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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:416 Denial of Social Security Benefits

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LESLIE L. DEGEN,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant. /

No. C 15-02677 WHA

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

AND DENYING IN PART THE

GOVERNMENT’S EX PARTE

MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION

TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

The government’s response to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in this social

security appeal was due on November 30. On November 30, the government filed an ex parte

motion seeking a thirty-day extension, due to “pre-approved leave as well as a heavy workload”

(Dkt. No. 12). 

The briefing schedule for social security appeals is set by Civil L.R. 16-5. The

government has known about this deadline for four weeks and could have approximated it when

it answered the complaint on October 5. There is no good cause for this massive extension. 

The government should have sought a more reasonable extension long before the deadline.

The government’s brief shall be due by DECEMBER 11 AT NOON. Plaintiff’s reply shall

be due within fourteen days of service of the government’s opposition or counter-motion.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 1, 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:15-cv-02677-WHA Document 13 Filed 12/01/15 Page 1 of 1