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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND DEFENDANT’S TIME TO RESPOND

TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

JEFFREY J. LODGE (SBN 152205)

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

SHAUN KANE, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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RICHARD PIERCE, et al., )

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Defendants. )

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1:06-cv-01564-OWW-GSA-PC

EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND

DEFENDANT’S TIME TO RESPOND TO

COMPLAINT; ORDER

The United States of America requests an extension of time

for Defendant, Russell Yorke, Assistant Chief Deputy United

States Marshal, (“Defendant”) to respond to the Second Amended

Complaint filed September 6, 2007 (Doc. 27) by Plaintiff Shaun

Kane, a prisoner acting pro se, based on the following:

1. Defendant is an employee of the United States Marshals

Service. He has been sued in both his official and individual

capacities. As a result, Defendant will probably be represented

by the United States Attorney’s Office.

2. On July 9, 2008, the court entered an Order Directing

Service of Second Amended Complaint on Defendant Yorke by United

States Marshal Without Prepayment of Costs (Doc. 46). The other

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defendants in the case, who are officials associated with the

Fresno County Sheriff’s Department, were previously served and

have filed a motion to dismiss.

3. Before the United States Attorney’s Office can

represent an individual defendant, the defendant must formally

request legal representation by the United States Department of

Justice and such request must be approved by the Department of

Justice. Government counsel is currently in the process of

obtaining the representation requests from the individual

defendant and forwarding it to the Department of Justice for

review and approval.

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

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

the Defendant, it is respectfully requested that the Court extend

Defendant’s time to respond by at approximately 45 days to

October 17, 2008.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: September 5, 2008. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Lodge 

JEFFREY J. LODGE

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for the United

States of America

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ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED that the time for Defendant, Russell Yorke,

to respond to the Complaint is extended to October 17, 2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 5, 2008 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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