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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALBERTO CAMPOS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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PAUL M. SCHULTZ (Warden), )

J. DEVERE (Unit Manager), )

LT. MILLER (Lieutenant), )

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Defendants. )

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EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND

DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO

COMPLAINT; ORDER

THEREON 

The United States of America requests an extension of time

for Defendants Paul M. Schultz, J. DeVere and Lt. Miller

(“Defendants”) to respond to the Complaint, filed March 3, 2006

(Doc. 1), based on the following:

1. Defendants are employees of the Federal Bureau of

Prisons, and Plaintiff, a pro se prisoner, has sued them in both

their official and individual capacities. As a result,

Defendants will most likely be represented by the United States

Attorney’s Office.

2. According to the docket, Defendants were served with

the Complaint on June 4, 2007. (See Docs. 14-16.) Pursuant to

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EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ORDER THEREON

Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Defendants’

deadline to respond to the Complaint is August 3, 2007.

3. Before the United States Attorney’s Office can

represent Defendants, each Defendant must formally request legal

representation by the United States Department of Justice, and

such request must be approved by the Department of Justice.

4. An attorney for the Federal Bureau of Prisons is

currently in the process of obtaining the representation requests

from Defendants and forwarding them to the Department of Justice

for review and approval.

5. In light of the foregoing, and to enable the United

States Attorney’s Office to respond to the Complaint on behalf of

all Defendants at one time, it is respectfully requested that the

Court extend Defendants’ time to respond by at least 90 days to

November 1, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July 20, 2007. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kimberly A. Gaab 

Attorneys for the United

States of America

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED that Defendants’ time to respond to the

Complaint is extended to November 1, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 7, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

cf0di0 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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