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Parties Involved:
Bureau of Land Management
Defendant
Nick Roberts
Plaintiff
Myna Sarazotti
Defendant
Tony Sarazotti
Defendant
Debra Smith
Defendant
United States of America
Defendant
Steve Watkins
Defendant

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB (SBN 166452)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NICK A. ROBERTS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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STEVE WATKINS, MYNA SARAZOTTI,)

TONY SARAZOTTI, DEBRA SMITH, )

THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF )

LAND MANAGEMENT, and DOES )

1-50 inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND

DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO

AMENDED COMPLAINT; ORDER

THEREON 

The United States of America requests an extension of time

for Defendants Steve Watkins, Myna Sarazotti, Tony Sarazotti,

Debra Smith and the United States Bureau of Land Management

(“Defendants”) to respond to the Amended Complaint, filed

March 28, 2006 (Doc. 13), by Plaintiff Nick A. Roberts, acting

pro se, based on the following:

1. Defendants Steve Watkins, Myna Sarazotti,

Tony Sarazotti, and Debra Smith are sued as employees of

Defendant United States Bureau of Land Management in both their

official and individual capacities. As a result, all Defendants 

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will most likely be represented by the United States Attorney’s

Office.

2. To date, waivers of service of summons have been filed

for two of the five defendants, Myna Sarazotti and

Tony Sarazotti. Service has not yet been executed on the

remaining three defendants.

3. Before the United States Attorney’s Office can

represent the individual defendants, each defendant must formally

request legal representation by the United States Department of

Justice, and such request must be approved by the Department of

Justice. Government counsel is currently in the process of

obtaining the representation requests from the individual

defendants and forwarding them to the Department of Justice for

review and approval.

4. In light of the foregoing, and to enable the United

States Attorney’s Office to respond to the Amended Complaint on

behalf of all Defendants at one time, it is respectfully

requested that the Court extend Defendants’ time to respond by at

least 90 days to July 24, 2006.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: April 14, 2006. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kimberly A. Gaab 

KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for the United

States of America

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ORDE

 Defendants’ time to respond to the Amended Complaint, filed

March 28, 2006, is extended to July 24, 2006.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY U.S. MAIL

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is an employee in

the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District

of California and is a person of such age and discretion to be

competent to serve papers;

That on April 14, 2006, she served a copy of:

EX PARTE REQUEST TO EXTEND DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND TO 

AMENDED COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

by placing said copy in a postpaid envelope addressed to the

person(s) hereinafter named, at the place(s) and address(es)

stated below, which is/are the last known address(es), and by

depositing said envelope and its contents in the United States

Mail at Fresno, California.

Addressee(s):

Nick Roberts

2720 Manitou Way

Bakersfield, CA 93309

 /s/ Bonnie L’Argent 

 BONNIE L’ARGENTIT IS SO

ORDERED.

Emm0d6Dated: April 19, 2006 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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