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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983cv Civil Rights Act - Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GWEN DAIGLE,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF OCEANSIDE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-01180-BAS-WVG

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ 

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO FILE 

MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE 

PLAINTIFFS AND TO FILE 

PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

[ECF No. 23]

On February 3, 2020, Brandon Lee Daigle and Hunter Willow Munsterman, as 

successors-in-interest to Plaintiff Gwen Daigle, moved ex parte seeking to file a Motion to 

Substitute Plaintiffs and a proposed Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) in this case. 

(ECF No. 23.) The ex parte application is unopposed.

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To warrant ex parte relief, the moving party must show that it will suffer irreparable 

harm if the motion is not heard on an expedited schedule and that it either did not create the 

circumstances warranting ex parte relief or that the circumstances occurred as a result of 

excusable neglect. Mission Power Eng’g Co. v. Cont’l Cas. Co., 883 F. Supp. 488, 492 

(C.D. Cal. 1995). 

 1 Ex parte applications that are not opposed within two Court days must be considered unopposed and may 

be granted on that ground. See the Hon. Cynthia Bashant’s Standing Order for Civil Cases § 6. Defendants 

have not filed an opposition to the instant application.

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Here, both requirements are satisfied. First, Plaintiff’s counsel states that the 

circumstances warranting this relief are the result of excusable neglect, as he “mistakenly 

believed” he had emailed a proposed SAC, substituting Gwen Daigle’s children and mother 

as plaintiffs, to opposing counsel in mid-January, when he had in fact not done so. (Decl. 

of Jerry L. Steering (“Steering Decl.”) ¶ 23, ECF No. 23-1.) Upon discovering this 

omission, Plaintiff’s counsel immediately emailed defense counsel and attempted to contact 

them to conduct the pre-filing meet and confer seven days before the February 3, 2020 

deadline to file the Motion to Substitute, as required by this Court’s Civil Standing Order. 

(Steering Decl. ¶¶ 24–27.) The parties ultimately met and conferred on January 30, 2020. 

(Id. ¶¶ 30–34.) Defense counsel objected to the filing of the Motion less than seven days 

after the pre-filing conference, necessitating the instant ex parte. (Id. ¶¶ 35–36.)2

 

Second, the application sufficiently alleges irreparable harm because the Motion to 

Substitute must be filed with within 90 days of the filing of the Notice of Death. Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 25. The Notice of Death was filed November 5, 2020 (ECF No. 17); as such, the 

deadline to file the Motion to Substitute was February 3, 2020. Plaintiff’s counsel requests 

that the Court allow the filing of the Motion (ECF No. 19) or, alternatively, extend this 

deadline to allow for a timely filing of the Motion. (Steering Decl. ¶ 41.)

Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the ex parte application. For good cause shown, 

the Court permits the filing of the Motion to Substitute/Motion to File SAC (ECF No. 19). 

Defendants may raise any timeliness objections in their Opposition to the Motion.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 10, 2020

 2 Plaintiff’s counsel also informed defense counsel that he would be filing the instant ex parte application, 

as required by Civil Local Rule 83.3(g), and asked if counsel opposed the motion. (Steering Decl. ¶ 36.) 

Counsel’s declaration does not indicate whether defense counsel responded to this inquiry.

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