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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:405 Fair Housing Act

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THOMAS F. CARLUCCI, Bar No. 135767

MICHAEL E. DELEHUNT, Bar No. 070619

Foley & Lardner LLP

555 California Street, Suite 1700

San Francisco, CA 94102-1520

Telephone: (415) 434-4484

Facsimile: (415) 434-4507

Attorneys for Defendants Covenant Retirement

Communities West, Inc., et al.

THOMAS E. PEREZ

Assistant Attorney General

Civil Rights Division

STEVEN H. ROSENBAUM, Chief

JON M. SEWARD, Deputy Chief

DANA MULHAUSER, Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Civil Rights Division

Housing and Civil Enforcement Section

950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW-NWB

Washington, DC 20530

Telephone: (202) 305-0007

Facsimile: (202) 514-1116

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY ANN GAAB

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States

of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plaintiff,

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COVENANT RETIREMENT 

COMMUNITIES WEST, INC. et al.,

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Case No. CIV 1:04-CV-6732 AWI SMS

JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND THE 

CONSENT ORDER

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The United States and Covenant Retirement Communities West, Inc., et al. (hereinafter, 

“the parties”) respectfully submit this Joint Motion to Extend the Consent Order for a sixty-day 

period, up to and including October 27, 2010. 

On August 27, 2007, this Court entered a Consent Order that had been negotiated 

between the parties to resolve the United States’ claims in this case under the Fair Housing Act, 

42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3619. Dkt. No. 28. Paragraph 42 of the Consent Order provides that its 

provisions are effective for a period of three years from entry of the Order. Paragraph 44 of the 

Order provides that the Court shall retain jurisdiction for the duration of the Consent Order and 

that the United States may move to extend the Order in the interests of justice. Paragraph 46 of 

the Order also provides that any time limits for performance may be extended by mutual 

agreement of the parties. 

On August 3, 2010, the United States made an inquiry of Defendants regarding

compliance with the Consent Order. The parties have since been working cooperatively to 

assess Defendants’ compliance with the Consent Order. The parties have made progress in these 

discussions and believe that a sixty-day stay of the time periods of Paragraphs 42 and 44, which 

would effectively toll the time limit in Paragraph 42, will enable them to determine whether they 

can reach a mutual agreement for presentation to the Court. 

The Court has the authority to grant this motion both under the explicit terms of the 

Order, see Paragraphs 44 and 46, and under its inherent equitable powers to extend or modify the 

provisions of a consent order. See, e.g., United States v. Knote, 29 F.3d 1297, 1302 (8th Cir. 

1994) (district court has inherent equitable power to modify a consent decree); Thompson v.

HUD, 404 F.3d 821, 825-26 (4th Cir. 2005) (affirming district court’s decision to extend consent 

decree provisions); David C. v. Leavitt, 242 F.3d 1206, 1213 (10th Cir. 2001) (affirming district 

court’s decision to modify consent decree by extending its enforcement period). Under these 

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circumstances, where the parties agree that a brief stay of the time periods in Paragraphs 42 and 

44 will facilitate the resolution of outstanding issues, such an order is appropriate.

Thus, for the reasons stated above, the parties respectfully request that their Joint Motion 

to Extend the Consent Order be granted.

Dated: August 24, 2010 Thomas E. Perez

Assistant Attorney General

Civil Rights Division

s/ Ryan G. Lee 

Steven H. Rosenbaum, Chief

Jon M. Seward, Deputy Chief

Ryan G. Lee, Trial Attorney

Dana Mulhauser, Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Civil Rights Division

Housing and Civil Enforcement Section

950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW-NWB

Washington, DC 20530

Telephone: 202.305.3109

Facsimile: 202.514.1116

Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of 

America

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

Thomas F. Carlucci

Michael E. Delehunt

s/ Michael E. Delehunt 

Michael E. Delehunt

Attorneys for Defendants

Covenant Retirement Communities West, Inc.,

et al.

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ORDER

For good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Consent Order in 

United States v. Covenant Retirement Communities West, Inc., et al., be modified to extend the 

duration of the Court’s jurisdiction for an additional 60 days, until October 27, 2010.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 24, 2010 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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