Institute for Free Speech v. Harris ( 2022 )

1 ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668 Attorney General of California 2 MARK BECKINGTON, State Bar No. 126009 Supervising Deputy Attorney General 3 JOSE A. ZELIDON-ZEPEDA, State Bar No. 227108 Deputy Attorney General 4 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 5 Telephone: (415) 510-3879 Fax: (415) 703-1234 6 E-mail: Jose.ZelidonZepeda@doj.ca.gov Attorneys for Defendant Rob Bonta, in his official 7 capacity as Attorney General of California 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 INSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH, 2:14-cv-00636-MCE-DB 13 Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR 14 DISMISSAL v. 15 Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 16 ROB BONTA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, 17 Defendant. 18 19 20 This action is on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 21 after the Supreme Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari by Plaintiff Institute for Free 22 Speech (fka Center for Competitive Politics). Inst. for Free Speech v. Bonta, 142 S. Ct. 46 23 (2021). 24 On April 1, 2022, this Court entered an Amended Judgment, setting a deadline of May 31, 25 2022, for Plaintiff to file any motion for attorney fees and costs. (ECF No. 74.) This deadline 26 was subsequently modified by court order. 27 /// 28 /// 1 The parties met and conferred regarding fees and costs, and have reached an agreement. 2 | Defendant has made the required payment. In light of the above, the parties respectfully stipulate 3 | and request that the Court dismiss this action, with prejudice. 4 5 Dated: November 2, 2022 /s/ Alan Gura Alan Gura, Esq. 6 Institute for Free Speech Counsel for Plaintiff 7 8 9 | Dated: November 2, 2022 /s/ Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda 10 California Department of Justice Wl Counsel for Defendant 12 13 ORDER 14 The Court has reviewed the parties’ stipulation and request for dismissal with prejudice. 15 | Good cause appearing, the request is GRANTED. This action is DISMISSED with prejudice, and 16 | the Clerk of Court is directed to close the case. 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 18 | Dated: November 4, 2022 19 A \ 0 _ LEX . MORRISON C. ENGLA 4D, JR) (_) SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 22 23 24 25 26 27 28