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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR INITIAL EXTENSION OF FEDERAL DEFENDANTS' TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT Page 1

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL #66194

Assistant U. S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2760

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PHILIP A. DENNEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

DRUG ENFORCEMENT

ADMINISTRATION, et al.,

Defendants.

CIV. S-06-1711-LKK-GGH

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

INITIAL EXTENSION OF FEDERAL

DEFENDANTS' TIME TO RESPOND

TO COMPLAINT

The parties hereby stipulate, subject to the approval of the Court as provided for

hereon, that at federal defendants' request their time to respond to the complaint be extended

from December 15, 2006, until February 2, 2007. No previous extension of this time has been

requested or granted.

Federal defendants state that the immediate reason why they need an extension is their

counsel's conflicting deadlines in December and January. By way of context, three of the eight

AUSA positions in the office's Defensive Civil Unit are vacant. The only replacement AUSA

yet hired will not start work until July 2007. Because of this short staffing and a heavy

caseload, the undersigned AUSA has worked over 70 hours per week for several of the

months of 2006, and during 2006 he accumulated a projected 99 hours of use-or-lose leave. 

(Federal employees generally can carry over no more than 240 hours of annual leave from one

year to the next. Use-or-lose leave is leave above the 240-hour ceiling.)

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In the present case, the undersigned AUSA presently has only until December 15,

2006, to carry out his intention to file a substantial dismissal and summary judgment motion

and a motion for protective order staying plaintiff's discovery. On December 20, 2006, he

needs to file substantial opposition papers on behalf of the two federal agencies in Tahoe

Tavern. It has become apparent that within the times set the undersigned AUSA can complete

either Denney or Tahoe Tavern, not both; and Tahoe Tavern already has been continued once.

On December 22, 2006, the undersigned AUSA is expecting to receive a motion for

summary judgment to read and respond to in Sakamoto. He will be using a minority of his 99

use-or-lose hours for the holidays. On January 5, 2007, he expects to receive an opposition to

contempt remedies to read and respond to in Booth. On January 9, 2007, he has a jury trial in

Tison. On January 11, 2007, he needs to file a substantial reply in Tahoe Tavern. On January

12, 2007, he needs to file reply in Booth. On January 19, 2007, he needs to file an opposition

and cross-motion for summary judgment in Sakamoto. On January 22, 2007, he goes to

hearing in Fresno in Booth.

The known deadlines are on top of an unpredictable flow of smaller cases. For

example, this week the undersigned AUSA has received and handled three requests to

represent federal agencies on demands for agency testimony or document disclosure in cases

in which the United States is not a party, under United States ex rel. Touhy v. Ragen, 340 U.S.

462 (1951). Such demands typically are emergencies requiring first-priority treatment.

In the present case, the undersigned AUSA's first reasonably available window for

completion of the abovementioned motions is January 23 through February 2, 2007. For these

reasons, federal defendants request extension of their time to respond until February 2, 2007.

Dated: December 8 , 2006 /s/ Zenia K. Gilg 

ZENIA K. GILG

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Dated: December 8 , 2006 BRICKWOOD LAW OFFICE

By: /s/ Gary Brickwood 

GARY BRICKWOOD

MONIQUE GRANDAW

Dated: December 8, 2006 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Y H T Himel 

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL

Assistant U. S. Attorney

ORDER

It is APPROVED and SO ORDERED. Federal defendants' time to respond to the

complaint is EXTENDED until February 2, 2007.

DATED: December 12, 2006.

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