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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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Jerry D. Casheros, # 203897

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard

Wayte & Carruth LLP

P.O. Box 28912

5 River Park Place East

Fresno, CA 93720-1501

Telephone: (559) 433-1300

Facsimile: (559) 433-2300

Attorneys for Defendant

PATRICIA TOWNE

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING

STAMP ONLY)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT

KATHRYN HOGAN, CHARLOTTEMARIE HOGAN

Plaintiffs,

v.

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY

MICHAEL ROBINSON, PATRICIA

TOWNE, ET AL.,

Defendants.

Case No. CV-F-03-6408 LJO NEW

EX PARTE REQUEST FOR ORDER

ALLOWING PATRICIA TOWNE’S BRIEF

TO EXCEED 25 PAGES IN LENGTH, AND

ORDER THEREON

As the Court recalls, it has recently dismissed Kathryn Hogan as a plaintiff in this action,

entering judgment against her in favor of the defendants. As this matter involved a claim for §1983

relief, Towne intends to file a Motion for Attorneys' Fees, which needs to be filed on or about

September 28, 2007. 

In accordance with this Court's Standing Order of May 3, 2007, defendant Towne respectfully

seeks Ex Parte leave of Court for an Order allowing the Motion for Attorneys' Fees to exceed 25

pages.

First, this request is made in the context of a case involving massive discovery. During the

course of discovery, plaintiffs alone identified over 100 witnesses and produced tens of thousands

of documents. Many of the documents involved were accounting records which spanned over a

several year period of time. The parties took dozens of depositions to investigate the allegations

made. At day’s end, this lawsuit has been pending since October 2003.

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With that in mind, defendant does not believe that the Motion for Attorneys’ Fees (MAF) can

be accomplished in 25 pages. We base the MAF on the premise that this case is patently frivolous

and was brought and maintained in bad faith. To demonstrate that, the Motion will provide deposition

testimony from dozens of witnesses and will supply and analyze many documents. There is also an

underlying state Probate Court proceeding, intimately tied to this matter, whose rulings are germane

to the federal court lawsuit. 

The MAF will also provide the Court with analysis demonstrating that the attorneys’ fees

incurred in this matter, totaling well into the six figure range, were reasonable and necessary. 

As such, we would respectfully ask that the limit on this Motion be set at 45 pages. We

apologize for the high nature of this request, but only make it due to the voluminous deposition and

discovery materials which we will need to present to the Court. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

Dated: September 24, 2007 McCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARDWAYTE & CARRUTH LLP

By: s/Jerry D. Casheros

Jerry D. Casheros

Attorneys for Defendant

PATRICIA TOWNE

ORDER

Defendant fails to justify the need to burden this Court with excessive briefing of 45 pages. 

This Court GRANTS defendant up to 40 pages to brief her motion on the condition that

defendant’s brief is concise, succinct and well organized.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 24, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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