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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants.

17 Defendants have filed a motion to continue the briefing deadline and the hearing date set in this court’s July 30, 2020 order, ECF No. 6794, or in the alternative for reconsideration of that order. ECF No. 6830. Plaintiffs oppose the motion. ECF No. 6835. As requested, the court has considered defendants’ motion on an expedited basis. For the reasons explained below, the motion is denied. The court, however, will extend by fourteen days the briefing deadline and the hearing date set in the July 30, 2020 order, to September 14, 2020 by 5:00 p.m. and September 24, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., respectively. In addition, the third quarterly status conference will be set for September 24, 2020 immediately following the 9:00 a.m. hearing. I. BACKGROUND The relevant history leading to the July 30, 2020 order is…