NEWDOW et al v. ROBERTS et al

Filing 64

Joint MOTION for Entry of Stipulated Briefing Schedule and to Stay Defendants' Obligation to Respond to Complaint by ROBERT SHERMAN, MARGARET DOWNEY, AUGUST BERKSHIRE, MARIE CASTLE, STUART BECHMAN, MICHAEL NEWDOW, HERB SILVERMAN, JASON TORPY, HARRY GREENBERGER, KIRK HORNBECK, JIM CORBETT, CATHERINE LAMM, RICHARD WINGROVE, CHRISTOPHER ARNTZEN, JOHN STOLTENBERG, KATHERINE LACLAIR, ELLERY SCHEMPP, LOUIS ALTMAN, PAUL CASE, JERRY SCHIFFELBEIN, ANNE PHILIP, JAY RICHARDSON, DAN DUGAN, ANNA MAE ANDREWS, ELIZA SUTTON, RICHARD RESSMAN, AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION, MEL LIPMAN, FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, MILITARY ASSOICAITON OF ATHEISTS & FREETHINKERS, MINESOTA ATHEISTS, ATHEISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, ATHEIST ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL, ATHEISTS UNITED, NEW ORLEANS SECULAR HUMANIST ASSN, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SECULAR STUDENT UNION, SEATTLE ATHEISTS, ATHEISTS OF FLORIDA, DAN BARKER, JOHN ROBERTS, JR, PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, EMMETT BELIVEAU, JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES, DIANNE FEINSTEIN, ARMED FORCES INAUGURAL COMMITTEE, RICHARD J. ROWE, RICK WARREN, JOE LOWERY, ANNIE-LAURIE GAYLOR (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Rosenberg, Brad)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________________ ) MICHAEL NEWDOW, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 08-2248 (RBW) ) HON. JOHN ROBERTS, JR., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________) [PROPOSED] ORDER For the reasons stated in the parties' Joint Motion for Entry of Stipulated Briefing Schedule and to Stay Defendants' Obligation to Respond to Complaint, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED; and it is FURTHER ORDERED that the following briefing schedule is approved and entered: a. Plaintiffs shall move for leave to file an Amended Complaint no later than March 10, 2009; Plaintiffs shall file their response to the Court's show-cause order regarding mootness no later than March 10, 2009. That response shall include any additional arguments regarding standing or issue preclusion that plaintiffs wish to make in view of their proposed Amended Complaint; Any defendant who wishes to file a response to plaintiffs' responses to the Court's show-cause orders shall do so no later than April 17, 2009; and it is

b.

c.

FURTHER ORDERED that defendants' obligation to respond to the Complaint (or the proposed Amended Complaint) is STAYED until 30 days following the Court's discharge of its

show-cause orders, should the Court not dismiss the case. SO ORDERED.

Dated:

___________________________________ REGGIE B. WALTON United States District Judge