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 TO STAY DEADLINES 14 PENDING SETTLEMENT 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. The parties met and conferred regarding fees and 27 costs, and have reached an agreement. 28 /// 1 Per Local Rule 143, the parties stipulate and request that the Court stay all pending 2 deadlines until the parties file with the Court a stipulation that this action may be dismissed. 3 Dated: July 8, 2022 /s/ Alan Gura 4 Alan Gura, Esq. 5 Institute for Free Speech Counsel for Plaintiff 6 7 8 Dated: July 8, 2022 /s/ Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda 9 California Department of Justice Counsel for Defendant 10 11 12 ORDER 13 The parties’ stipulation is hereby GRANTED. This matter is STAYED pending the parties’ 14 filing of a stipulation of dismissal. 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 17 Dated: July 12, 2022 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28