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Nature of Suit Code: 450
Nature of Suit: Interstate Commerce
Cause of Action: 12:1971 Relief under Bank Holding Act

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90017-2566

Telephone: (213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

Rochelle L. Wilcox (SBN 197790)

rochellewilcox@dwt.com

Attorney for Defendant

Apria Healthcare Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO

MACARTHUR WASHINGTON, on 

behalf of himself and all others similarly 

situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

APRIA HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.,

and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, and 

each of them

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00847-DAD-SKO

SECOND STIPULATION AND 

ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO 

RESPOND TO INITIAL

COMPLAINT (L.R. 144)

This Stipulation is entered by and between Plaintiff MacArthur Washington 

(“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Apria Healthcare, Inc. (“Apria”) through their respective 

counsel of record, with reference to the following facts:

1. Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action on June 17, 2016.

2. Apria was served with the Complaint on June 29, 2016, making Apria’s 

response to the Complaint originally due July 20, 2016. 

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

3. Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), Plaintiff agreed to extend the time for 

Apria to respond to the Complaint by 21 days, up to and including August 10, 2016. 

The parties filed a stipulation to that effect on July 19, 2016 (Dkt. 7).

4. Since that time, the parties have been actively engaged in investigating 

the facts and circumstances alleged in the Complaint and have exchanged 

information relating to those allegations. The parties anticipate they will need

approximately three additional weeks to complete their investigation, at which point 

Apria will be in an adequate position to respond to the Complaint.

5. Accordingly, the parties stipulate and jointly ask the Court to extend the 

time for Apria to respond to the Complaint by another 21 days, up to and including

August 31, 2016.

6. All signatories listed below, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, 

concur in this filing’s content and have authorized this filing.

7. This is the first request to the Court for an extension of time; as noted 

above, the parties previously stipulated to a 21-day extension of time pursuant to 

Local Rule 144(a), which did not require Court approval. 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that 

Defendant shall have an extension of time up to and including August 31, 2016, to 

respond to the Complaint in this action.

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

DATED: August 11, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF TODD M. FRIEDMAN, P.C.

TODD M. FRIEDMAN

MEGHAN E. GEORGE

ADRIAN BACON

By: s/ Adrian Bacon *

Adrian Bacon

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MACARTHUR WASHINGTON

* (as authorized by email on 8/9/16)

DATED: August 11, 2016 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

ROCHELLE L. WILCOX

By: s/ Rochelle L. Wilcox

Rochelle L. Wilcox

Attorney for Defendant 

APRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ “Stipulation to Extend Time to Respond to Initial 

Complaint by Not More than 28 Days” (Doc. 7), Defendant Apria Healthcare 

Group’s (“Defendant”) response to Plaintiff MacArthur Washington’s (“Plaintiff”)

Complaint was due August 10, 2016, the same day on which the parties filed the 

above “Second Stipulation to Extend Time to Response to Initial Complaint.” (Doc. 

9.)

Requests for extension are governing by Rule 144 of the Local Rules of the 

United States District Court, Eastern District of California (“Local Rules”). Local 

Rule 144(d) explains that “[r]equests for Court-approved extensions brought on the 

required filing date for the pleading or other document are looked upon with 

disfavor.” However, given the parties’ representations regarding the status of their 

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DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

865 S. FIGUEROA ST, SUITE 2400

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017-2566

(213) 633-6800

Fax: (213) 633-6899

investigation of the allegations in the Complaint, the Court GRANTS the parties’ 

stipulated second request for extension of time.

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendant shall file its responsive pleading by no 

later than August 31, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 11, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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