Raymond v. Darling Allen

Filing 21

CERTIFICATION THAT THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATUTES ARE CHALLENGED; AND ORDER CONTINUING HEARINGS AND CASE-MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 11/20/12 ORDERING to ensure that the Attorney General receives this certificat ion, the Clerk of Court shall serve a copy of this certification on the Attorney General under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.1(a)(2), which is applicable to such service by a party, as follows: "either by certified or registered mail or by s ending it to an electronic address designated by the attorney general for this purpose; and Further, the hearing on each Defendant's motion for compulsory joinder scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on December 3, 2012, is continued to February 2 5, 2013 commencing at 9:00 a.m. The hearing on Plaintiff's motions for judgments on the pleadings scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on December 3, 2012, is continued to June 3, 2013,commencing at 9:00 a.m. Lastly, the Status Conference scheduled in each above action is continued to August 5, 2013, commencing at 9:00 a.m; a joint status report shall be filed fourteen days before this hearing. (cc: Attorney General)

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1 2 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 Robert RAYMOND, Plaintiff, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 v. Barbara HOWARD, Sheldon D. Johnson, Jim McCauley, Kammi Foote, Lee Lundigran, Ken Baird, Sheryl Thur, Austin Erdman, Kathy Darling Allen, Beverly Ross, Freddie Oakley, and Kathleen Williams, Defendants. 14 15 ________________________________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 2:12-cv-02215-GEB-EFB and related cases: 2:12-cv-02217-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-02219-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-01407-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-01408-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-01412-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-02220-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-02221-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-02222-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-02223-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-02225-GEB-EFB 2:12-cv-02259-GEB-EFB CERTIFICATION THAT THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATUTES ARE CHALLENGED; AND ORDER CONTINUING HEARINGS AND CASEMANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 16 The undersigned United States District Judge certifies under 17 28 U.S.C. § 2403(b) to the Attorney General of the State of California, 18 THE HONORABLE KAMALA D. HARRIS, that Plaintiff challenges in each above 19 action the constitutionality of California Election Code §§ 102, 104, 20 and 9022. Plaintiff sues various county-clerk registrars, alleging that 21 these statutes are unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth 22 Amendments to the United States Constitution “to the extent the statutes 23 require those who circulate nominating petitions on behalf of political 24 candidates to be qualified to vote in the [S]tate of California.” 25 (Compl. ¶ 2, ECF No. 2.) 26 28 U.S.C. § 2403(b) prescribes: 27 In any action . . . in a court of the United States to which a State or any agency, officer, or employee thereof is not a party, wherein the constitutionality of any statute of that State affecting the public interest is drawn in question, the 28 1 1 court shall certify such fact to the attorney general of the State, and shall permit the State to intervene for presentation of evidence . . . and for argument on the question of constitutionality. 2 3 4 Further, to ensure that the Attorney General receives this 5 certification, 6 certification on the Attorney General under Federal Rule of Civil 7 Procedure 5.1(a)(2), which is applicable to such service by a party, as 8 follows: “either by certified or registered mail or by sending it to an 9 electronic address designated by the attorney general for this purpose.” 10 Further, the hearing on each Defendant’s motion for compulsory 11 joinder scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on December 3, 2012, is 12 continued to February 25, 2013 commencing at 9:00 a.m. The hearing on 13 Plaintiff’s motions for judgments on the pleadings scheduled to commence 14 at 9:00 a.m. on December 3, 2012, is continued to June 3, 2013, 15 commencing at 9:00 a.m. Lastly, the Status Conference scheduled in each 16 above action is continued to August 5, 2013, commencing at 9:00 a.m; a 17 joint status report shall be filed fourteen days before this hearing. 18 Dated: the Clerk of Court shall serve a copy of November 20, 2012 19 20 21 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. Senior United States District Judge 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 this

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