American Council of the Blind et al v. Barnhart et al

Filing 170

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITATION FOR DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS. Signed by Judge Alsup on June 15, 2009. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/15/2009)

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1 Henry C. Su (SBN 211202; [e-mail]) Marilee C. Wang (SBN 232432; [e-mail]) 2 Howrey LLP 1950 University Avenue, 4th Floor 3 East Palo Alto, CA 94303 4 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 5 6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 7 Marsha S. Edney (D.C. Bar) Daniel Riess (Texas Bar) 8 Scott Risner (Michigan Bar) United States Department of Justice 9 Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 10 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 11 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] 12 [e-mail] 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 vs. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND, a District of Columbia non-profit corporation, SCARLETT MILES, MARVELENA QUESADA, ARLENE DOHERTY, ALICE MARJORIE DONOVAN, BILLIE JEAN KEITH, GEORGE P. SMITH, MARY ANN ALEXANDER, AND LAURA M. RUSSELL on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Case No. C 05-04696 WHA CLASS ACTION STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITATION FOR DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS Attorneys for Defendants

MICHAEL ASTRUE, Commissioner of the 25 Social Security Administration, in his official capacity, and SOCIAL SECURITY 26 ADMINISTRATION, 27 28
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STIPULATION WHEREAS dispositive motions in this case are due to be filed no later than Thursday, June 18,

3 2009 (Docket No. 152); 4 WHEREAS the page limitation for dispositive motions is 25 pages pursuant to Civil Local Rule

5 7-2(b), the page limitation for opposition memoranda is 25 pages pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-4(b), 6 and the page limitation for reply memoranda is 15 pages pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-4(b); 7 WHEREAS both parties intend to seek summary judgment on all issues in this complex case; 8 WHEREAS to ensure that both parties have the opportunity to fully address and properly

9 explain to the Court the substance of the issues, and to allow both parties to fully and adequately 10 respond to the issues raised in the dispositive motions, the parties seek to extend the page limitations 11 for dispositive motions in this case, including the response and reply briefs; 12 ACCORDINGLY, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-10 and 7-11, the parties through their

13 respective attorneys of record hereby stipulate to, and respectfully propose that this Court allow the 35 14 parties to extend the page limitation to 50 pages for dispositive motions and opposition memoranda, 15 15 and to 30 pages for reply memoranda. 16 Dated: June 11, 2009 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
STIPULATION TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITATION FOR DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS Case No. C 05-04696 WHA

By: /s/ Marilee C. Wang Marilee C. Wang Howrey LLP 1950 University Avenue, 4th Floor East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: June 11, 2009

By: /s/ Marsha S. Edney Marsha S. Edney United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 [phone] (telephone) [phone] (fax) [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants
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Filer's Attestation I, Marilee C. Wang, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used

3 to file this Stipulation to Exceed the Page Limitation. Pursuant to General Order No. 45, § X(B), 4 I attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained 5 from Marsha S. Edney. 6 Dated: June 11, 2009 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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/s/ Marilee C. Wang Marilee C. Wang