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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal - Employment Discrimination

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53558722.1 379271-00008 STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR EXTENSION 

TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

SAUL EWING LLP

1888

CENTURY 

PARK 

EAST, SUITE 1500 

LOS 

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067 

(310) 255-6100 

KENNETH M. JONES (BAR NO. 140358) 

kenneth.jones@saul.com 

JESSICA E. BRADLEY (BAR NO. 250874) 

jessica.bradley@saul.com 

SAUL EWING LLP 

1888 Century Park East, Suite 1500 

Los Angeles, California 90067 

Telephone: (310) 255-6100 

Facsimile: (310) 255-6200 

Attorneys for Defendant 

METROPOLITAN SECURITY SERVICES, INC. 

doing business as WALDEN SECURITY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAY VAN DYCK, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

WALDEN SECURITY and 

METROPOLITAN SECURITY 

SERVICES, INC., and DOES 1 

THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:24-cv-03409-AC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR 

DEFENDANT TO FILE 

RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

(L. Rule 144; FRCP 6) 

 

 

Case 2:24-cv-03409-AC Document 6 Filed 12/16/24 Page 1 of 3
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53558722.1 379271-00008 2 STIP AND ORDER FOR EXTENSION 

TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

SAUL EWING LLP

1888

CENTURY 

PARK 

EAST, SUITE 1500 

LOS 

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067 

(310) 255-6100 

STIPULATION 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 144, and Fed. R. Civ. P. 6, Jay Van Dyck 

(“Plaintiff”), by and through his attorneys of record, and Defendant Metropolitan 

Security Services, Inc. doing business as Walden Security (“Defendant”), by and 

through its attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to an extension as follows: 

1. On October 3, 2024, Plaintiff filed a complaint (“the Complaint”) in 

Sacramento Superior Court (Case No. 24CV022062.) 

2. On December 6, 2024, Defendant filed a Notice of Removal pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, and 1446 in the Eastern District of California (Case No. 

2:24-at-01548). 

3. Defendant’s current deadline to file a responsive pleading is December 

13, 2024. 

4. On December 12, 2024, the counsel for the parties met and conferred 

regarding Defendant’s request for an extension to file a response to the Complaint. 

The request was made to give Defendant’s counsel additional time to investigate the 

allegations before filing a response. Plaintiff’s counsel agreed to the requested 

extension. 

Pursuant to the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the 

parties through their respective counsel of record, that Defendant’s date to respond to 

the Complaint is extended to January 10, 2025. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: December 12, 2024 CHRISTOPHER H. WHELAN, INC. 

 By: /s/ 

 CHRISTOPHER H. WHELAN 

 DANIA A. PESTANA 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 JAY VAN DYCK 

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53558722.1 379271-00008 3 STIP AND ORDER FOR EXTENSION 

TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

SAUL EWING LLP

1888

CENTURY 

PARK 

EAST, SUITE 1500 

LOS 

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067 

(310) 255-6100 

DATED: December 12, 2024 SAUL EWING LLP 

 By: /s/ 

 KENNETH M. JONES 

 JESSICA E. BRADLEY 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 METROPOLITAN SECURITY SERVICES, 

 INC. doing business as WALDEN SECURITY 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 13, 2024 

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