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Parties Involved:
Scott N. Johnson
Plaintiff
Christopher B. Kight
Defendant

Document Text:

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ORDER FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

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DONALD H. HELLER, SBN 55717 

DONALD H. HELLER, 

A Law Corporation 

655 University Avenue, Suite 215 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Tel: (916) 974-3500 

Fax: (916) 927-2009 

E-mail: dheller@donaldhellerlaw.com 

 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF 

CHRISTOPHER B. KIGHT 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISCTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SCOTT N. JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CHRISTOPHER B. KIGHT 

 Defendant.

CASE NO. 2:08-CV-01071 FCD-JFM 

ORDER GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO FILE A RESPONSIVE PLEADING 

AND/OR AN ANSWER TO THE COMPLAINT 

ON FILE IN THIS ACTION 

 

 I, Donald H. Heller, declare: 

1. I am an attorney duly admitted to practice in the State of California and the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California. I have been retained by the 

defendant in this matter, Christopher B. Kight. 

2. The instant action is a complaint for preliminary and permanent injunctive relief; 

declaratory relief; and monetary damages based on an alleged denial of civil rights and 

public facilities to physically disabled persons (Civil Code §§ 51, 52); and injunctive relief 

pursuant to Title III, Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. 

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3. Plaintiff Scott N. Johnson is an attorney and a principal in Disabled Access Prevents 

Injury, Inc. According to the complaint Mr. Johnson, a person with disabilities, to wit, 

quadriplegia, on a drive by, found the premises owned by the defendant him noncompliant 

with federal and state law respect to access for disabled people and filed this action. Mr. 

Johnson is no stranger to this court, in that a search on Pacer by the undersigned on July 17, 

2008, revealed that Mr. Johnson has been a party in 593 actions filed in this District where 

in the course of driving around this community on a quest to find potential violations of the 

Americans With Disabilities Act has developed a thriving business as a professional 

litigant. 

4. The defendant was served with the Summons and Complaint on or about June 28, 

2008, and an answer is due July 18, 2008. 

5. I was engaged as counsel on or about July 8, 2008. I read and review the papers and 

engaged a consultant to evaluate the subject property. On July 10, 2008, I telephoned Mr. 

Johnson's office, and left a message with his assistant that I was representing defendant and 

requested that Mr. Johnson call me to discuss the matter. Mr. Johnson did not return a 

phone call. On July 14, 2008, I telephoned Mr. Johnson's office again and requested a 

return call. I did not hear from Mr. Johnson. 

6. On July 16, 2008, I telephoned once again Mr. Johnson's office and spoke with an 

assistant. I was told Mr. Johnson was unavailable and I indicated that I represented the 

defendant and wanted to discuss the case with Mr. Johnson and obtain a 30 day extension 

of time to respond to the complaint. I was told by the assistant to send an e-mail to Mr. 

Johnson. On July 16, 2008, I sent an e-mail to Mr. Johnson requesting a 30 day 

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continuance to conduct an investigation and respond to the complaint. I also requested in 

the e-mail that Mr. Johnson call me to discuss the case.[E-mail to Mr. Johnson attached as 

Exhibit A.] Mr. Johnson did not respond to my e-mail. 

7. Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144 (c) of the Local Rules of the Eastern District of 

California, I respectfully request a 30 day extension to file a responsive pleading, and/or 

answer the complaint in this matter for the following reasons. Mr. Johnson refuses to 

respond to repeated attempts to discuss the case and enter into a stipulation to extend time. 

I am in the process of conducting an investigation into the allegations made in Mr. 

Johnson's complaint and that investigation has not been completed. It would not be an act 

of prudence to simply file an answer without making a proper initial investigation into the 

allegations made in this case. 

8. I should indicate that in my 35 years of practice in the Eastern district of California, I 

have never made an ex parte application to obtain an extension of time to respond to a 

complaint filed. I have been counsel in more than a hundred cases in this District 

representing both plaintiffs and defendants including the United States of America as an 

Assistant U.S. Attorney, and I have never ever failed to stipulate to an extension of time in 

cases in which a representative plaintiff and I have never had a plaintiff's counsel refused to 

grant an extension of time to respond to a complaint. 

9. For the reasons stated above, it is respectfully requested that a 30 day extension of 

time be granted to file a responsive pleading and/or answer the complaint. 

 I declare that foregoing to be true and correct under the penalty of perjury under the 

laws of the United States of America. Executed July 18, 2008, in Sacramento, California. 

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_/S/ DONALD H. HELLER

DONALD H. HELLER 

Attorney for Defendant 

Christopher Kight 

ORDER 

Good cause appearing, it is hereby ordered that Defendant Christopher Kight’s time 

to respond and/or answer the complaint on file is extended to thirty days from the date of this 

order. 

Dated: July 18, 2008 

 _______________________________ 

 FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

 

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