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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO SHORTEN 

TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION – NO. 2:08-CV-00486-EFB 

JAMES C. HARRISON, State Bar No. 161958

THOMAS A. WILLIS, State Bar No. 160989

KAREN GETMAN, State Bar No. 136285

REMCHO, JOHANSEN & PURCELL, LLP

201 Dolores Avenue 

San Leandro, CA 94577 

Phone: (510) 346-6200 

FAX: (510) 346-6201 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Carole Migden, Friends of Carole Migden 

Committee, and Re-Elect Senator Carole 

Migden Committee 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CAROLE MIGDEN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

CALIFORNIA FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES 

COMMISSION, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No.: 2:08-CV-00486-EFB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

SHORTEN TIME FOR 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO SHORTEN 

TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION – NO. 2:08-CV-00486-EFB 

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Plaintiffs have filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction concurrently with this 

Stipulation. The Motion for Preliminary Injunction is currently scheduled to be heard on April 16, 

2008, at 10:00 a.m. Pursuant to Local Rules 6-144(e) and 83-143, the parties hereby request that the 

hearing be rescheduled to March 26, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., and that the briefing schedule be shortened so 

that the issues presented in the Motion for Preliminary Injunction can be determined on an expedited 

basis without resorting to an Application for a Temporary Restraining Order. There have been no 

previous stipulations or motions to shorten or enlarge time in this case. 

To that end, the parties hereby propose to adhere to the following briefing schedule on 

plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction: 

Plaintiffs’ Motion filed March 7, 2008; 

Defendants’ Opposition due Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 12:00 noon; 

Plaintiffs’ Reply due Friday, March 21, 2008; and 

Hearing on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. 

Briefs shall be served by electronic filing. 

Dated: March 7, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 JAMES C. HARRISON 

 THOMAS A. WILLIS 

 KAREN GETMAN 

 REMCHO, JOHANSEN & PURCELL, LLP 

 By: 

 James C. Harrison 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Carole Migden, 

 Friends of Carole Migden Committee, and 

 Re-Elect Senator Carole Migden Committee 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO SHORTEN 

TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION – NO. 2:08-CV-00486-EFB 

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Dated: March 7, 2008 LAWRENCE T. WOODLOCK 

 FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION 

 By: 

 Lawrence T. Woodlock 

 Attorneys for Defendants California Fair Political 

 Practices Commission, Ross Johnson, Timothy A. 

 Hodson, A. Eugene Huguenin, Jr., Robert Leidigh 

 and Ray Remy 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 The parties’ stipulation to shorten time is granted in part as follows: 

Defendants’ Opposition due Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at 12:00 noon; 

Plaintiffs’ Reply due Friday, March 21, 2008; and 

Hearing on April 1, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom No. 25. 

DATED: March 13, 2008. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO SHORTEN 

TIME FOR PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION – NO. 2:08-CV-00486-EFB 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, declare under penalty of perjury that: 

I am a citizen of the United States, over the age of 18, and not a party to the within 

cause or action. My business address is 201 Dolores Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94577. 

On March 7, 2008, I served a true copy of the following document(s): 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to Shorten Time 

for Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction 

on the following party(ies) in said action: 

Scott Hallabrin, General Counsel 

Lawrence T. Woodlock, 

 Senior Commission Counsel 

Fair Political Practices Commission 

428 “J” Street, Suite 620 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2329 

Phone: (916) 322-5660 

Fax: (916) 327-2026 

Email: shallabrin@fppc.ca.gov 

Email: lwoodlock@fppc.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BY UNITED STATES MAIL: By enclosing the document(s) in a sealed 

envelope or package addressed to the person(s) at the address above and 

depositing the sealed envelope with the United States Postal Service, with 

the postage fully prepaid. 

Placing the envelope for collection and mailing, following our ordinary 

business practices. I am readily familiar with the businesses’ practice for 

collecting and processing correspondence for mailing. On the same day 

that correspondence is placed for collection and mailing, it is deposited in 

the ordinary course of business with the United States Postal Service, 

located in San Leandro, California, in a sealed envelope with postage fully 

prepaid. 

BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY: By enclosing the document(s) in an envelope 

or package provided by an overnight delivery carrier and addressed to the persons 

at the addresses listed. I placed the envelope or package for collection and 

overnight delivery at an office or a regularly utilized drop box of the overnight 

delivery carrier. 

BY MESSENGER SERVICE: By placing the document(s) in an envelope or 

package addressed to the persons at the addresses listed and providing them to a 

professional messenger service for service. 

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BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION: By faxing the document(s) to the persons 

at the fax numbers listed based on an agreement of the parties to accept service by 

fax transmission. No error was reported by the fax machine used. A copy of the 

fax transmission is maintained in our files. 

BY EMAIL TRANSMISSION: By emailing the document(s) to the persons at 

the email addresses listed based on a court order or an agreement of the parties to 

accept service by email. No electronic message or other indication that the 

transmission was unsuccessful was received within a reasonable time after the 

transmission.

I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on 

March 7, 2008, in San Leandro, California. 

 Kristen Snider

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