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Parties Involved:
County of Tulare
Defendant
Alma M
Plaintiff
William Nulick
Defendant
Tulare County Sheriff
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALMA M.,

Plaintiff,

v.

WILLIAM NULICK, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01386---SAB

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT 

NULICK’S MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION 

OF TIME

(ECF No. 4)

RESPONSIVE PLEADING DEADLINE: 

November 23, 2015

On September 10, 2015, Plaintiff filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §

1983 against Defendants William Nulick, the Tulare County Sheriff, and the County of Tulare. 

On October 21, 2015, Defendant Nulick filed a motion for an extension of time to file a 

responsive pleading to allow him to obtain counsel. Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure an answer must be served within 21 days of being served with the summons and 

complaint or within 60 days after the request for a waiver was sent if the defendant has timely 

waived service. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a). 

Defendant Nulick has not returned a waiver of service, so his answer to the complaint is 

due within twenty one days of service of the summons and complaint. The Court shall grant 

Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time in order to allow him the opportunity to obtain 

counsel. As the motion does not state the date on which Defendant Nulick was served, the Court 

shall set the date for a responsive pleading to be filed as thirty days from the date of receipt of 

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the instant motion.

Accordingly, Defendant Nulick’s responsive pleading shall be filed and served on or 

before November 23, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 26, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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