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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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THIRD STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME; CASE NO. 19CV2027-MCE-AC 1

Michael L. Lipman (SBN 66605)

Karen L. Alexander (SBN 265926)

DUANE MORRIS LLP

750 B Street, Suite 2900

San Diego, CA 92101-4681

Telephone: (619) 744-2200

Facsimile: (619) 744-2201

mllipman@duanemorris.com

klalexander@duanemorris.com

Heather U. Guerena (SBN 238122)

7727 Herschel Avenue

La Jolla, CA 92037

Telephone: (858) 866-1020

Facsimile: (858) 551-4388

huguerena@elevationca.com

Attorneys for Defendant

King’s Casino, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VERONICA BRILL, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MICHAEL L. POSTLE, et al.

Defendants.

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Case No. 19cv2027-MCE-AC

The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr.

THIRD STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

KING’S CASINO’S TIME TO RESPOND 

TO COMPLAINT, SECOND 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND JUSTIN 

KURAITIS’S TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT, AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

Complaint Filed: October 8, 2019

Plaintiffs Veronica Brill et al. (“Plaintiffs”), by and through counsel; Defendant King’s 

Casino, LLC d/b/a The Saloon at Stones Gambling Hall (“King’s Casino”), by and through 

counsel; and Defendant Justin Kuraitis (“Kuraitis”), by and through counsel, hereby stipulate 

and agree as follows:

First, that on October 15, 2019, Plaintiffs served King’s Casino with the Complaint 

and Summons. The parties have twice stipulated to extend King’s Casino’s time to respond 

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to the Complaint, and its date to respond to the Complaint is presently February 5, 2020. 

[Docs. 7, 13.]

Second, that on November 9, 2019, Plaintiffs requested that Kuraitis waive service 

of the Complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d). Kuraitis agreed to do so, and 

the parties stipulated to extend his time to respond to the Complaint by 28 days under Local 

Rule 144(a). Accordingly, Kuraitis’s date to respond to the Complaint is February 5, 2020. 

[Doc. 11.]

Third, that Plaintiffs filed a Summons Returned Executed regarding Defendant 

Michael Postle (“Postle”) on January 9, 2020. [Doc. 15.] Plaintiffs and Postle have 

stipulated to extend Postle’s time to respond to the Complaint by 28 days under Local Rule 

144(a) to February 26, 2020. [Doc. 20.] Postle is not affected by this present Stipulation.

Fourth, that King’s Casino and Kuraitis now seek to extend their deadline to respond 

to the Complaint from February 5, 2020 to February 26, 2020, so that their responsive 

pleadings are due on the same day as Postle’s. 

Fifth, a court may extend the time for a party to respond to a complaint for good 

cause. Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 6(b). Good cause exists here because King’s Casino and Kuraitis 

intend to file Rule 12 Motions challenging, inter alia, the Complaint’s failure to state any 

claim upon which relief can be granted. The parties anticipate that Postle may also file Rule 

12 Motions. The parties agree that it would be more efficient for all Rule 12 Motions to be 

filed and heard at the same time, as they may raise some of the same legal issues and rely 

on the same legal authorities.

By entering into this Stipulation, defendants do not enter a general appearance and 

do not waive (and expressly reserve) all rights, legal challenges, and arguments, including 

any jurisdictional or other defenses that may be raised in a motion under Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 12(b).

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Accordingly, the parties stipulate and agree that King’s Casino’s and Kuraitis’s time to 

respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint shall be extended from February 5, 2020, to February 26, 2020. 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 29, 2020 DUANE MORRIS LLP

By: s/ Michael L. Lipman

 Michael L. Lipman

 Duane Morris LLP

 Attorneys for Defendant King’s Casino, LLC

Dated: January 30, 2020 THE VERSTANDIG LAW FIRM, LLC

By: s/ Maurice VerStandig (authorized 1/30/20)

 Maurice B. VerStandig (pro hac vice)

 The VerStandig Law Firm, LLC

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: January 29, 2020 LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD PACHTER

By: s/ Richard Pachter (authorized 1/29/20)

 Richard Pachter

 Law Offices of Richard Pachter

 Attorneys for Defendant Kuraitis

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ORDER

Having considered the Third Stipulation to Extend King’s Casino’s Time to Respond 

to Complaint and the Second Stipulation to Extend Justin Kuraitis's Time to Respond to 

Complaint, and finding good cause therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the time for 

King’s Casino and Kuraitis to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint shall be extended from 

February 5, 2020, to February 26, 2020. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 4, 2020

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