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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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CASE NO. 3:15-cv-05763 EDL JOINT STIP. TO CONTINUE CMC

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DENTONS US LLP

525 MARKET STREET, 26

TH

FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708

(415) 882-5000

DOUGLAS A. SCULLION (State Bar No. 215339)

doug.scullion@dentons.com

MEGAN BARKER (State Bar No. 245991)

megan.barker@dentons.com

DENTONS US LLP

525 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708

Telephone: (415) 882-5000

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

JON R. VAUGHT (State Bar No. 114590)

jon@vaughtboutsris.com

LAUREN G. DISSTON (State Bar No. 212039)

VAUGHT & BOUTSRIS, LLP

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1140

Oakland, CA 94621

Telephone: (510) 430-1518

Facsimile: (510) 382-1166

Attorneys for Defendant

TANYA MORRIS-HARVEY

ALAN E. KASSAN (State Bar No. 113864)

akassan@kantorlaw.net

KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

19839 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91324

Telephone: (818) 886-2525

Facsimile: (818) 350-6261

Attorneys for Defendant

N.W. (a minor)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

N.W. (a minor), TANYA MORRISHARVEY,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-05763 EDL

JOINT STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

EMC

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708

(415) 882-5000

Plaintiff The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and defendants N.W. (a minor)

and Tanya Morris-Harvey through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree

as follows and respectfully request that the Court approve and give effect to their stipulation.

1. This is an interpleader action. As alleged in the Complaint, Lincoln was faced

with competing claims from defendants N.W. and Morris-Harvey to the proceeds of a group life

insurance policy. Lincoln filed this interpleader action seeking a judicial determination of the

proper policy beneficiary.

2. Defendant Morris-Harvey filed her Answer to the Complaint on January 18, 2016.

Defendant N.W. has not yet filed her response to the complaint. Her deadline to do so is March

14, 2016.

3. This Court issued an order on February 8, 2016 setting a Case Management

Conference for March 17, 2016, and the parties are required to file a joint Case Management

Conference Statement by no later than March 10, 2016.

4. The parties respectfully request that the CMC be continued by 30 days, or to a

date thereafter that is convenient to the Court. This will allow N.W. to file her response to the

Complaint and give the parties additional time to meet and confer and prepare a joint Case

Management Conference Statement.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: March 7, 2016 DENTONS US LLP

By /s/Douglas A. Scullion

DOUGLAS A. SCULLION

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY

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DENTONS US LLP

525 MARKET STREET, 26

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-2708

(415) 882-5000

Dated: March 7, 2016 VAUGHT & BOUTSRIS, LLP

By /s/Jon R. Vaught

JON R. VAUGHT

Attorneys for Defendant

TANYA MORRIS-HARVEY

Dated: March 7, 2016 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

By Alan E. Kassan

ALAN E. KASSAN

Attorneys for Defendant

N.W. (a minor)

[PROPOSED] ORDER

It is hereby ordered that:

The currently scheduled case management conference is continued to __________.

Dated: _______________ ___________________________________

Hon. Edward M. Chen

4/14/16 at 

9:30 a.m. 

3/8/2016

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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