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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

JEFFREY J. LODGE (SBN 152205)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

William D. Dunne, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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D. Smith, et al. )

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Defendants. )

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1:07-cv-0074-OWW-DLB

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE REQUEST

TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

Document #12

The United States of America requests an extension of time

for Defendants D. Smith, B. Avalos, and J. Karge (“Defendants”)

to respond to the Complaint filed January 16, 2007, (Doc. 1) by

Plaintiff William D. Dunne, a prisoner acting pro se, based on

the following:

1. Defendants are employees of the Federal Bureau of

Prisons. They have been sued in both their official and

individual capacities. As a result, all Defendants will probably

be represented by the United States Attorney’s Office.

2. On December 28, 2007, the court entered an Order

Directing Service by the United States Marshal Without Prepayment

of Costs (Doc. 8). To date, a waiver of service of summons has

been filed for one of the defendants, D. Smith, on January 25,

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2008 (Doc. 10). Service has not yet been executed on the

remaining two defendants.

3. Before the United States Attorney’s Office can

represent the individual defendants, each defendant must formally

request legal representation by the United States Department of

Justice, and such request must be approved by the Department of

Justice. Government counsel is currently in the process of

obtaining the representation requests from the individual

defendants and forwarding them to the Department of Justice for

review and approval.

4. In light of the foregoing, and to enable the United

States Attorney’s Office to respond to the Complaint on behalf of

all Defendants at one time, it is respectfully requested that the

Court extend Defendants’ time to respond by at approximately 90

days to May 16, 2008.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: February 26, 2008. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Lodge 

JEFFREY J. LODGE

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for the United

States of America

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ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED that Defendants’ time to respond to the

Complaint is extended to May 16, 2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 28, 2008 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3c0h UNI j8 TED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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