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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)

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Joint Request and (Proposed) Order To Vacate Pretrial Dates and Trial Due to Plf’s Unavailability

(2:07-CV-01945-MCE-GGH)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California 

VINCENT J. SCALLY, JR., State Bar No. 58223 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

KATHRYN ALLEN, State Bar No. 137685 

Deputy Attorney General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 327-4852 

Fax: (916) 324-5567 

E-mail: Kathryn.Allen@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Department of Motor Vehicles 

LAW OFFICES OF JOHNNY L. GRIFFIN III 

JOHNNY L. GRIFFIN, III #118694 

1010 F Street, Suite 200 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 444-5557 

Fax: (916) 444-5558 

Attorney for Plaintiff GARY GOETHE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GARY GOETHE, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, 

Defendant.

2:07-CV-01945-MCE-GGH 

JOINT REQUEST TO VACATE 

PRETRIAL DATES AND TRIAL DUE 

TO PLAINTIFF’S UNAVAILABILITY; 

ORDER 

 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: Seven 

Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 

Trial Date: June 13, 2011 

Action Filed: September 17, 2007 

TO THE HONORABLE MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. JUDGE OF THE UNITED 

STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: 

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Joint Request and (Proposed) Order To Vacate Pretrial Dates and Trial Due to Plf’s Unavailability

(2:07-CV-01945-MCE-GGH)

 Counsel for plaintiff Gary Goethe and counsel for defendant Department of Motor Vehicles 

respectfully submit this joint request to vacate all pretrial dates and the June 13, 2011 trial due to 

plaintiff’s unavailability. 

RECITALS: 

 1. On March 27, 2009, the above-entitled court issued its pretrial scheduling order 

in the above-captioned matter. Doc #41. 

 2. On December 22, 2009, the court issued its minute order notifying the parties of 

the following new dates for the pretrial and trial schedule: 

 a. Joint Final Pretrial Statement due no later than March 24, 2011; 

 b. Any evidentiary or procedural motions shall be filed by March 24, 2011, 

oppositions to be filed by March 31, 2011, and replies, if any, to be filed by April 7, 2011; 

 c. Trial briefs, witness lists, and exhibit lists due no later than March 

31, 2011; 

 d. Final pretrial conference shall be held on April 14, 2011, at 2:0 p.m. 

in Courtroom 7; and, 

 e. Trial shall commence on June 13, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 7. Doc 

#68. 

 3. In the matter of the United States v. Gary Goethe, U.S.D.C. Central District of 

California, case number CR09-00748-GAF, the Honorable Gary Allen Feess recently accepted 

plaintiff Gary Goethe’s plea of guilty to violations of 18 U.S.C., § 666(a)(1)(B) and 18 U.S.C., § 

1951(a), then sentenced Gary Goethe to be imprisoned for a term of 41 months.1 Allen Dec., ¶ 3; 

Exh 1. Gary Goethe’s surrender date was February 18, 2011. Allen Dec., ¶ 4; Exh. 1, pg. 2. 

 4. Gary Goethe is incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, 

Oregon. Allen Dec., ¶ 5. 

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 The Declaration of Kathryn Allen and exhibit attached thereto are filed concurrently 

herewith, incorporated herein by this reference, and hereafter referred to as the “Allen Dec.” 

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 5. Gary Goethe will not be available for the June 13, 2011 trial set in the abovecaptioned matter. 

REQUEST: 

Counsel for plaintiff Gary Goethe and counsel for defendant Department of Motor Vehicles 

join in respectfully requesting this Court vacate all pretrial dates and the June 13, 2011 trial due to 

plaintiff’s unavailability. 

 Dated: February 24, 2011 Respectfully submitted, 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

VINCENT J. SCALLY, JR. Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Kathryn Allen 

KATHRYN ALLEN

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Department of Motor Vehicles 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: February 24, 2011 LAW OFFICES OF JOHNNY L. GRIFFIN III 

 /s/ Johnny L. Griffin. III, Esq. _ 

 JOHNNY L. GRIFFIN, III, Esq. 

 Attorney for Plaintiff Gary Goethe 

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Joint Request and (Proposed) Order To Vacate Pretrial Dates and Trial Due to Plf’s Unavailability

(2:07-CV-01945-MCE-GGH)

ORDER 

The Court, having found good cause, orders all pretrial dates and trial in the abovecaptioned matter vacated due to plaintiff’s unavailability. 

The Clerk is directed to administratively remove this case from the civil active list. 

Counsel are directed to file annual joint status reports commencing one year from the date 

this Order is electronically filed regarding the continued status of plaintiff’s unavailability. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: March 7, 2011 

 ______________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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