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Nature of Suit Code: 465
Nature of Suit: Other Immigration Actions
Cause of Action: 08:1329 Writ of Mandamus to Adjudicate Visa Petition

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

AUDREY B. HEMESATH

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2729

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MELODY WEST, MARK WEST,

Plaintiffs,

v.

Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, et al.

 Defendants.

 

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No. 09-cv-02817 MCE GGH

JOINT APPLICATION TO RESET THE

PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL

DATES; ORDER

Conference Date: August 5, 2010

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr..

APPLICATION

The parties hereby stipulate and request that the pretrial conference, currently set for August

5, 2010 at 2 p.m., as well as the trial, currently set for October 1, 2010, be reset to October 28,

2010 at 2 p.m., for the pretrial conference, and December 17, 2010, for the trial, or at any date

thereafter that is convenient for the Court. The parties sincerely apologize to the Court for this

inconvenience.

The parties believe that good cause for resetting the pretrial and trial schedule as set forth in

this Court’s order of February 5, 2010 is established by the following. On July 29, 2010, the

Court issued an order denying the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. Both parties

had wrongly anticipated that, as an Administrative Procedure Act case, the cross-motions for

summary judgment would be dispositive. The parties did confer during the pendency of the

cross-motions for summary judgment, but did not take action because the motions for summary

judgment were still pending.

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Upon receipt of the Court’s July 29, 2010 order, the parties immediately conferred. As well,

counsel for the government notified both the Department of Homeland Security and the

Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation of the decision. Because of the need for

input from both of these entities, including any exploration of possible resolution to the matter at

the administrative level, the defendants will be unable to prepare a joint pretrial statement in

compliance with Local Rule 281(b) and the Court’s minute order of July 30, 2010.

For the forgoing reasons, the parties submit that good cause exists to reset both the pretrial

conference and trial dates. 

DATED: July 30, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

_/s/ Audrey B. Hemesath_____

Audrey B. Hemesath

Assistant U.S. Attorney

/s/ Terry Robert Hunt

Terry Robert Hunt

Counsel for the Plaintiffs

ORDER

Therefore, good cause having been shown, it is hereby ordered that the pretrial conference

currently set for August 5, 2010, is continued to October 28, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.. The trial date,

currently set for October 1, 2010, is continued to December 17, 2010.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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