Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 Jay A. Zweig (011153) Mark A. Fuller (012149) 2 Melissa R. Berren (020993) GALLAGHER & KENNEDY, P.A. 2575 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100 3 Phoenix, Arizona 85016-9225 4 (602) 530-8407 Attorneys for Defendants 5 6 7 8
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Matthew Shaffer, Plaintiff, vs. No. CIV-03-2344-PHX-FJM EX PARTE MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING NOTICE OF APPEAL

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State of Arizona Citizens Clean Election 12 Commission; Colleen Connor and Chad Jacobs, 13 Defendants. 14 15

Defendants have today filed (1) a timely Motion for Entry of Judgment as a Matter

16 of Law on the Defamation Claim, and Motion for Remittitur, or Alternatively a New 17 Trial, and (2) a timely Motion to Alter or Amend the Judgment. Insofar as these motions 18 seek relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 and 60, they operate to automatically extend the time 19 for filing a notice of appeal. See Fed. R. Civ. App. P. 4(a)(4)(A). However, the Rules do 20 not explicitly address the effect of asking for a remittitur. Accordingly, in an abundance 21 of caution, defendants file this motion asking the Court to confirm that the time for filing 22
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1 a notice of appeal in this case will not begin to run until the Court rules on all issues 2 raised by these motions, including the request for a remittitur. 3 The Court has authority to consider and grant this motion on an ex parte basis.

4 Fed. R. Civ. App. P. 4(a)(5)(B). A proposed form of Order is being separately lodged, 5 and the defendants respectfully request that it be entered at the earliest possible 6 opportunity. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 COPY of the foregoing electronically 14 transmitted via the U.S. District Court Electronic Case Filing system and 15 COPY hand-delivered this 20th day of October, 2005 to: 16 Richard J. Harris, Esq. 17 Richard J. Harris Law Offices, P.C. 4445 E. Holmes Avenue, Suite 106 Mesa, Arizona 85206-3398 18 Co-Counsel for Plaintiff 19 /// 20 /// /// 21 22
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 20th day of October, 2005. GALLAGHER & KENNEDY, P.A. By: s/Jay A. Zweig______________ Jay A. Zweig Mark A. Fuller Melissa R. Berren 2575 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100 Phoenix, Arizona 85016-9225 Attorneys for Defendants

1 David C. Larkin, Esq. David C. Larkin, P.C. 2 4645 S. Lakeshore Drive, Suite 6 Tempe, Arizona 85282-3747 3 Co-Counsel for Plaintiff 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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s/Dawn Sylvester