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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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CASE NO. 12-6005 EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

ROSEMARIE T. RING (SBN 220769) 

rose.ring@mto.com 

MARI OVERBECK (SBN 261707) 

mari.overbeck@mto.com 

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

560 Mission Street 

Twenty-Seventh Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2907 

Telephone: (415) 512-4000 

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077 

MARGARET C. CROSBY (SBN 56812) 

mcrosby@aclunc.org 

ELIZABETH O. GILL (SBN 218311) 

egill@aclunc.org 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, INC. 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 621-2493 

Facsimile: (415) 255-8437 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

BENJAMIN MIZER 

 Acting Assistant Attorney General 

MELINDA HAAG 

 United States Attorney 

ALEX TSE 

 Chief, Civil Division 

ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO 

 Deputy Branch Director 

CAROLINE LEWIS WOLVERTON 

 caroline.lewis-wolverton@usdoj.gov 

 District of Columbia Bar No. 496433 

Senior Trial Counsel 

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 

U.S. Department of Justice 

P.O. Box 883 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

Telephone: (202) 514-0265 

Facsimile: (202) 616-8470 

Attorneys for Defendant ASHTON B. CARTER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MARY JENNINGS HEGAR, JENNIFER 

HUNT, ALEXANDRA ZOE BEDELL, 

COLLEEN FARRELL, AND SERVICE 

WOMEN’S ACTION NETWORK, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

ASHTON B. CARTER, Secretary of Defense,1

Defendant. 

 Case No. 12-CV-06005 EMC 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR 

CONTINUANCE OF FURTHER CMC and 

UPDATED CMC STATEMENT 

Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen 

Case Management Conference: Oct. 8, 2015 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

 

1

 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d), Ashton B. Carter has been substituted in his 

official capacity for Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense. 

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CASE NO. C-12-6005 EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs Mary Jennings Hegar, Jennifer Hunt, Alexandra Zoe Bedell, Colleen Farrell and 

Service Women’s Action Network and Defendant Ashton B. Carter, Secretary of Defense 

(“Secretary”) (collectively, “the parties”), by and through their respective counsel, submit this 

Stipulated Request and Proposed Order for a continuance of the deadline for the parties’ updated 

joint Case Management Conference (CMC) Statement to November 10, 2015, and further CMC to 

November 19, 2015. The joint CMC Statement is currently due October 1, 2015, and the further 

CMC is currently scheduled for October 8, 2015. Defendant submits that the following facts and 

circumstances set forth in the attached Declaration of counsel for Defendant Caroline Lewis 

Wolverton establish good cause for the requested continuance as follows: 

1. On July 30, 2015, the Court scheduled a further CMC in this matter for October 8, 

2015, and ordered the parties to meet and confer regarding Defendants’ accession, assignment and 

training procedures and policies and thereafter provide an updated joint CMC Statement by 

October 1, 2015. ECF No. 60 (Aug. 4, 2015). 

2. September 30, 2015 is the deadline for the Military Departments and U.S. Special 

Operations Command to present final recommendations on remaining closed occupations and 

positions to the Secretary of Defense. That date is also the deadline for each Military Department 

Secretary to certify that all occupational standards in his/her Department are gender-neutral and in 

compliance with all applicable public laws. 

3. Defendant expects that the work during the weeks prior to September 30, 2015 

associated with finalizing recommendations on remaining closed positions and ensuring that all 

occupational standards are gender-neutral and in compliance with all applicable public laws will 

be substantial. 

4. Defendant believes that simultaneously completing the ordered meet-and-confer in 

order to present a joint CMC statement by October 1, 2015, and if appropriate an accompanying 

declaration, would strain the resources that the military must devote to the work of finalizing 

recommendations on remaining closed positions and ensuring that all occupational standards are 

gender-neutral and in compliance with all applicable public laws. 

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CASE NO. C-12-6005 EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

5. In light of the foregoing, Defendant respectfully requests that the Court continue 

the deadline for the further CMC to November 19, 2015 and the parties’ updated joint CMC 

Statement to November 10, 2015. Defendant requested and received Plaintiffs’ stipulation to this 

request.2

DATED: September 10, 2015 BENJAMIN MIZER 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

MELINDA HAAG 

United States Attorney 

ALEX TSE 

Chief, Civil Division 

ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO 

Deputy Branch Director 

/s/ Caroline Lewis Wolverton 

CAROLINE LEWIS WOLVERTON 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Attorneys for Defendant ASHTON B. CARTER 

DATED: September 10, 2015 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

By: /s/ Rosemarie T. Ring 

 ROSEMARIE T. RING 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

MARY JENNINGS HEGAR, JENNIFER HUNT, 

ALEXANDRA ZOE BEDELL, COLLEEN FARRELL, 

AND SERVICE WOMEN’S ACTION NETWORK 

Additional Counsel: 

STEVEN M. PERRY (SBN 106154) LENORA M. LAPIDUS [pro hac vice] 

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP ARIELA MIGDAL [pro hac vice] 

355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 FOUNDATION 

Telephone: (213) 683-9100 WOMEN’S RIGHTS PROJECT 

Facsimile: (213) 687-3702 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor 

Email: steven.perry@mto.com New York, NY 10004 

 Telephone: (212) 549-2668 

 

2

 November 11, 2015 is Veterans Day, and the parties are in agreement that it would be preferable 

to have the CMC statement completed before the federal holiday. 

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CASE NO. C-12-6005 EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

 Facsimile: (212) 549-2480 

 Email: Llapidus@aclu.org 

 Email: Amigdal@aclu.org 

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 

I, Caroline Lewis Wolverton, am the ECF User whose identification and password are 

being used to file this Stipulated Request and [Proposed] Order for Continuance of Further Case 

Management Conference and Updated Case Management Statement. In compliance with General 

Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that all signatories have concurred in this filing. 

/s/ Caroline Lewis Wolverton 

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CASE NO. C-12-6005 EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulated request, and based on good cause shown, it is hereby 

ORDERED that the Stipulated Request for Continuance of Further Case Management 

Conference and Updated Case Management Statement is hereby GRANTED; and it is further 

ORDERED that the Further Case Management Conference is hereby CONTINUED to 

November 19, 2015; and it is further 

ORDERED that the deadline for the parties’ Updated Joint CMC Statement is 

CONTINUED to November 10, 2015. 

Dated: 

 HONORABLE EDWARD M. CHEN 

 United States District Judge 

9/14/15

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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