 

respond to my letter. 

7. This case is scheduled for a case management conference on March 20, 2014. 

8. On or before February 28, 2014, along with a motion to dismiss, I intend to file a motion to 

vacate or continue that case management conference pending adjudication of the motions to dismiss

because the disposition of those motions will inform and impact case management issues, if not 

eliminate them altogether. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true 

and correct. 

Executed this 6th day of January, 2014, at San Jose, California.

 /S/

JAMES A. SCHARF

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Good appearing, the deadline for all federal defendants to respond to the complaint in this action 

is hereby extended to February 28, 2014. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2014 _____________________________________ 

Hon. Laurel Beeler

United States Magistrate Judge

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