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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: 46:1156 Administrative Procedure Act

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EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR FILING 

REPLY TO OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 1

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Attorneys for Defendant UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EZELL ANDERSON, JR., Doing Business As, 

Mom’s Choice Meats,

Plaintiff,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; KEVIN 

CONCANNON, Undersecretary for Food, 

Nutrition and Consumer Services; UNITED 

STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

AGRICULTURE; JOCELYN KEH, Section 

Chief, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program, Food and Nutrition Service, United 

States Department of Agriculture, and their 

successors in office, ,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:14-cv-02307 JAM/CKD

EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE FOR FILING REPLY TO 

OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT; ORDER

The United States requests a brief extension of time to file its reply to Plaintiff, Ezell 

Anderson, Jr’s Amended Opposition to the United States’ Motion for Summary Judgment from

October 5, 2016, to and including October 13, 2016.

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 Good cause exists for this short extension 

because service of the Amended Opposition was made by regular mail on Thursday, September 29, 

2016, and as of the date of this filling, counsel for the United States is not in receipt of the exhibits to 

the Amended Opposition, specifically a DVD referenced by Plaintiff as Exhibit B(1), “NSDAA 

Conference USDA OIG.” (ECF No. 58 at 9-10). To provide a comprehensive Reply, the United 

 

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ECF Nos. 54, 58.

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

ALYSON A. BERG

Assistant United States Attorney

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

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States counsel requests the opportunity to review the DVD as it was not produced in discovery, and it 

is unclear what information is contained on the DVD. 

The United States’ request for an approximate one-week extension of the Reply deadline is 

based on the following:

1. The United States filed its Motion for Summary Judgment on August 19, 2016, with a 

hearing date of September 21, 2016. (ECF No. 51-1). Plaintiff’s opposition was due on September 

7, 2016. No opposition was timely filed by Plaintiff.

2. Per Order dated September 9, 2016, this Court noted that Plaintiff did not timely 

oppose the United States’ Motion for Summary Judgment, but allowed Plaintiff an additional three 

weeks, to and including September 28, 2016, to file an opposition. (ECF No. 54). 

3. On September 29, 2016, counsel for the United States was informed by way of ECF 

that an opposition to the United States’ Motion for Summary Judgment had been filed. (ECF No. 

57). This filing was eight pages, and did not include any exhibits referenced in the opposition. Most 

significantly, no proof of service on counsel for the United States was provided in the opposition. 

4. On September 30, 2016, counsel for the United States was informed via ECF of an 

Amended Opposition to the United States’ Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 58). This 

filing was thirty pages, and included a proof of service by regular mail dated September 29, 2016. 

(ECF No. 58 at 9).

5. The Amended Opposition filed at ECF No. 58 included twenty pages of exhibits, and 

in particular, Exhibit B(1) was a single piece of paper representing a photocopy of a DVD with the 

handwritten notation, “NDSAA Conference USDA OIG.” (ECF No. 58 at 10). The Amended 

Opposition states in paragraph 11 that “Exhibit “B(1)” describe[sic] the same circumstances as found 

in this present matter concerning Mom’s Choice, but in the instance of Exhibit “B(1)” the USDA 

stayed within the rules to invoke trafficking against the owner.” (ECF No. 58 at 4, ¶ 11). 

6. The DVD referenced as Exhibit B(1) was not produced in discovery, which closed in 

this case on July 22, 2016. (ECF Nos. 46, 48) .

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7. The DVD referenced as Exhibit B(1) was not mentioned at Plaintiff’s deposition on 

May 17, 2016. 

8. As of the time of the filing of this Ex Parte request, counsel for the United States is not 

in receipt of a paper version of the Opposition referenced as ECF No. 57, nor the Amended 

Opposition with the exhibits referenced as ECF No. 58.

9. The United States is prejudiced by plaintiff’s serving the exhibits referenced in the 

Amended Opposition, namely the DVD referenced as Exhibit B(1), by regular mail on Thursday, 

September 29, 2016. Not only was Plaintiff a day late in filing the Opposition (ECF No. 57), the 

Amended Opposition was only received via ECF on Friday, September 30, 2016, which shortens the 

United States’ time to file its reply from five business days to, at best, two business days.2 

10. Accordingly, the United States respectfully requests that the deadline for filing its 

reply be extended from October 5, 2016 to October 13, 2016.3

Dated: September 30, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

/s/Alyson A. Berg

ALYSON A. BERG

Attorney for Defendant United States

 

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This assumes the DVD is received on Monday, October 3, 2016.

3 Monday, October 10, 2016, is a federal holiday.

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ORDER

Having reviewed the ex parte request by the United States, and for good cause showing, it is 

ordered that the United States’ reply to plaintiff’s amended opposition to the Motion for Summary 

Judgment be filed on October 13, 2016. Hearing on the motion is continued to October 26, 2016 at 

10:00 a.m. in courtroom no. 24.

Dated: October 4, 2016

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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