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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

MARIA LEE KINSTLEY and KENNETH 

R. KINSTLEY, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

CITY OF PLEASANT HILL and DIANNE 

KENNY, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 07-02323 SBA 

ORDER DENYING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION 

TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

 [Docket No. 178] 

Plaintiffs filed this action on April 27, 2007. Trial in this case was originally 

scheduled for February 1, 2010. On December 30, 2009, Defendant Dianne Kenny 

("Defendant Kenny") moved to continue the trial date because trial in Plaintiff Maria Lee 

Kinstley's ("Plaintiff Kinstley") criminal case was also scheduled to commence on February 

1, 2010. Defendant Kenney, who is an investigator with the San Francisco Attorney's Office 

and is the lead investigator in Plaintiff Kinstley's criminal case, noted that she would likely be 

called as a witness in the criminal trial, and therefore would potentially be prevented from 

testifying in her own defense in this civil matter. (Docket No. 135.) Plaintiff Kinstley 

opposed Defendant Kenney's motion because she believed her criminal case would be 

delayed "due to a technical matter." (Docket No. 146.) 

On January 21, 2010, this Court vacated the trial date and set a telephonic case 

management conference for March 17, 2010. On March 8, 2010, Plaintiff Kinstley moved to 

reschedule the March 17, 2010 case management conference because the "State case versus 

the Kinstley's is currently scheduled for jury selection during the week of March 8, 2010 and 

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to begin March 15, 2010 and expected to last four to five weeks." (Docket No. 172.) The 

Court granted her request and continued to case management conference to July 29, 2010 at 

2:45 p.m. 

Plaintiff Kinstley now moves to continue the July 29, 2010 telephonic case 

management conference on the grounds that she "will be traveling on the road for work and 

unable to make the call." (Docket No. 178.) Plaintiff Kinstley provides no information 

concerning the dates, times, and/or places of her travel, nor does she state the reason, if any, 

she is unable to participate in the telephonic case management conference from her location. 

Given the age of this case, the fact that it has been continued for over three years in deference 

to Plaintiff Kinstley's criminal proceedings and her requests, the Court denies the request to 

continue the July 29, 2010 case management conference. The Court intends to reschedule the 

trial date in this case in order to resolve Plaintiffs' claims. Plaintiffs are expected to prosecute 

this matter. Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Kinstley's Administrative Motion to 

Reschedule the Case Management Conference for July 29, 2010 at 2:45 p.m. is DENIED. 

This Order terminates Docket No. 178. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 14, 2010 _______________________________ 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

United States District Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KINSTLEY ET AL et al, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ET 

AL et al, 

 Defendant. 

 / 

Case Number: CV07-02323 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District 

Court, Northern District of California. 

That on July 15, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said 

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing 

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office. 

Maria Lee Kinstley 

P.O. Box 126 

Walnut Creek, CA 94597 

Dated: July 15, 2010 

 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk 

 By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk 

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