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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME; ORDER

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Tanya E. Moore, SBN 206683

MOORE LAW FIRM, P.C.

332 North Second Street

San Jose, California 95112

Telephone (408) 298-2000

Facsimile (408) 298-6046

Email: tanya@moorelawfirm.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

Hendrik Block 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HENDRIK BLOCK,

Plaintiff,

vs.

HAGOP VARTANIAN dba PUBLIC 

AUCTION R US, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. 1:16-cv-00650-LJO-SKO

STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME FOR ALL DEFENDANTS TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT IN EXCESS 

OF 28 DAYS; ORDER

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Hendrik Block and 

Defendants Hagop Vartanian dba Public Auction R Us, Gary Christian, and Bonnie M. 

Christian (collectively “Defendants”), by and through their counsel of record, that pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(a) and Local Rule 144(a), Defendants may have to and 

including July 29, 2016 to file a responsive pleading in this matter. This extension of time is 

Defendants’ first extension and does not alter the date of any event or any deadline already 

fixed by Court order, but does exceed twenty-eight (28) days. Good cause for this extension 

exists as the parties are currently engaging in settlement discussions and wish to exhaust such 

efforts before incurring the fees and costs associated with the responsive pleadings.

Date: June 21, 2016 MOORE LAW FIRM, P.C.

/s/ Tanya E. Moore 

Tanya E. Moore 

Attorney for Plaintiff,

Hendrik Block

Date: June 21, 2016 PURVIS & ELDER, LLP

/s/ Michael L. Elder 

Michael L. Elder

Attorneys for Defendants, 

Hagop Vartanian dba Public Auction R Us, 

Gary Christian, and Bonnie M. Christian

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ORDER

Plaintiff Hendrik Block (“Plaintiff”) filed his complaint on May 9, 2016. (Doc. 1.) 

Defendant Gary Christian (“Mr. Christian”) was personally served on May 17, 2016. (Doc. 4.) 

Mr. Christian’s responsive pleading was therefore due twenty-one (21) days after service, or 

June 7, 2016. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A)(i). 

The parties filed the above “Stipulation for Extension of Time for All Defendants to 

Respond to Complaint in Excess of 28 Days” on June 21, 2016, two weeks after Mr. Christian’s

responsive pleading deadline. 1 Although the Court may extend time to file a responsive 

pleading after the deadline has expired because of “excusable neglect,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 

6(b)(1)(B), no such excusable neglect has been articulated – much less shown – here. 

Notwithstanding this deficiency, given the absence of bad faith or prejudice to Plaintiff (as 

evidenced by the parties’ agreement to the extension of time), and in view of the liberal 

construction of Fed. R. Civ. 6(b)(1) to effectuate the general purpose of seeing that cases are 

tried on the merits, see Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1258-59 (9th Cir. 

2010), the Court GRANTS the parties’ stipulated request. The parties are cautioned that future 

post hoc request for extensions of time will be viewed with disfavor. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants Hagop Vartanian dba Public Auction R 

Us, Gary Christian, and Bonnie M. Christian shall have to and including July 29, 2016, within 

which to file a responsive pleading.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 23, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

1 The responsive pleading deadlines for the other defendants, Hagop Vartanian d/b/a Public Auction R Us and 

Bonnie M. Christian, have not yet expired. (See Docs. 5 and 6.) 

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