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Parties Involved:
Board of Trustees of the State Center Community College District
Defendant
David Paul Davenport
Plaintiff

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4253.1 ST080-022 

Shelline K. Bennett, Bar No. 164759 

sbennett@lcwlegal.com

Jesse J. Maddox, Bar No. 219091 

jmaddox@lcwlegal.com

LIEBERT CASSIDY WHITMORE 

A Professional Law Corporation 

5701 N. West Avenue 

Fresno, CA 93711 

Telephone: (559) 256-7800 

Facsimile: (559) 449-4535 

E-mail: sbennett@lcwlegal.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

STATE CENTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

DISTRICT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID PAUL DAVENPORT, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE 

CENTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

DISTRICT, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 1:07-cv-494 OWW/SMS 

EX PARTE APPLICATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME TO PLEAD 

Defendant Board of Trustees of the State Center Community College District 

(“Defendant”) hereby applies to the Court ex parte for an Order extending time to file an answer 

or other responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). The undersigned 

counsel has notified Plaintiff, who is appearing pro se, that such an ex parte request will be made 

to this Court. Plaintiff has graciously indicated that he does not oppose the extension. Defendant 

has not sought or obtained any previous extensions of time. Such an extension is timely and is 

necessary to allow additional time to prepare a responsive pleading because of the following: 

1. After this Court dismissed Plaintiff’s original Complaint with leave to amend on 

January 17, 2008, Plaintiff was required to file an amended complaint by February 15, 2008. On 

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4253.1 ST080-022 - 2 - 

February 13, 2008, Plaintiff applied for an extension of time. This Court granted Plaintiff’s 

application and extended the time to file an amended complaint to March 13, 2008. On March 

12, 2008, Plaintiff filed a 27-page narrative and approximately 119 pages of exhibits. 

2. Due to the procedural history of this case, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require 

Defendant to file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s FAC within 10 days (by March 24, 2008). 

3. Given the length and format of the FAC, and Defendant’s counsel’s limited 

availability, Defendant’s counsel does not have time to adequately prepare a responsive pleading 

within the 10-day response period. 

Based on the foregoing and the Declaration of Jesse J. Maddox filed concurrently 

herewith, Defendant respectfully requests that the Court grant an additional 30 days by which to 

file an answer or other responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s FAC. 

Dated: March 20, 2008 Liebert Cassidy Whitmore 

By: 

Jesse J. Maddox 

Shelline K. Bennett 

Attorneys for Defendant 

STATE CENTER COMMUNITY 

COLLEGE DISTRICT 

ORDER

Having considered Defendant’s ex parte application for an extension of time to plead, and 

finding good cause therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Defendant shall file an answer or other responsive 

pleading to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint on or before April 23, 2008. 

Dated: March 18, 2008 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

 THE HONORABLE OLIVER W. WANGER 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL

I am a citizen of the United States and employed in Fresno County, California. I am over 

the age of eighteen years and not a party to the within-entitled action. My business address is 

5701 N. West Avenue, Fresno, California 93711. I am readily familiar with this firm’s practice 

for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service. 

On March 19, 2008, I placed with this firm at the above address for deposit with the United States 

Postal Service a true and correct copy of the within document(s): 

EX PARTE APPLICATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME 

TO PLEAD 

in a sealed envelope, postage fully paid, addressed as follows: 

David Paul Davenport 

6156 North Mitre Avenue 

Fresno, CA 93722 

Following ordinary business practices, the envelope was sealed and placed for collection 

and mailing on this date, and would, in the ordinary course of business, be deposited with the 

United States Postal Service on this date. 

I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose 

direction the service was made. 

Executed on March 19, 2008, at Fresno, California. 

Susan Brown 

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