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McGUIRE DEC ISO OPP TO DEFS MTN FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO RSP TO SACCASE NO. 3:10-cv-0257-JSW

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JAMES R. McGUIRE (CA SBN 189275)JMcGuire@mofo.comGREGORY P. DRESSER (CA SBN 136532)GDresser@mofo.comRITA F. LIN (CA SBN 236220)RLin@mofo.comAARON D. JONES (CA SBN 248246)AJones@mofo.comMORRISON& FOERSTER LLP425 Market StreetSan Francisco, California 94105-2482Telephone: 415.268.7000Facsimile: 415.268.7522

JON W. DAVIDSON (CA SBN 89301)JDavidson@lambdalegal.orgTARA L. BORELLI (CA SBN 216961)TBorelli@lambdalegal.org LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND, INC.

3325 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1300Los Angeles, California 90010-1729Telephone: 213.382.7600Facsimile: 213.351.6050

Attorneys for PlaintiffKAREN GOLINSKI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

KAREN GOLINSKI,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PERSONNELMANAGEMENT, and JOHN BERRY, Directorof the United States Office of PersonnelManagement, in his official capacity,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:10-cv-0257-JSW

DECLARATION OF JAMES R.

McGUIRE IN SUPPORT OF

PLAINTIFF KAREN GOLINSKIS

OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS

MOTION TO ENLARGE TIME TO

RESPOND PLAINTIFFS SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT

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I, JAMES R. McGUIRE, hereby declare and state as follows:

1. I am a partner of the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP, which is co-counsel of

record for plaintiff Karen Golinski. I am licensed to practice law in the State of California and

am admitted to practice before this Court. I make this declaration of my own personal

knowledge, and, if called as a witness, could and would testify competently to the matters stated

herein.

2. On May 2, 2011, Chris Hall of the Department of Justice called me to discuss

further the extension of time he had been negotiating with Rita Lin (who was now on vacation).

During that call, Mr.Hall reiterated in very general terms the reasons that BLAG needed

additional time to respond to the complaint and asked if Ms. Golinski would reconsider the

request for a lengthy extension. I responded that we had already considered the various issues he

described, and that we continued to believe that the additional 30-days beyond the 20 already

provided by the Court were sufficient. At the close of our call, Mr. Hall asked if our client would

consider providing an additional 45 days. Mr. Hall stated the he did not know if BLAG would

agree to accept 45 days. I agreed to see if Ms. Golinski would consent to 45 days.

3. On May 3, 2011, Mr. Hall and I exchanged e-mails regarding his request for a 45-

day extension. Those e-mails are attached hereto as Exhibits A and B.

4. Also on May 3, 2011, I exchanged a series of e-mails with Kerry Kircher, General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives regarding both BLAGs

motion to intervene and the timeline during which it would file a motion to dismiss. Mr.Kircher

ultimately rejected Ms. Golinskis offer of an additional 30 days to respond because of all the

other DOMA balls were juggling at the moment. These e-mails are attached hereto as

Exhibits C-F.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this 9th day ofMay, 2011, atSan Francisco, California.

/s/ James R. McGuireJAMES R. McGUIRE

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