Free Motion to Continue - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona PETER M. LANTKA Assistant U.S. Attorney Arizona State Bar No. Two Renaissance Square 40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 Telephone: (602) 514-7500 Facsimile: (602) 514-7760 E-Mail: [email protected]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Donald Chapman, Plaintiff, CIV-03-2537-PHX-DGC v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service; and Yvonne Pearson, separately and in her individual capacity, Defendants. Come now the Defendants, John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO CONTINUE ORAL ARGUMENT (First Request)

16 Service; and Yvonne Pearson, separately and in her individual capacity, by the undersigned, and 17 respectfully request that this Court continue its oral argument on all pending matters currently 18 scheduled for June 21, 2006 to a date after Friday, July 7, 2006. In support of which, Defendants 19 state as follows: 20 1. On April 26, 2006, this Court scheduled oral argument on all pending matters in 21 the above-captioned cause for June 21, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. [Doc. No. 196]. 22 2. Defense counsel Peter M. Lantka recently relocated to the United States Attorney's 23 Office from the State of Indiana, and is scheduled to move his household to Arizona during the 24 week of June 19, 2006. 25 3. The undersigned contacted counsel for the Plaintiff on April 26, 2006 and received 26 no objection to a proposed continuance. Plaintiff counsel's schedule is amenable to oral 27 argument following the July 4 holiday weekend. 28

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This motion constitutes the United States' first request for continuance of oral

2 argument. LR Civ 7.3(a). 3 4 5 5. 6. This motion is not being made for purposes of harassment or undue delay. A proposed Order is lodged with this motion.

Wherefore, Defendants, John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service;

6 and Yvonne Pearson, separately and in her individual capacity, by the undersigned, respectfully 7 request that this Court continue its oral argument on all pending matters currently scheduled for 8 June 21, 2006 to a date after Friday, July 7, 2006. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 s/ Peter M. Lantka Peter M. Lantka Assistant U.S. Attorney PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona Respectfully submitted this 27th day of April, 2006.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on April 27, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document

3 to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of 4 Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: 5 William R. Hobson 6 Law Offices of William R. Hobson 7303 W. Boston Street 7 Chandler, Arizona 85226 [email protected] 8
s/Nancy Stotler

9 10 U.S. Attorney's Office 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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