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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 05:7703 Discrimination - Review of Agency Act

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Defendant USA’s Motion for Extension of Time to Respond 1

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

Benjamin E. Hall

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2775

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID SHAYNE HEINE, CALIFORNIA 

VEAL TECH, INC. A CALIFORNIA 

CORPORATION,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TIM VILSACK IN HIS OFFICIAL 

CAPACITY AS UNITED STATES 

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, UNITED 

STATES DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE, UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD 

SAFETY AND INSPECTIONS SERVICE, 

YUDHBIR SHARMA, DVM, USDA 

EMPLOYEE KNOWN ONLY AS “DR. 

PANNU,” USDA EMPLOYEE KNOWN 

ONLY AS “KEN,”USDA EMPLOYEE 

KNOWN ONLY AS “DR. REDDING,” USDA 

EMPLOYEE KNOWN ONLY AS “DR. 

HENLEY,” DR. AMY LIEDER, PENNY 

PATRALI AND DOES 1-100 INCLUSIVE,,

Defendants

Case No. 1:12-CV-01992-AWI-SMS

FEDERAL DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN 

EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO 

PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

IN LIGHT OF LAPSE OF APPROPRIATIONS and 

ORDER THEREON

The Federal Defendants hereby move for an extension of time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Second 

Amended Complaint in the above-captioned case, to and until October 29, 2013 for the reasons set forth 

below. The Federal Defendants response is currently due to be filed on or before October 15, 2013.

[Order approving stipulation of parties to extend time to October 15, 2013, Doc. 28]

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Defendant USA’s Motion for Extension of Time to Respond 2

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1. At the end of the day on September 30, 2013, the appropriations act that had been 

funding the Department of Justice expired and appropriations to the Department lapsed. The same is 

true for most Executive agencies, including the United States Department of Agriculture, whose 

employees’ acts are at issue in this action. The Department of Justice does not know when funding will 

be restored by Congress. 

2. Absent an appropriation, Department of Justice attorneys and employees of the United

States Department of Agriculture are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in very 

limited circumstances, including “emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of 

property.” 31 U.S.C. § 1342. That exception is not deemed to include most civil cases. Indeed, the 

undersigned Assistant U.S. Attorney is furloughed and has been out of the office since October 1, 2013.

3. Undersigned counsel for the Federal Defendants therefore requests an extension of time 

to and until October 29, 2013, within which to respond to the Second Amended Complaint.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: October 16, 2013 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

 /s/ Benjamin E. Hall

BENJAMIN E. HALL

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for the Federal Defendants

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 16, 2013 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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