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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

N.Y.,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN RAMON VALLEY UNIFIED 

SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-03906-MMC 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION BY 

MARC H. RANDAZZA AND D. GILL 

SPERLEIN TO WITHDRAW AS 

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF; 

EXTENDING DEADLINE TO 

COMPLETE FACT DISCOVERY; 

DIRECTIONS TO CLERK; 

DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES

Re: Dkt. No. 98

Before the Court is the motion, filed December 4, 2018, by Marc J. Randazza and 

D. Gill Sperlein, "to Withdraw as Attorneys," which motion also seeks an order extending, 

for seventy days, the deadline to complete fact discovery, in order to afford plaintiff an 

opportunity to locate new counsel. Plaintiff has consented to the withdrawal (see

Randazza Decl. Ex. A); no other response to the motion has been filed.1

The Court having read and considered the motion, and good cause appearing, the

relief requested is hereby GRANTED as follows:

1. Marc J. Randazza and D. Gill Sperlein are RELIEVED as counsel as record for 

plaintiff N.Y. Given the absence of an immediate substitution, plaintiff now proceeds pro 

se, and, accordingly, the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to update the docket to indicate 

plaintiff's address as follows: 317 Montoya Way, Danville, California, 94526.

2. Defendants are DIRECTED to continue to electronically file all documents, and 

 

1Counsel for plaintiff states he has been informed by defendants' counsel that 

defendants do not oppose the motion. (See id. ¶ 12.)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

to serve plaintiff, by mail at the above-stated address, all documents they file. Plaintiff is 

DIRECTED to submit all documents for filing in paper form, specifically by mailing or 

otherwise delivering to the Clerk of Court, at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 16th Floor, San 

Francisco CA 94102, both the original and a chambers copy thereof, which copy is to be

clearly marked "Chambers Copy." Additionally, plaintiff is DIRECTED to serve counsel 

for defendants with a copy of any document he files with the Clerk, and to file proof of 

such service. See Civil L.R. 5-5(a).

2. The deadline to complete fact discovery is EXTENDED from December 24, 

2018, to March 4, 2019.2

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2018

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

 

2Although the new deadline to complete fact discovery is after the deadline to 

complete expert discovery, "all parties," according to plaintiff's counsel, "have indicated 

that they will not use expert witnesses." (See Pl.'s Mot. at 5:7-8.)

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