Opinion
2:21-CV-00696-TLN-KJN
07-20-2021
GOVERNMENT APP SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Defendants.
PHILLIP A. TALBERT Acting United States Attorney PHILIP A. SCARBOROUGH (SBN 254934) Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for defendants Rebekah Bills, Rachel LaChapelle, Michael Anderson, Amy S. Hitchcock, and the United States CYRUS ZAL, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION CYRUS ZAL Attorney for plaintiff Government App Solutions, Inc.
PHILLIP A. TALBERT
Acting United States Attorney
PHILIP A. SCARBOROUGH (SBN 254934)
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for defendants Rebekah Bills, Rachel LaChapelle, Michael Anderson, Amy S. Hitchcock, and the United States
CYRUS ZAL, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
CYRUS ZAL
Attorney for plaintiff Government App Solutions, Inc.
JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT FOR FEDERAL DEFENDANTS
Troy L. Nunley United States District Judge
Plaintiff Government App Solutions, Inc. and defendants Rebekah Bills, Rachel LaChapelle, Michael Anderson, Amy S. Hitchcock, and the United States of America, sued herein as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, jointly stipulate as follows:
Whereas, plaintiff initiated this action on April 18, 2021 (ECF 1);
Whereas, plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint on April 29, 2021 (ECF 6);
Whereas, defendants Rebekah Bills, Rachel LaChapelle, Michael Anderson, and Amy S. Hitchcock are current or former employees of the United States or one of its agencies, who have been sued herein in connection with duties performed on the United States' behalf;
Whereas, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California was served with a summons in this case on June 4, 2021;
Whereas, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(3), a response to the complaint from defendants Bills, LaChapelle, Anderson, and Hitchcock is due within 60 days after service of the complaint on the United States Attorney's Office or 60 days after service on the individual defendants, whichever is later; and under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(2), a response to the complaint from defendant the United States is due within 60 days after service of the complaint on the United States Attorney's Office;
Whereas the undersigned counsel for the United States also is representing defendants Bills, LaChapelle, Anderson, and Hitchcock;
Whereas, counsel for plaintiff and counsel for defendants the United States, Bills, LaChapelle, Anderson, and Hitchcock have met and conferred and agreed to establish a single response date for these defendants;
Therefore, it is hereby stipulated by and among plaintiff Government App Solutions, Inc., and defendants Rebekah Bills, Rachel LaChapelle, Michael Anderson, Amy S. Hitchcock, and the United States of America, named in the complaint as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, that the deadline by which these defendants must respond to the First Amended Complaint shall be extended to and including September 13, 2021.
ORDER
Good cause appearing, the stipulation of plaintiff Government App Solutions, Inc., and defendants Rebekah Bills, Rachel LaChapelle, Michael Anderson, Amy S. Hitchcock, and the United States of America, sued herein as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, is hereby APPROVED. Defendants Bills, LaChapelle, Anderson, Hitchcock, and the United States shall file a response to the First Amended Complaint on or before September 13, 2021.
IT IS SO ORDERED.