Free Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00478-JM-BLM

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1 WUFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMAN PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
2 H. James Wulfsberg - 046192 Mark A. Stup - 104942 3 Richard E. Elder - 205389

Kaiser Center
4 300 Lakeside Drive, 24th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612-3524
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Facsimile: (510) 451-2170
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Attorneys for Defendant 7 BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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12 SAIGUT S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation; and SAIEM S.A., a French corporation,
Plaintiffs,
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No. 08 CV 0478 JM BLM

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SEMPRA ENERGY, a California corporation; gi~ ~s~ 16 SEMPRA LNG, a Delaware corporation; 00: :5~fENERGIA COSTA AZ, S. de R.L. de C.V., i: "- g~ 17 a Mexican corporation; BVT LNG COSTA ¡i 0 ff AZUL, S. de R.L. de C.V., a Mexican 18 corporation; COSTA AZUL BMVT, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation; BLACK & ~ 19 VEATCH CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; TECHINT S.A. de C.V., a

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR DEFENDANT BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT BASED ON THE COURT'S APRIL 9, 2008 ORDER TO CAUSE
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20 Mexican corporation; THE KLEINELDER
GROUP, INC., a California corporation; ARUP 21 NORTH AMERICA LIMITED, a United Kingdom corporation; ARUP TEXAS, INC., a 22 Texas corporation; WHESSOE OIL & GAS LIMITED, a United Kingdom corporation; Q &

23 S ENGINERIG, INC., a Californa
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corporation; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive
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TO ALL P ARTæS AN THEIR ATTORNYS OF RECORD:
Please take notice that Defendant Black & Veatch Corporation ("Black & Veatch") hereby
applies ex parte for an order extending the time in which it must respond to the Complaint until 21

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4 days after the Cour's ruling on the pending Order to Show Cause Why Complaint Should Not Be
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Dismissed for Lack of Subject Matter Jursdiction ("OSC"). This Motion is made pursuant to

6 Southern Distrct Local Rule 12.1 and should be granted for at least six reasons: 7
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1. The plain intent.ofthe OSC is to allow the Cour to determine whether it has subject

matter jursdiction over this case before the paries or the Cour commit resources to
litigating it.
2. Black & Veatch's responsive pleading - which wil consist of a motion to dismiss under

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Rule 12 - is curently due on May 8, 2008.

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3. The OSC wil not be fully briefed until May 2,2008.
4. Ifleft unchanged, the curent deadline for defendants' Rule 12 motion(s) guarantees

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that defendants wil be forced to spend money briefing challenges to a Complaint in a
case where there is, at a minimum, a substantial controversy about the Cour's

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jursdiction.
5. The curent deadline raises the possibility that plaintif will have to prepare and file
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rendered moot by the Cour's ruling on the OSC.

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6. Black & Veatch has met and conferred with all paries that have appeared in the case to
date; only plaintiffs have not agreed to a stipulated extension of

Black & Veatch's time

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to file a Rule 12 motion.

This motion is based on ths notice of motion and motion, the attached declaration of

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arguent and evidence as may be presented at any hearng requested by the Cour.

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DATED: April 15,2008

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WUFSBERG REESE COLVIG & FIRSTMA
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

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By lsI Richard E. Elder RICHA E. ELDER
Attorneys For Defendant BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION

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Case No. 08cv0478 1M BLM
Ex Parte Application

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