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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD DUMAS,

Plaintiff, No. C 05-4702 PJH

v. ORDER

NEW UNITED MOTOR 

MANUFACTURING INC., and

DOES 1-20,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

Before the court is a letter brief filed by defendants on May 9, 2007. The letter brief

appears to have been filed as a motion to enlarge time, and requests that the court allow

defendant to file its accompanying motion for attorneys’ fees one day late. 

Pursuant to the local rules of this court, any motion to enlarge time must be filed as

a proper motion, and must be accompanied by a declaration and proposed order. See Civ.

L.R. 6-3. Although defendant’s letter brief fails to comply with these requirements, the

court notes that the substance of defendant’s letter brief adequately sets forth the

information required by the local rules, and the court elects to treat defendant’s brief as a

properly filed motion to enlarge time. As such, and in accordance with local rule 6-3,

plaintiff has three days from the filing of defendant’s letter brief – until Monday, May 14,

2007 – in which to oppose defendant’s motion to enlarge time, if he so chooses. Any

opposition should be confined to the issue whether enlargement of time is warranted; all

arguments in opposition to defendant’s motion for attorneys’ fees should be reserved for

briefing on the merits of that motion, in the event the court resolves the instant motion to

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enlarge time in defendant’s favor. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2007 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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