Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency v. Housing Authority of Contra Costa County et al

Filing 14

STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending Defendants' Time to Respond to Complaint in Condemnation. Signed by Judge Thelton E. Henderson on 10/26/2011. (tmi, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/27/2011)

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MELINDA HAAG (CSBN 132612)
United States Attorney
JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)
Chief, Civil Division
CHARLES M. O’CONNOR (CSBN 56320)
Assistant United States Attorney
U.S. Attorney’s Office/Civil Division
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055
San Francisco, California 94102-3495
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
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Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Federal Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, a public
body, corporate and politic,

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Plaintiff,
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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CONTRA
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COSTA COUNTY, a political subdivision )
of the State of California; UNITED
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STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING )
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and
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DOES ONE THROUGH TWENTY, and
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all other persons unknown claiming an
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interest in the property,
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Defendants. )
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Case No. 11-3605 TEH
STIPULATION EXTENDING
DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND
TO COMPLAINT IN CONDEMNATION

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Plaintiff filed its Complaint in Condemnation (“Complaint”) in the Superior Court of

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California, Contra Costa County on or about June 7, 2011, and caused a Summons and the Complaint

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to be served on the Office of the U.S. Attorney, Northern District of California, on or about June 24,

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2011.

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On July 22, 2011, the Defendant United States Department of Housing and Urban

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Development (“HUD”) caused a Notice of Removal of this civil action to be filed in the U.S. District

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Court, Northern District of California. Pursuant to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 81(c)(2)(C),
STIP EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
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and a previous stipulated extension of the time for HUD to file its answer to the Complaint, the

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answer is now due by October 27, 2011. Because HUD’s on-going review of the status of the

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subject property must precede and be concluded before it can make any decision as to the dispostion

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of that property, HUD has requested and Plaintiff has agreed to stipulate to an extension of time to

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answer the Complaint. HUD anticipates that the aforementioned review of the status of the property

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can be completed before the expiration of this extension, THEREFORE,

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that the Defendants may have an additional 90 days, until
January 20, 2012, to answer or otherwise plead to the Complaint.

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Respectfully submitted,

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SHARON L. ANDERSON
County Counsel

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/s/
Dated: October 25, 2011
By: STEPHEN M. SIPTROTH
Deputy County Counsel

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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SHARON L. ANDERSON
County Counsel

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CHARLES M. O’CONNOR
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for the Federal Defendant

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