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The request states that more time is needed to obtain permitting from the city of Eugene and then schedule a contractor.
The deadline to remove temporary fencing at the Eugene Federal Building should be extended 11 days to July 5, an attorney representing the federal government said Tuesday, June 23.
A judge’s order set the deadline for Wednesday, June 24, to remove fencing that blocks most of the site’s plaza area, as U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai granted Monday a preliminary injunction sought by activists and ordered the fence removed within 48 hours.
Assistant U.S. Attorney James Blum, along with Assistant U.S. Attorney Tsechu Dolma, in a court filing, said: “Permitting and final scheduling of the contractors could take up to 11 days.” In a separate filing, the federal government also submitted a notice that they plan to appeal Kasubhai’s order granting the preliminary injunction.
In the deadline extension request, the attorneys wrote that the federal General Services Administration is working with the city of Eugene “to block portions of Pearl and 7th Street” for fence removal from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
“Finally, Federal Protective Services and Eugene Police Department would need to coordinate to ensure a safe work environment for contractors,” the attorneys wrote.
The attorneys said it may take up to 10 days for permitting, and then, after the permit is received, another day to schedule contractors.
Kasubhai had yet to rule on the request as of early Wednesday morning.
During a two-day evidentiary hearing before Kasubhai’s order, the federal government called the fence a countermeasure to property damage that occurred during protest activity.
A building manager for the site also described plans for additional changes, such as “hardened glazing” planned for windows near the interior courtyard lobby entrance, but no timetable was given for when the work might start.
Monday, Kasubhai cited rights to free speech and assembly at an area active for decades as an space for protest and demonstrations in granting a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by the Eugene-based Civil Liberties Defense Center.
Six activists alleged the fence, blocking off most of the plaza, leaving a corner section of the site’s plaza open to the public, infringes upon the rights of people looking to exercise their rights of free speech and assembly.
Kasubhai, also Monday, authorized some fencing to be put up. He presented attorneys with a diagram he marked by hand, showing a fence line stretching mostly along the interior wings of the main building.
