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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CSBN 44332)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

CLAIRE T. CORMIER (CSBN 154364)

Assistant United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 535-5082

FAX: (408) 535-5081

claire.cormier@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MARK OTTOVICH, HARVEY

OTTOVICH, individuals,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FREMONT, et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C 09-4181 MMC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND

VACATING CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE AND RELATED

DEADLINES

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1, the parties to this action, through their counsel of

record, hereby stipulate that defendant Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System

(“VAPAHCS”) may have an extension of time to and including July 16, 2010, to answer,

move, or otherwise respond to the complaint.

Counsel for VAPAHCS has advised plaintiffs’ counsel that VAPAHCS anticipates

filing a motion to dismiss for hearing on August 20, 2010. Counsel for VAPAHCS is informed

and believes that individually named defendant “Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health

Care System Employee Joanie Drobrick Patient Advocate” (“Drobrick”) has not yet been

properly served. Counsel for VAPAHCS does not yet officially represent Drobrick, but counsel

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STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME RE COMPLAINT RESPONSE AND CMC

Case No. C 09-4181 MMC

CONTINUING

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for VAPAHCS anticipates that the motion to dismiss filed on behalf of VAPAHCS will also

address the claims against Drobrick.

This case is currently scheduled for a case management conference on June 25, 2010. 

Because of the anticipated motion to dismiss, and because counsel for VAPAHCS will be on

vacation on June 25, 2010, the parties hereby STIPULATE AND REQUEST that the currently

scheduled case management conference, as well as the related deadlines relating to alternative

dispute resolution and Rule 26 disclosures, be vacated and that the Court set a new schedule for

those matters after ruling on VAPAHCS’s motion to dismiss.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: June 8, 2010 JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

/s/ Claire T. Cormier

CLAIRE T. CORMIER1

Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: June 7, 2010 /s/ Craig H. Mar

CRAIG H. MAR

Attorney for Plaintiffs

DATED: June 7, 2010 BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT

/s/ Gregory M. Fox

GREGORY M. FOX

Attorneys for Defendant CITY OF FREMONT

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Upon stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED

that defendant Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System (“VAPAHCS”) shall

have an extension of time to and including July 16, 2010 to answer, move, or otherwise respond

to the third amended complaint in this action.

 I, Claire T. Cormier, hereby attest that I have on file all holographic signatures for any 1

signatures indicated by a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.

STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME RE COMPLAINT RESPONSE AND CMC

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the case management conference, previously

scheduled for June 25, 2010, and related deadlines are hereby VACATED. The Court will

issue an order rescheduling the case management conference after the hearing on VAPAHCS’s

anticipated motion to dismiss.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE: ________________________ ________________________________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Court Judge

STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME RE COMPLAINT RESPONSE AND CMC

Case No. C 09-4181 MMC -3-

is CONTINUED to October 8, 2010. All related dates are

CONTINUED accordingly.

June 10, 2010

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