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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition For Removal--Other Contract

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Edward J. Johnson (SBN 234205)

Attorney at Law

5622 Heddon Court

Mariposa, CA 95338

559-760-7659

edjohnson@sti.net

Attorney in Pro Per

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD J. JOHNSON,

 Plaintiff,

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GERALD JOHNSON,

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Case No.: 1:15-CV-01793-MJS

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE MOTION TO DISMISS 

HEARING 

Hearing Date: February 12, 2016

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Courtroom: 6

New Hearing Date: March 11, 2016

New Time: 9:30 am

Courtroom: 6

Honorable Michael J. Seng

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that the parties to this litigation, by and through their 

respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate and agree to continue the Motion to Dismiss 

present hearing date of February 12, 2016 to March 11, 2016, and to continue related dates for 

the filing of Opposition Papers and Reply correspondingly.

Good cause for the request is shown by the following. A Motion to Dismiss was filed by 

Defendant on 12/7/15. On 12/9/16, Plaintiff’s Counsel informed Defendant’s Counsel that he 

would be unavailable for the ensuing twenty-five days due to a long-scheduled personal/familial 

holiday visit overseas. On 12/10/15, Plaintiff’s Counsel left the country for Australia, where

access to the internet and phone service was unreliable and frequently unavailable. Plaintiff 

returned to California on 1/2/16. This period of absence included the year-end religious and New 

Year’s holidays. On 1/7/16, a Status Conference, advanced from 3/3/16, was conducted 

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regarding Consent to Magistrate Jurisdiction. A Consent to Jurisdiction of U.S. Magistrate Judge

was filed by Plaintiff on 1/12/16 (Defendant had already filed Consent prior to the Status 

Conference). Further, Plaintiff Counsel’s calendar is unusually heavy due to the recent holidays 

in that Counsel is an Independent Administrative Hearing Officer with over a dozen hearings 

calendared and noticed for hearing and written determination prior to the scheduled date for 

filing opposition papers to the Motion to Dismiss.

Given that Plaintiff was unavailable for an extended period of time, the intervening 

holidays, the advanced Status Conference, and Plaintiff Counsel’s unusually heavy calendar, a 

continuation of an additional 28 days is reasonable. There is no genuine prejudice to any party 

resulting from the continuance. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that this stipulation may be signed in counterparts.

Dated: _____1/14/16_____ By:___/s/Edward Johnson______

Edward J. Johnson

Plaintiff’s Attorney in Pro Per 

Dated:______1/20/16_____ By:___/s/Douglas Larsen_______

Douglas M. Larsen

Attorney for Defendant

ORDER

Given the Joint Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED

that the Motion to Dismiss Hearing currently set for February 12, 2016 be and hereby is 

continued to March 11, 2016, at 9:30 am in Courtroom 6 and that dates for the filing of 

opposition and reply papers be extended correspondingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 23, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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