Opinion
No. CIV 08-0501 JB/WPL.
April 12, 2010
Gregory J. Fouratt, United States Attorney, Michael Hoses, Elizabeth M Martinez, Assistant United States Attorneys, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Carolyn Peri Weiss, Jodi B. Danis, John M Gadzichowski, Rachel Hranitzky, Lori Beth Kisch, Richard S. O'Brien, Trial Attorneys, Employment Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
Paul Michael Gayle-Smith, Law Offices of Paul M. Gayle-Smith, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Attorney for Intervenor-Plaintiff Sally Ramirez.
Rocio Toriz, Alameda, California, and Elizabeth B. Driggers, Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Raul A. Carrillo, Jr., Steven E. Jones, Carrillo Law Firm, LLC, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Attorneys for the Defendant.
ORDER
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Board of County Commissioners of the County of DoÑa Ana, New Mexico's Agreed Motion for Emergency Hearing on the Joint Motion for Entry of Settlement Agreement and Stipulated Dismissal, filed March 12, 2010 (Doc. 316). The Court held a hearing on March 25, 2010. For the reasons stated on the record, and for further reasons consistent with those already stated, the Court grants in part and denies in part the motion. The Court grants DoÑa Ana County's motion insofar as it requests an emergency hearing. Insofar as Doña Ana County's motion asks the Court to shorten the period of time in which Plaintiff-Intervenor Sally Ramirez' may respond and state her position with respect to the proposed settlement between Doña Ana County and Plaintiff United States of America, the Court denies the motion. Furthermore, the Court denies the oral request made at the hearing by Paul Gayle-Smith, Ramirez' attorney, for an extension of time for Ramirez to file a written response and to state her position regarding the settlement.
IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Board of County Commissioners of the County of Doña Ana, New Mexico's Agreed Motion for Emergency Hearing on the Joint Motion for Entry of Settlement Agreement and Stipulated Dismissal is granted in part and denied in part. The Court held the emergency hearing, but denied Doña Ana County's request that the Court shorten PlaintiffIntervenor Sally Ramirez' time to file a written response to the motion for entry of settlement agreement. Ramirez' oral request for an extension of time to state her position regarding the settlement between Doña Ana County and Plaintiff United States of America is also denied.