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

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ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' EXPARTEMOTIONTOCONTINUEHEARINGONPRELIMINARYINJUNCTION—No.

C-05-04188 RMW

JAH

E-FILED on 11/10/05

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

VIDEO SOFTWARE DEALERS

ASSOCIATION, and ENTERTAINMENT

SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, in his official

capacity as Governor of the State of California;

BILL LOCKYER, in his official capacity as

Attorney General of the State of California;

GEORGE KENNEDY, in his official capacity as

Santa Clara County District Attorney; RICHARD

DOYLE, in his official capacity as City Attorney

for the City of San Jose; and ANN MILLER

RAVEL, in her official capacity as County Counsel

for the County of Santa Clara,

Defendants.

No. C-05-04188 RMW

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' EX

PARTE MOTION TO CONTINUE HEARING

ON PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

[Re Docket No. 19, 20]

Defendants George Kennedy, Santa Clara County District Attorney, and Ann Ravel, Santa Clara

County Counsel (the "county defendants"), move to continue the hearing on plaintiffs' motion for a

preliminary injunction from December 2 to December 9, 2005. The court reluctantly grants the motion.

On October 7, 2005, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, signed into law Assembly

Bill 1179, which is to take effect on January 1, 2006, and will restrict the sale and rental of certain violent

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video games to minors. On October 17, the plaintiffs filed a complaint, and two days later, a motion for a

preliminary injunction, seeking to prevent enforcement of this new law. When plaintiffs filed their motion for

preliminary injunction, the briefing schedule was set. 

The county defendants state that the attorney who is handling this matter for them, Kathryn J.

Zoglin, is unavailable on December 2, 2005, and thus request the hearing date be continued to December

9. The other defendants do not oppose this request, but the plaintiffs do. The plaintiffs claim that they will

have insufficient time to either appeal an adverse decision of this court or comply with the new law if the

hearing is continued a week.

While cognizant of the position the plaintiffs are in, as well as their diligence in prosecuting the case,

the court feels that justice requires it to accommodate Ms. Zoglin's schedule. The hearing on the plaintiffs'

motion for a preliminary injunction is continued to December 9, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. 

DATED: 11/10/05 /s/ Ronald M. Whyte

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' EXPARTEMOTIONTOCONTINUEHEARINGONPRELIMINARYINJUNCTION—No.

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. 

Amy L. Tenney 

Ethan D. Dettmer edettmer@gibsondunn.com 

H. Mark Lyon mlyon@gibsondunn.com 

Katherine A. Fallow 

Paul M. Smith 

Counsel for Defendants:

Zackery P. Morazzini zackery.morazzini@doj.ca.gov 

Kathryn J. Zoglin kathryn_zoglin@mail.cco.co.santa-clara.ca.us 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not registered for

e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 11/10/05 /s/ JH

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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