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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MAHMOUD ASCARIE,

Plaintiff,

v.

GAVILAN COLLEGE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02493-BLF 

ORDER (1) DENYING MOTION TO 

SHORTEN TIME AND (2) VACATING 

HEARING

[Re: ECF 27]

Before the Court is Plaintiff Mahmoud Ascarie’s motion to shorten time for the hearing 

related to Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Mot., ECF 27. Plaintiff asks the Court to shorten time 

in order to hear Defendants’ motion to dismiss before November 17, 2016, and preferably before 

November 2, 2016. Id. at 1. Currently, the motion to dismiss is scheduled to be heard on 

December 22, 2016. In his motion, Ascarie states that Defendants do not oppose the motion. Id.

at 2. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-3, in order to justify shortening time, Plaintiff must identify 

the “substantial harm or prejudice that would occur if the Court did not change the time.” Civil 

L.R. 6-3(a)(3). Plaintiff argues that he would be harmed if the Court did not change the time 

because he intends to file his complaint in state court if the Court grants Defendants’ motion to 

dismiss, and his right to sue notice from the California Department of Fair Employment and 

Housing (“DFEH”) will expire on November 17, 2016, which means he would be precluded from 

filing in state court after that date. Mot. 1. 

Ascarie has satisfied his burden of identifying the harm or prejudice that would occur if the 

Court did not change the time of the hearing. However, because the Court finds, pursuant to Civil 

L.R. 7-1(b), that Defendants’ motion to dismiss is suitable for submission without oral argument, 

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the Court DENIES Plaintiffs’ motion to shorten time and VACATES the hearing scheduled for 

December 22, 2016. The Court will consider the fully briefed motion as soon as possible.

IT IS SO ORERED.

Dated: October 18, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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