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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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JEFFREY C. METZGER, ESQ. STATE BAR No. 96583 

LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY C. METZGER 

A Law Corporation

23041 Mill Creek Drive 

Laguna Hills, California 92653 

Telephone (949) 454-1196 

Facsimile (949) 454-0830 

Attorney for Plaintiff, WILLIAM BAKER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

WILLIAM BAKER, 

 Plaintiff,

vs.

METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY; 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE LONG 

TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS 

PLAN; and DOES 1 thru 10 

inclusive,

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:05-cv-0249-MCE-KJM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DISPOSTIVE 

MOTION CUTOFF DATE 

On May 22, 2006, the Court issued an Order, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, 

continuing the Dispositive Motion Cutoff date in this matter until August 7, 2006. 

At Plaintiff’s counsel’s request, the parties submit a second Stipulation to seek a 

continuance of the Dispositive Motion Cutoff date until September 11, 2006. The 

circumstances are that Plaintiff’s counsel has scheduled and paid for an out of state trip 

to see his son perform, and inadvertently failed to realize the conflict and seek the 

continuance before scheduling the trip and incurring the expenses. 

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A second reason Plaintiff contends the continuance is warranted is that this Court 

has not ruled on a Request for Reconsideration filed by Defendant regarding a 

discovery order issued by magistrate Judge Mueller on February 1, 2006. Defendant 

has agreed to the continuance as an accommodation to Plaintiff’s counsel’s scheduling 

conflict only, and contends the Request for Reconsideration is moot as the Discovery 

Cutoff date has long since passed. Plaintiff contends that the discovery order was 

entered prior to the cutoff date. 

Therefore, the parties stipulate to request the Court to move the Dispositive 

Motion cutoff date until September 11, 2006 at which time the dispositive motions in 

this matter will be heard. This requested continuance will not require a continuance of 

the trial date currently scheduled for December 13, 2006. Also, this requested 

continuance will not require a continuance of the Pretrial Conference which is currently 

scheduled for October 23, 2006. However, the parties do also request that the Joint 

Pretrial Statement be continued from August 7, 2006 until sometime after the 

dispositive motion hearing date to allow the parties to set forth the statement in 

conformance with the Court’s rulings on the summary judgment motions. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: June 21, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY C. METZGER 

 A LAW CORPORATION 

 By: __/s/ Jeffrey C. Metzger, Esq.

 JEFFREY C. METZGER, Esq. 

 Attorney for Plaintiff, WILLIAM BAKER 

Dated: June 21 , 2006 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

 

 By: _/s/ Alfred L.Sanderson, Jr., Esq. 

 ALFRED L. SANDERSON, JR., 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

IT IS ORDERED that the deadline to hear dispositive motions is continued from 

August 7, 2006 to September 11, 2006. The Joint Pretrial Statement is due on or before 

October 2, 2006. All other dates, including the bench trial and pretrial status 

conference, shall remain the same. 

DATED: June 26, 2006

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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