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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PATRICH HAMMOND III,

Plaintiff,

v.

SALLY JEWELL, Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-391---SKO

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' 

MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME 

TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT

(Doc. 13)

On May 14, 2015, Defendants Sally Jewel, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the

Interior; Interior Board of Indian Appeals, U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Department of the 

Interior; Amy Dutschke, Regional Director, Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

Troy Burdick, Superintendent, Central California Agency, Bureau of Indian Affairs (collectively 

"Defendants"); filed a motion for an extension of time to file a response to the complaint. (Doc. 

13.) Defendants maintain that additional time is necessary because the complaint "invokes a 

complex intra-tribal dispute that has spurred multiple other lawsuits and administrative appeals to 

the Interior Board of Indian Appeals." (Doc. 13, ¶ 2.) Defendants maintain additional time to 

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respond to the complaint will allow them to prepare a comprehensive and well-organized 

responsive pleading and ensure that Defendants have adequate time to complete the internal 

review process within the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendants' motion for an extension of time to file a response to the complaint is 

GRANTED; and

2. Defendants' responsive pleading shall be filed on or before June 28, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 19, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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