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Parties Involved:
John Alkire
Defendant
Timothy J. Desmond
Plaintiff
Kamala Harris
Defendant
John Quiroz
Defendant
Karen Ross
Defendant

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KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California 

TAMAR PACHTER, State Bar No. 146083 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

ALEXANDRA ROBERT GORDON, State Bar No. 207650 

Deputy Attorney General 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

Telephone: (415) 703-5509 

Fax: (415) 703-5480 

E-mail: Alexandra.RobertGordon@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

TIMOTHY J. DESMOND, 

Plaintiff,

 v. 

KAMALA HARRIS, in her Official 

Capacity as Attorney General of the State of 

California, et al. 

Defendants 

1:16-cv-01206-DAD-BAM 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE EXTENSION OF TIME TO 

ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND 

TO COMPLAINT 

(Local Rule 144 (a)) 

Courtroom: 5, 7th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Dale A. Drozd 

Action Filed: August 15, 2016 

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Plaintiff Timothy J. Desmond and Defendants Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, in her 

official capacity, Secretary of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross, in her official capacity, Branch 

Chief of the Fairs and Expositions Branch John Quiroz, in his official capacity, and Chief 

Executive Officer of the 21st District Agricultural Association John Alkire, in his official capacity 

(collectively, “Defendants” and with Plaintiff, collectively, “the Parties”), by and through their 

respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

WHEREAS, on August 15, 2016, Plaintiff filed his Complaint; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to stipulation and Order of this Court, ECF No. 23, the last day for 

Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint currently is November 9, 

2016; 

WHEREAS, the Parties continue to engage in good faith in settlement discussions and hope 

to resolve this matter forthwith; 

WHEREAS the Parties have agreed that Defendants’ time to answer or otherwise respond 

to the Complaint shall be extended by 30 days from the current filing deadline; 

WHEREAS, two previous extensions of time have been sought; 

THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby stipulated that: 

Defendants’ last day to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint shall be 

December 9, 2016 

Dated: November 7, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

TAMAR PACHTER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Alexandra Robert Gordon 

ALEXANDRA ROBERT GORDON

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

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Dated: November 7, 2016 By: STAMMER, MCKNIGHT, BARNUM &

BAILEY LLP 

/s/ Bruce J. Berger 

BRUCE J. BERGER

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: November 7, 2016 By: CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

/s/ Michael E. Rosman

MICHAEL E. ROSMAN

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 ORDER 

Having considered the Stipulation of the parties, and GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, 

Defendants’ last day to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint shall be December 

9, 2016. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the Scheduling Conference is continued from 

 November 22, 2016 to Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 9:00 AM in courtroom 8 (BAM) before 

 Judge McAuliffe. A JOINT Scheduling Conference Report, carefully prepared and executed 

 by all counsel, shall be electronically filed in full compliance with the requirements set forth in 

 the Order Setting Mandatory Scheduling Conference, one (1) full week prior to the Scheduling 

 Conference, and a copy shall be e-mailed, in Word format, to bamorders@caed.uscourts.gov. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: November 8, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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