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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statutes

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IAN GERSHENGORN

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

VINCENT M. GARVEY

Deputy Branch Director

CAROLINE LEWIS WOLVERTON

District of Columbia Bar No. 496433

Senior Counsel

Telephone: (202) 514-0265

E-mail: caroline.lewis-wolverton@usdoj.gov

KIMBERLY L. HERB

Illinois Bar No. 6296725

Trial Attorney

Telephone: (202) 305-8356

Email: Kimberly.L.Herb@usdoj.gov

Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 883

Washington, D.C. 20044

Facsimile: (202) 616-8470

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, )

et al., ) Civil Action No. C 09-0037 CW

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Plaintiffs, ) STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO

) RESPOND TO DISCOVERY REQUESTS

) AND PRODUCE DOCUMENTS;

vs. ) AND ORDER

)

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, )

et al., )

)

Defendants. )

____________________________________)

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1) and Civil L.R. 6-2, the parties, by and through

undersigned counsel, hereby respectfully move to amend the time for Defendants’ formal written

responses to Plaintiffs’ First Set of Requests for Production of Documents (the “Requests”) until

March 4, 2010 and for the production of responsive documents until March 25, 2010. The

requested enlargement will not have any effect on the present schedule for the case. In

accordance with Civil L.R. 6-2(a), this motion is supported by the Declaration of Kimberly L.

Herb, counsel for Defendants, filed herewith and a proposed order below.

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1. Defendants submit that the Declaration of Ms. Herb establishes good cause for the

requested enlargement as follows:

a. Pursuant to the Court’s Order of January 19, 2010, Defendants must provide

formal written responses to the Requests on February 18, 2010 and produce responsive

documents thirty days later, which would be on March 22, 2010 under the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. 

b. Defendants are in the process of searching for and producing documents in

response to the Plaintiffs’ Requests. This process, however, has been significantly delayed over

the past week due to weather conditions in Washington, D.C. Federal government offices in

Washington, D.C. were closed from mid-day Friday, February 5, 2010 through mid-morning

Friday, February 12, 2010, and Edgewood Army Base and Fort Detrick remained closed

throughout Friday, February 12, 2010. Defendants and their counsel are all located in the

Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

 c. The point of contact for discovery requests for the Department of Defense, an

attorney with the U.S. Army, had a death in her family this week. She must travel to Houston,

Texas this week for the funeral, which impedes her ability to work on the written responses. 

d. Absent an enlargement of time, Defendants will be substantially prejudiced in

meeting the deadlines because events beyond their control prevented Defendants from engaging

in the processing of searching for documents for a number of critical days. 

2. There have been six previous time modifications in this case:

a. On March 24, 2009, the parties stipulated to a continuance of the case

management conference to June 16, 2009, and the deadline for the joint case management

statement to June 9, 2009. On March 31, 2009, the Court entered an Order establishing the dates

to which the parties had stipulated. (Dkt. No. 15.)

b. On May 11, 2009, the parties stipulated to enlarge the period for Defendants’

response to the Complaint in the form of a dispositive motion by thirty-two days—from May 11,

2009 to June 12, 2009—and a corresponding adjustment of the briefing schedule and hearing

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date. On May 12, 2009, the Court entered an Order establishing the briefing deadlines and

hearing date to which the parties had stipulated. (Dkt. No. 19.)

c. On June 4, 2009, Defendants filed a Motion for an Extension of Time to File

Response to Complaint until June 30, 2009 on the ground that Ms. Wolverton had assumed

primary responsibility for the case sixteen days prior to the deadline for submission of a motion

to dismiss. Plaintiffs opposed the extension request. The Court entered an Order granting the

requested extension on June 12, 2009. (Dkt. No. 27.)

d. On September 10, 2009, at the behest of counsel for Plaintiffs, the parties

stipulated to an enlargement of the briefing schedule on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and a

continuance on the initial case management conference. On September 15, 2009, the Court

entered an Order granting the briefing and hearing schedule to which the parties had stipulated. 

(Dkt. No. 42.)

e. On October 28, 2009, again at the behest of counsel for the Plaintiffs, the parties

stipulated to a continuance of the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and the initial case

management conference. On October 29, 2009, the Court entered an Order granting the

continuance of the hearing on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and the initial case management

conference as the parties had stipulated. (Dkt. No. 50.)

f. On January 27, 2010, Defendants filed a Motion to Enlarge Time to File Answer

until April 19, 2010 on the ground that Defendants wanted to review discovery documents that

pertained to the factual allegations in Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint. Plaintiffs opposed

the extension request. On February 2, 2010, the Court entered an Order granting in part the

Defendants’ Motion to Extend Time, extending the time to file the answer until March 12, 2010. 

3. The requested enlargement will not have any effect on the present schedule for

the case. 

* * *

In order to allow Defendants sufficient time to prepare their written responses to

Plaintiffs’ Requests and produce responsive documents, the parties hereby respectfully request

that the Court enlarge the deadlines to March 4, 2010 and March 25, 2010 respectively. 

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Dated: February 18, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

IAN GERSHENGORN

GORDON P. ERSPAMER Deputy Assistant Attorney General

TIMOTHY W. BLAKELY JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

ADRIANO HRVATIN United States Attorney

KIMBERLY L. TAYLOR VINCENT M. GARVEY

STACEY M. SPRENKEL Deputy Branch Director

CAROLINE LEWIS WOLVERTON

 Morrison & Foerster LLP Senior Counsel

 425 Market Street 

 San Francisco, CA 94105 /s/ Kimberly L. Herb Telephone: (415) 268-411 KIMBERLY L. HERB

 Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 Illinois Bar No. 6296725

 Email: GErspamer@mofo.com Trial Attorney

 U.S. Department of Justice

By: /s/ Timothy W. Blakely Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

 Washington, DC 20530

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Telephone: (202) 305-8356

 Facsimile: (202) 616-8470

 E-mail: Kimberly.L.Herb@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

2/23/10

Dated: CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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