Case 4:12-cv Document 26 Filed in TXSD on 03/25/13 Page 1 of 3

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1 Case 4:12-cv Document 26 Filed in TXSD on 03/25/13 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC, a nonprofit Latino civil rights organization; HERLINDA S. GARCIA, 6611 Sylvan Road, Houston, Texas, 77023; JUAN GARCIA, 6611 Sylvan Road, Houston, Texas, 77023; AGUSTIN PINEDA, 7838 Battlecreek Dr., Houston, Texas, 77040; BERTA URTEAGA, 2938 Ashford Dr., Houston, Texas, 77082; JOHNNY N. MATA, 2121 Fountain View Dr., Houston, Texas, 77057; TERRA WIGGERFALL, 8154 Richland Dr., Houston, Texas, 77028; and WADE B. HUGHES, 5702 Beldart St., Houston, Texas, 77033, Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 4:12-CV HARRIS COUNTY, Texas, a County in the State of Texas; DON SUMNERS, in his official capacity as Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Harris County Voter Registrar, Defendants. AGREED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES Plaintiffs League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC, Herlinda S. Garcia, Juan Garcia, Agustin Pineda, Berta Urteaga, Johnny N. Mata, Terra Wiggerfall, and Wade B. Hughes, and Defendants Harris County, Texas and Don Sumners hereby file this Agreed Motion to Extend Deadlines and would show the court as follows: 1. This action is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1973gg-9(b and 42 U.S.C to redress the deprivation, under color of state law, of rights secured by federal statute and the 1

2 Case 4:12-cv Document 26 Filed in TXSD on 03/25/13 Page 2 of 3 Constitution of the United States. Plaintiffs also bring this action pursuant to Sections 2, 5, 11(b, and 12(d of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1973, 1973c, and 1973j(d, to enforce rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution. In order to facilitate settlement discussions and discovery, if necessary, all counsel have agreed to the deadlines below. These changes will not affect the remaining deadlines in the Court's Scheduling Order. 2. All parties to this litigation have agreed to extend the deadlines as follows: Defendants deadline to answer all outstanding discovery May 3, 2013 Deadline to add new parties June 17, 2013 Deadline to amend complaint June 17, 2013 Dated this 19 th day of March, Respectfully submitted, s/chad W. Dunn CHAD W. DUNN Texas Bar No BRAZIL & DUNN 4201 Cypress Creek Parkway, Suite 530 Houston, Texas Telephone: ( Facsimile: ( chad@brazilanddunn.com LUIS ROBERTO VERA, JR. LULAC National General Counsel Texas Bar No The Law Offices of Luis Vera Jr., and Associates 1325 Riverview Towers, 111 Soledad San Antonio, Texas ( (office ( (fax lrvlaw@sbcglobal.net 2

3 Case 4:12-cv Document 26 Filed in TXSD on 03/25/13 Page 3 of 3 J. GERALD HEBERT MEGAN MCALLEN Campaign Legal Center 215 E Street, NE Washington, DC ( ghebert@campaignlegalcenter.org mmcallen@campaignlegalcenter.org CATHERINE M. FLANAGAN MICHELLE KANTER COHEN Project Vote PO Box Washington, DC ( ( (fax cflanagan@projectvote.org Attorneys for Plaintiffs /s/ John Odam* John Odam State Bar No Federal I.D. No Congress, 15 th Floor Houston, TX Telephone ( Facsimile ( F. Clinton Gambill, II State Bar No, Federal I.D. No Congress, 15 th Floor Houston, TX Telephone ( Facsimile ( *signed by permission Attorneys in charge for Defendants Harris County and Don Sumners 3

4 Case 4:12-cv Document 26-1 Filed in TXSD on 03/25/13 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC, a nonprofit Latino civil rights organization; HERLINDA S. GARCIA, 6611 Sylvan Road, Houston, Texas, 77023; JUAN GARCIA, 6611 Sylvan Road, Houston, Texas, 77023; AGUSTIN PINEDA, 7838 Battlecreek Dr., Houston, Texas, 77040; BERTA URTEAGA, 2938 Ashford Dr., Houston, Texas, 77082; JOHNNY N. MATA, 2121 Fountain View Dr., Houston, Texas, 77057; TERRA WIGGERFALL, 8154 Richland Dr., Houston, Texas, 77028; and WADE B. HUGHES, 5702 Beldart St., Houston, Texas, 77033, Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 4:12-CV HARRIS COUNTY, Texas, a County in the State of Texas; DON SUMNERS, in his official capacity as Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector and Harris County Voter Registrar, Defendants. ORDER GRANTING AGREED MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES On this day came on for consideration Plaintiffs League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC, Herlinda S. Garcia, Juan Garcia, Agustin Pineda, Berta Urteaga, Johnny N. Mata, Terra Wiggerfall, and Wade B. Hughes, and Defendants Harris County, Texas and Don Sumners Agreed Motion to Extend Deadlines and having considered the Motion, the Court is of 1

5 Case 4:12-cv Document 26-1 Filed in TXSD on 03/25/13 Page 2 of 2 the opinion that the Motion should be granted. It is therefore, Ordered that the following schedule shall govern the disposition in this case: Defendants deadline to answer all outstanding discovery May 3, 2013 Deadline to add new parties June 17, 2013 Deadline to amend complaint June 17, 2013 All other deadlines in the Court's Scheduling Order remain. SIGNED this day of, Gray Miller United States District Court Judge 2