Opinion
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, Attorneys for Defendants Attorney General Harris and Director Bonham
SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL 501 2nd Street N.E., Douglas S. Burdin (admitted pro hac vice) Attorneys for Plaintiff Safari Club International
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CHANGING HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS (Local Rule 230(f))
GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR., Senior United States District Judge
Plaintiff Safari Club International and Defendants Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Director Charlton H. Bonham ("Defendants, " and collectively with plaintiff, the "Parties"), by and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:
WHEREAS on October 6, 2014, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Complaint, originally noticed for hearing on November 17, 2014;
WHEREAS by stipulation of the parties and Order of this Court, the hearing date was rescheduled for February 2, 2015, with an extended argument time of 15 minutes per side;
WHEREAS on December 17, 2014, proposed amicus curiae the Humane Society of the United States and the Fund for Animals filed a Motion for Leave to File and Amicus Curiae Brief, which was granted by this Court on January 14, 2015;
WHEREAS the hearing on the motion to dismiss was reset by the Court to February 17, 2015; WHEREAS counsel for Defendants has an appearance before the Honorable Manuel Real in the Central District of California at 10:00 a.m. on February 17, 2015, on a motion for a preliminary injunction in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Harris, Case No. 2:14-cv-09448, and thus has a conflict on February 17, 2015; THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby stipulated that:
The hearing date on the motion to dismiss shall be continued until March 30, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., or the earliest date thereafter that is convenient for the Court;
Pursuant to Local Rule 230, Plaintiffs opposition to the motion to dismiss shall be due on March 16, 2015 (or two weeks before any later scheduled hearing date); and
Pursuant to Local Rule 230, Defendants' reply shall be due on March 23, 2015 (or one week before any later scheduled hearing date).
HAVING CONSIDERED THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS SO ORDERED.