(PS) Mincey et al v. Puila et al

Filing 17

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 10/12/2020 GRANTING 16 Motion for Extension of Time. Response to complaint due within 45 days of the date of this order. (Tupolo, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WILLIE JAMES MINCEY, JR., LINDA
A. MASON-MINCY,

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Plaintiffs,

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No. 2:20-cv-0571 JAM DB PS

ORDER

v.
BETTY M. PUIIA, BETTY M. COMEAU,
BETTY M. COMEAU, Trustee of the
Betty M. Comeau Trust Dated May 7,
2019, UNITED STATES, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiffs Willie James Mincey, Jr., and Linda A. Mason-Mincy, are proceeding in this

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action pro se. This matter was referred to the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule

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302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiffs commenced this action of March 16, 2020, by

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filing a complaint and paying the required filing fee. (ECF No. 1)

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On October 2, 2020, defendants filed an ex parte application for an extension of time to

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respond to plaintiffs’ complaint. (ECF No. 16.) Although it is defendants’ third ex parte request

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for an extension of time, defendants explain that the “delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic”

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have prevented defendants from obtaining “potentially dispositive res judicata records from

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1992” held by the Federal Records Center. (ECF No. 16-1 at 1.) Good cause appearing,

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defendants’ request for a third extension of time will be granted.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Defendants’ October 2, 2020 ex parte request for an extension of time (ECF No. 16) is

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granted; and
2. Defendants shall file a response to plaintiffs’ complaint within forty-five days of the

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date of this order.

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Dated: October 12, 2020

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