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Ark. AG Opposes NetChoice’s Motion for Deadline Extension in Social Media Case

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) opposes NetChoice’s Friday motion for a four-day deadline extension to Aug. 7 to file its reply brief in support of its motion for a preliminary injunction to bar Griffin from enforcing the state’s social…

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media age verification law when it takes effect Sept. 1 (see 2307100005), said Griffin’s opposition Saturday (docket 5:23-cv-05105) in U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas in Fayetteville. Griffin doesn’t oppose NetChoice’s request to expand the reply brief’s 10-page limit to 15 pages, said his opposition. But Griffin couldn’t consent to the requested deadline extension because it would “impact the ability to comply with other deadlines” in the court’s July 12 scheduling order, it said. Aug. 8 is the deadline for exchanging witness and exhibit lists, it said. If NetChoice’s reply brief deadline is extended to Aug. 7, that would give Griffin less than 24 hours “to coordinate with experts on testimony and exhibits,” and would “prejudice” his ability to do so, it said.