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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

TODD A. PICKLES

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2766

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Email: todd.pickles@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Department of Veterans Affairs 

and the Hon. James B. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARJORIE McCLISS and MARK McCLISS,

 Plaintiffs,

v.

JIMMIE EARL WARD; JAMES B. PEAKE,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs; DEPARTMENT

OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; and DOES 1

through 100, inclusive,

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:07-cv-01154-MCE-KJM

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

EXTENSION FOR DEFENDANT JIMMIE

EARL WARD TO RESPOND TO

PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144 of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of

California, Plaintiffs Marjorie and Mark McCliss and Defendants Jimmie Earl Ward, James B. Peake,

and Department of Veterans Affairs hereby enter the following stipulation.

RECITALS

1. Plaintiffs Marjorie and Mark McCliss filed a Complaint for Damages, Gender

Discrimination, Gender Harassment, dated June 14, 2007 (“Complaint”), alleging a single claim under

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e, et seq., against the Defendants.

2. Per Order of the Court on October 2, 2007, the matter was stayed while Plaintiffs

exhausted their administrative claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs. Defendants read the

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Order to include staying time to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint on anticipation of Plaintiffs’ filing an

amended complaint.

3. Subsequently, Defendant Jimmie Earl Ward submitted a request for representation with

the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to the Title VII claim brought against him.

4. The request has been forwarded to the Department of Justice, and is presently being

reviewed. 

5. No final decision has yet been made on Mr. Ward’s request for representation.

6. This Court has set March 13, 2008, as the deadline for all Defendants to respond to

Plaintiffs’ Complaint. Defendants Department of Veterans Affairs and James Peake filed their answer

on February 26, 2008.

7. By stipulation of all parties, on March 7, 2008, Plaintiffs sought leave of Court to file an

amended complaint, which will supersede Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

8. To date, the Court has not yet granted Plaintiffs’ leave to file their amended complaint.

STIPULATION

Accordingly, based upon the foregoing recitals, the parties hereby STIPULATE that,

1. Defendant Jimmie Earl Ward shall file his response to Plaintiffs’ Complaint within

thirty (30) days of the date of this stipulation.

2. To the extent that the Department of Justice grants Mr. Ward’s request for representation

prior the expiration of the twenty-day extension set forth in Paragraph 1 of the Stipulation, the United

States Attorney, on behalf of Mr. Ward, shall have an additional twenty (20) days of the date of the

granting his request to respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

3. Further, to the extent the Court grants Plaintiffs leave to file an amended complaint

within either of the times periods set forth in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Stipulation, Mr. Ward shall not

be required to respond to the superseded Complaint.

4. The parties shall meet and confer with respect to scheduling a response to Plaintiffs’

amended complaint.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: March 11, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Todd Pickles 

TODD A. PICKLES

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants the United States of America,

Department of Veterans Affairs, and

for the Hon. James B. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

DATED: March 11, 2008 MASTAGNI, HOLSTEDT, AMICK, MILLER,

JOHNSEN & UHRHAMMER

By: /s/ Amanda Uhrhammer 

AMANDA UHRHAMMER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATED: March 11, 2008 BEYER, PONGRATZ & ROSEN

By: /s/ Stephen Pongratz 

STEPHEN G. PONGRATZ

Attorneys for Jimmie Earl Ward

ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the parties’ Stipulation for Extension of Time for

Defendant Jimmie Earl Ward to Respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144 of the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and for good cause showing, the

Court hereby ADOPTS the foregoing stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 13, 2008

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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