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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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State Jud. Deft's Req. for Cont. of CMC Pending Hrg. of Disp. Motions; [Proposed] Ord. Leinen v. Crawford

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

PAUL T. HAMMERNESS, State Bar No. 90294

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5520

Fax: (415) 703-5480

Email: Paul.Hammerness@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for State Judicial Defendant

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE CIVIL DIVISION

HENRY E. LEINEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEBRA CRAWFORD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. C 07-03274-JW

STATE JUDICIAL

DEFENDANT'S REQUEST

FOR CONTINUANCE OF

CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE PENDING

HEARING OF DISPOSITIVE

MOTIONS; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

Date: April 14, 2008

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Courtroom: 8 (4th Floor)

Judge: Honorable James Ware

A. Nature of Action; Procedural Status.

This is an action for damages brought by pro per plaintiff pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff sues the State Judicial Defendant, the Honorable Susan Dauphine, seeking damages

because of her issuance of a domestic violence restraining order against him in prior state court

proceedings, back in November of 2005.

Following service of this action, the State Judicial Defendant has promptly calendared a

motion to dismiss, now set for hearing on April 21, 2008. The motion asserts, inter alia, that the

action is barred by absolute judicial immunity, Eleventh Amendment immunity and under the

Rooker-Feldman doctrine. Co-defendant Crawford (plaintiff's ex-wife's former attorney) has

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also calendared a dispositive motion to be heard on April 21, 2008.

B. Grounds for Request.

After filing, the matter was set for a case management conference for April 14, 2008 (a

week prior to the hearing date of defendants' motions). Proper preparation for such a conference

would require a substantial amount of effort, including service and filing of early disclosures,

and a joint case management conference statement.

Given the pendency of the defendants' dispositive motions, however, it would appear

premature to hold the case management conference on the scheduled date. Obviously, if the

motions are successful, the necessity for the conference would be mooted. However, even if the

motions are not wholly-dispositive, the likely narrowing of issues would render much of the case

management conference preparation and discovery unnecessary.

Consequently, in the interests of justice, to avoid unnecessary time and expense to all

parties, the State Judicial Defendant herein respectfully requests that the current case

management conference (and associated requirements) be continued and/or vacated pending the

hearing on the defendants' motions.

Dated: March 7, 2008.

Respectfully submitted,

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

s/s Paul T. Hammerness 

PAUL T. HAMMERNESS

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for State Judicial Defendant

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that the Initial Conference Management Conference herein be continued

to , 2008.

DATED: 

 

HONORABLE JAMES WARE

United States District Court Judge

40225476.wpd

SF2008400604

 April 21 at 10:00 AM to coincide with the Motions to Dismiss. March 13, 2008 

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