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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1001 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Retirement

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5647 / 104719.1 Case No. 06-CV-02041-LKK-EFB 

STIP & ORDER RE AWARD OF ATTY'S FEES & 

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LOS ANG EL ES, C AL IFORNI A 900 71- 2 62 4

TEL EPHO NE: ( 2 13) 62 9- 88 00

GALTON & HELM LLP 

DANIEL W. MAGUIRE, State Bar No. 120002 

 dmaguire@galtonhelm.com

500 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1200 

Los Angeles, California 90071-2624 

Telephone: (213) 629-8800 

Facsimile: (213) 629-0037 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 

OF CANADA, a corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CHRISTINE L. KIMBLE, an 

individual, DEBBIE J. DURBIN, an 

individual, TIM COOP, an individual, 

and DOES 1 through 5, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 06-CV-02041-LKK-EFB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES 

AND COSTS AND DISCHARGE 

AND DISMISSAL OF SUN LIFE 

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF 

CANADA 

Plaintiff Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life"), defendant 

Tim Coop ("Coop") and defendant Debbie J. Durbin ("Durbin"), hereby stipulate 

and agree as follows: 

1. Sun Life is hereby and shall be discharged from liability to defendants 

Coop and Durbin, to the full extent permitted by law; 

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5647 / 104719.1 2 Case No. 06-CV-02041-LKK-EFB 

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2. The defendants shall be and by the order hereon are restrained from 

taking, proceeding with, or commencing any action against Sun Life for or on 

account of any transaction, matter, happening or thing in any way arising out of the 

rights and obligations of the parties with respect to Sun Life Group Term Life 

Insurance Policy Number 79740 ("Policy") and/or with respect to benefits due or 

claimed under said Policy, which have been deposited in an interest-bearing account 

with the Court. 

3. The default of defendant Christine L. Kimble having been entered, said 

defendant has no legal right or claim to the proceeds of the Policy, and it is not 

necessary for said defendant to enter into this stipulation. 

4. Sun Life shall be awarded the sum of $3,801.70 as reasonable 

attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing its complaint in interpleader to be paid 

out of the proceeds deposited with Clerk of this Court. The parties agreed that the 

Clerk shall issue payment to Sun Life of the sum of $3,801.70 from such proceeds 

in care of its attorneys, Galton & Helm LLP. 

5. Sun Life is dismissed with prejudice from this action. 

6. This stipulation may be executed in counterparts. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: 12/27/06 /s/ Lee Pliscou 

Lee Pliscou 

Attorney for Defendant Tim Coop 

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DATED: 12-27-06 /s/ Debbie J. Durbin 

Defendant Debbie J. Durbin 

6621 S. Utica Place 

Tulsa, OK 7413 

DATED: 1/9/07 GALTON & HELM LLP 

DANIEL W. MAGUIRE 

By: /s/ Daniel W. Maguire 

DANIEL W. MAGUIRE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sun Life Assurance 

Company of Canada 

O R D E R 

The parties having stipulated and good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS ORDERED THAT Sun Life be dismissed with prejudice, discharged 

and released with accordance with the terms of the above stipulation. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the Court shall issue payment out of the 

interpleaded funds in the sum of $3,801.70 to Sun Life. The check shall be made 

payable to "Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada" and mailed to its attorneys: 

Daniel W. Maguire, Galton & Helm LLP, 500 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1200, 

Los Angeles, California 90071-2624 within fifteen (15) days of the date of this 

order. 

DATED: January 12, 2007 

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