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Parties Involved:
John Arntz
Defendant
City and County of San Francisco
Defendant
Ron Dudum
Plaintiff
Dennis Flynn
Plaintiff
Marina Franco
Plaintiff
Elizabeth Murphy
Plaintiff
New America Foundation
Amicus
San Francisco Department of Elections
Defendant
San Francisco Elections Commission
Defendant
Matthew Sheridan
Plaintiff
Katherine Webster
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION SHORTENING TIME 

10-CV-00504-RS 

GAUTAM DUTTA, ESQ. (State Bar No. 199326) 

NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION 

3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2724 

Los Angeles, CA 90010 

Telephone: 213-480-0994 

Facsimile: 213-480-0994 

Email: dutta@newamerica.net 

Attorney for amicus curiae 

New America Foundation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RON DUDUM, MATTHEW SHERIDAN, 

ELIZABETH MURPHY, KATHERINE 

WEBSTER, MARINA FRANCO and 

DENNIS FLYNN, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

JOHN ARNTZ, Director of Elections of 

the City and County of San Francisco; the 

CITY & COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, a municipal corporation; the 

SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF 

ELECTIONS; the SAN FRANCISCO 

ELECTIONS COMMISSION; and DOES 

1-20, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C 10-00504 RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER OF THE PARTIES AND NEW 

AMERICA FOUNDATION SHORTENING 

TIME ON NEW AMERICA 

FOUNDATION’S MOTION FOR LEAVE 

TO FILE BRIEF AS AMICUS CURIAE 

HEARING DATE: April 22, 2010 

HEARING TIME: 1:30 pm 

JUDGE: Hon. Richard Seeborg 

COURTROOM: 3 

 

*E-Filed 3/22/10*

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STIPULATION SHORTENING TIME

 Pursuant to Local Rules 6-1 and 6-2, the parties and proposed amicus curiae New America 

Foundation stipulate to the following: 

1. Before this case was transferred to this Court, this Motion had been scheduled to 

be heard at the same time and date (April 2, 2010, 9 am) as Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Preliminary Injunction; and New America Foundation’s Reply Brief in Further 

Support of its Motion for Leave to File a Brief as Amicus Curiae had been due on 

March 19, 2010. Following that transfer, that hearing date was vacated 

[Accompanying Declaration of Gautam Dutta ¶¶ 2-3]. 

2. Before this case was transferred to this Court, the hearing on Plaintiff’s Motion for 

Preliminary Injunction had been rescheduled on two occasions. The hearing had 

originally been noticed for March 12, 2010. After being continued to March 19, 

2010, the hearing had been rescheduled for April 2, 2010. Id.

3. On March 19, 2010, this Court issued an order shortening the time prescribed for 

the hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction to April 1, 2010, 1:30 

pm. Id. ¶ 4. 

4. To ensure that both Plaintiffs’ Motion and this Motion are heard at the same time 

and date, the time prescribed for the hearing on New America Foundation’s 

Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae shall be shortened to April 1, 

2010, 1:30 pm. In that regard, New America shall file its Reply Brief in Further 

Support of its Motion for Leave no later than March 19, 2010. 

5. Plaintiffs’ agreement to stipulate to this order shortening time is given on the 

condition that it will not interfere with the Court's ability to hear Plaintiffs' motion 

for preliminary injunction on April 1. Plaintiffs do not agree to having time 

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shortened in the event that the Court concludes that the addition of this matter to 

the April 1 calendar will make it impossible for the Court to hear Plaintiffs' motion 

on that date. 

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STIPULATION SHORTENING TIME 

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DATED: March 19, 2010 

NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION 

By: /s/ Gautam Dutta 

GAUTAM DUTTA, ESQ. 

Attorney for New America Foundation 

NIELSEN, MERKSAMER, PARRINELLO, 

MUELLER & NAYLOR, LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher E. Skinnell 

CHRISTOPHER E. SKINNELL, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Defendants 

OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY 

By: /s/ Jon Givner 

JON GIVNER, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March ____, 2010 _________________________________ 

 HON. RICHARD SEEBORG 

 United States District Court Judge 

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45

 Pursuant to General Order No. 45 of the Northern District of California, I hereby attest 

that I have obtained the consent from each of the other signatories to this document. 

 By: ____/s/__________________

 GAUTAM DUTTA, ESQ. 

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