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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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27 The undersigned notes that this date falls on a Saturday. 1

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare St., Ste. 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendants Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

Drug Enforcement Administration, United States 

Marshals Service and Department of Justice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL SCHULZE, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF )

INVESTIGATION, DRUG )

ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, )

UNITED STATES MARSHALS )

SERVICE and DEPARTMENT OF )

JUSTICE, )

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Defendants. )

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1:05-cv-00180-AWI-LJO

DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF

TIME BY WHICH TO FILE

DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

[Local Rule 6-144(c)]

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(c), defendants Federal Bureau

of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States

Marshals Service and Department of Justice (“defendants”) request

by way of this ex parte application a sixty-day extension of time

by which all parties must file dispositive motions in this case. 

The present dispositive motion deadline is January 20, 2007.1

Defendants seek to extend this deadline until March 20, 2007, and

have not previously sought an extension of this deadline.

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Defendants base this application on good cause, and explain

as follows:

1. On January 20, 2006, this Court issued a Discovery and

Scheduling Order regarding this case. (Doc 35). Within this

order, the Court set a dispositive motion filing deadline of

January 20, 2007.

2. On December 11, 2006, the undersigned counsel for

defendants attended the pretrial conference regarding United

States v. 43.77 Acres, Case No. 1:03-cv-06065 AWI/LJO. Within

this conference, counsel learned that trial in that case will

definitively go forward on January 17, 2007, and will last

approximately five weeks. (Declaration of Brian W. Enos (“Enos

Decl.”), para. 4)

3. The 43.77 Acres matter comprises a complex eminent

domain matter that was consolidated from five separate district

court cases in 2004. This case involves many experts, and scores

of parcels of real property. (Enos Decl., para. 5)

4. In addition to receiving the Court’s deadlines

regarding normal pre-trial matters, the undersigned counsel also

learned pursuant to this conference that he will need to take

additional and previously unexpected depositions prior to trial. 

(Enos Decl., para. 6) It is anticipated that this case will take

virtually all of counsel’s time through trial, in addition to

various late nights and weekends. (Ibid.)

5. Regarding this case, it has recently been learned that:

(1) personnel assigned to this case from the FBI will be

unavailable from approximately December 22, 2006 through January

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2, 2007, (2) personnel for the USMS assigned to this case will be

unavailable from approximately December 22, 2006 through January

8, 2007 and (3) personnel for the DEA will be unavailable the

entire week from Christmas until New Year’s except December 28,

2006, as well as January 5, 2007. (Enos Decl., para. 7)

6. Based on the above, an additional 60 days is needed to

prepare and file defendants’ dispositive motion in this case. 

Counsel’s impacted schedule, coupled with the above trial and

intermittent unavailability of relevant agency representatives

provides good cause for this request. (Enos Decl., para. 8)

7. Due to plaintiff’s present status within the Bureau of

Prisons, a timely stipulation cannot reasonably be obtained.

(Enos Decl., para. 9) In addition, this is the first time

defendants have sought an ex parte application for an extension

of time by which to file dispositive motions. (Ibid.)

8. Due to plaintiff Schulze’s present status within the

Bureau of Prisons and attendant inability to timely address

issues raised in these application papers, the undersigned feels

it is appropriate to expose the Court to eight letters attached

to his declaration in support of this application. These letters

are each dated within the August through December 2006 time

frame. (Enos Decl., para. 10, Exh. A) Within these letters (and

as specified in the above declaration), Mr. Schulze indicates

that he expects to be released on time-served at a re-sentencing

hearing in January 2007. (Ibid.)

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9. A timely stipulation extending time cannot be

reasonably obtained, in that plaintiff, acting pro se, is

presently incarcerated. (Enos Decl., para. 11) 

10. In light of the foregoing, defendants respectfully

request the Court to extend the parties’ deadline by which to

file dispositive motions in this case by 60 days, or through

March 20, 2007. In light of the above, good cause supports this

application.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: December 21, 2006 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Brian W. Enos________

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for defendants 

Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, Drug 

Enforcement Administration, 

United States Marshals Service

and Department of Justice

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 22, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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