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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668

Attorney General of California

PREETI K. BAJWA, State Bar No. 232484

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

PAUL KOZINA, State Bar No. 260339

Deputy Attorney General 

JOHN W. FAULCONER, State Bar No. 298015

Deputy Attorney General 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 510-4481

Fax: (415) 703-5480

E-mail: John.Faulconer@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

B. Cowings, J. Haynes, M. Felix and M. Villanueva

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

PHILLIP J. WIESE (Bar. No. 291842)

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, California 94105-1126

Telephone: 415.442.1000

Facsimile: 415.442.1001

phillip.wiese@morganlewis.com

amar.naik@morganlewis.com

CROWELL & MORING LLP

CHRISTOPHER J. BANKS (Bar No.

218779)

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, California 94111-1126

Telephone: 415.986.2800

cbanks@crowell.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MICHELLE-LAEL B. 

NORSWORTHY

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MICHELLE-LAEL NORSWORTHY,

Plaintiff,

v.

OFFICER FELIX, et al.,

Defendants.

1:23-CV-01151-KES-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

DEADLINE 

Judge: The Honorable Kirk E. 

Sherriff

Action Filed: August 2, 2023

Plaintiff Michelle-Lael Norsworthy and Defendants J. Haynes, M. Felix, M. Villanueva, 

and B. Cowings, by and through their respective counsel, submit this stipulation to continue the 

deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint for Violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (ECF No. 1) by 

thirty-one (31) days until November 11, 2024. 

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED as follows:

1. Plaintiff filed her Complaint (ECF No. 1) on August 2, 2023.

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2. Pursuant to the First Screening Order (ECF No. 23), Defendants’ deadline to file a 

responsive pleading is October 11, 2024.

3. Defense Counsel contacted Plaintiff’s Counsel requesting an additional thirty-one days 

to file a responsive pleading due to scheduling issues. The parties met and conferred 

and agreed to extend the responsive pleading deadline by thirty-one days up to and 

including November 11, 2024.

4. This is the first request for an extension of time to file a responsive pleading following 

the First Screening Order (ECF No. 24), however, the parties stipulated to a previous 

extension of time to file a responsive pleading which was granted on September 18, 

2023 (ECF No. 6).

SO STIPULATED

Dated: October 4, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California

PREETI K. BAJWA

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ John Faulconer

JOHN W. FAULCONER

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: October 4, 2024

/s/ Phillip J. Wiese

PHILLIP J. WIESE

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Michelle-Lael Norsworthy

ATTESTATION

I, John Faulconer, am the ECF user whose user ID and password authorized the filing of 

this document. I attest that all signatories to this document have concurred in this filing. 

Dated October 4, 2024 /s/ John Faulconer

John Faulconer

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation and for good cause shown, the responsive pleading 

deadline is extended to and including November 11, 2024.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 7, 2024 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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