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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 / 102904.1 Case No. 06-CV-02041-LKK-EFB 

REQUEST FOR 60-DAY CONTINUANCE OF 

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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 

REQUEST FOR 60-DAY 

CONTINUANCE OF STATUS 

CONFERENCE; ORDER 

Date: December 4, 2006 

Time: 3:00 p.m. 

Ctrm: 4 

Plaintiff Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life") submits that 

good cause exists for a 60-day continuance of the Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) 

Conference in this matter for the following reasons. 

This interpleader action involves a limited benefit amount (less than $25,000). 

A short continuance of the Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) Conference is appropriate 

to preserve these resources for the benefit of the named Defendants, who are the 

potential policy beneficiaries of the insurance proceeds at issue. 

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The Complaint was filed on September 13, 2006. Service on all three named 

Defendants was effectuated under Rule 4, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, by 

Waiver of Service of Summons less than a week later on September 19, 2006. 

Answers to the Complaint are therefore due 60 days from that date, November 19, 

2006. Certain or all of the Defendants may appear in propria persona. That will not 

be known until the Answers are filed. 

Under applicable law, Sun Life is entitled to recovery of its attorneys' fees 

and costs. See, e.g., Gelfgren v. Republic National Life Ins. Co., 680 F.2d 79, 81 

(9th Cir. 1982); Prudential Ins. Co. v. Boyd, 781 F.2d 1494 (11th Cir. 1986). 

Because the action will probably involve at least one litigant appearing in pro per, 

Plaintiff's counsel (with offices in Southern California) would be required by the 

Court's scheduling order to appear in person (Order at Paragraph 7(a)). 

In the opinion of Plaintiff's counsel, the most economical way to manage this 

case is through a stipulation and order for dismissal of Plaintiff, as the funds have 

already been deposited. As soon as the Defendants appear, Plaintiff's counsel will 

solicit such a stipulation. 

A 60-day continuance will allow all Defendants to appear, and hopefully 

allow the dismissal of Plaintiff, without incurring additional costs and fees to the 

detriment of the Defendants/beneficiaries. 

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Based on the above, Plaintiff Sun Life respectfully requests that the Court 

continue the Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) Conference for 60 days, at a date 

convenient for the Court. 

DATED: November 6, 2006 Respectfully submitted, 

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

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Status (Pre-Trial Scheduling) Conference 

be continued from December 4, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. to February 20, 2007, at _2:00 

p.m. before Judge Karlton in chambers/courtroom 4. 

DATED: November 8, 2006 

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