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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. 2:06-CV-00532-FCD-KJM 1 Ex Parte Application And Order 

Extending Time To Plead 

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MARSHA A. BEDWELL, State Bar No. 094860 

General Counsel 

AMY BISSON HOLLOWAY, State Bar. No. 163731 

Assistant General Counsel 

TODD M. SMITH, State Bar No. 170798 

Deputy General Counsel 

California Department of Education 

1430 N Street, Room 5319 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 319-0860 

Facsimile: (916) 319-0155 

Attorneys for California Department of Education and 

California State Board of Education

(Defendant is a Public Entity and Exempt From Filing Fees Pursuant to Gov. Code § 6103) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

California Parents for the Equalization of 

Educational Materials, 

Plaintiff, 

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The California State Department of Education; 

The California State Board of Education; Glee 

Johnson, President; Kenneth Noonan, Vice 

President; Alan Bersin; Ruth Bloom; Yvonne 

Chan; Donald G. Fisher; Ruth E. Green; Joe 

Nunez; Bonnie Reiss; and Tom Adams, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:06-CV-00532-FCD-KJM 

EX PARTE APPLICATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME TO PLEAD 

Honorable Frank C. Damrell, Jr 

Defendants, California Department of Education and the California State Board of 

Education,

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hereby apply to the Court ex parte for an order extending time to respond to the 

 

1 As of this date, Plaintiff has only served the California Department of Education and the State Board of 

Education. Plaintiff has not served any of the individually named defendants and they are not waiving 

proper service. Should Plaintiff properly serve the individually named defendants while this application 

is pending, they would ask to be granted the same relief as the Court provides herein. 

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Case No. 2:06-CV-00532-FCD-KJM 2 Ex Parte Application And Order 

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complaint filed in this action. The undersigned counsel has advised counsel for plaintiff that 

such an ex parte request will be made to this Court. Plaintiff’s counsel has indicated that he is 

opposed to such request. Defendant has not sought or obtained any previous extensions of time. 

Such extension is timely and is necessary to allow such time to prepare a response because 

Defendants have filed a motion on shortened time for Specific Negative Averment arguing that 

plaintiff lacks capacity to bring this suit. Defendant’s motion cannot be heard by the Court until 

April 21, 2006. Since a responsive pleading to the complaint is currently due on April 10, 2006, 

Defendants are requesting this extension so that the Court can hear the motion prior to the date 

Defendants’ response is due. 

Defendants respectfully request that the Court grant Defendants 30 days from the Court’s 

ruling on Defendants’ Motion for Specific Negative Averment by which to file a responsive 

pleading to the complaint. 

Dated: March 28, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

MARSHA A. BEDWELL 

General Counsel 

AMY BISSON HOLLOWAY 

Assistant General Counsel 

TODD M. SMITH 

Deputy General Counsel 

Attorneys for California Department of Education 

and California State Board of Education 

ORDER 

Having considered Defendants’ Ex Parte application for an extension of time to plead, 

and finding good cause therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants have to and including 30 days from the 

Court’s ruling on Defendants’ Motion for Specific Negative Averment by which time to file a 

responsive pleading. 

DATED: March 29, 2006 

 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 United States District Judge 

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