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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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1 Mark A. Neubauer (SBN 73728)

Katessa C. Davis (SBN 146922)

2 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2800

3 Los Angeles, CA 90067-5052

Telephone: (10) 734-3200

4 Facsimile: (310) 734-3300

Email: mneubauerstetoe.com

5 Email: avisstetoe.com

6 Attorneys for Defendant

JOHNSON & JOHNSON LONG-TERM

7 DISABILITY INCOME PLAN

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

13 KATHLEEN VANBUSKIRK,

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Defendant.

Case No.: C07-01970CRB

STIPULATION AND rPROPOSED)

ORDER REGARDING

CONTINUANCE OF CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

AND SUPPORTING

DECLARATION OF MARK A.

NEUBAUER, ESQ.

(Local Rules 6-1(b) and 6-2(a))

Judge: Hon. Charles R. Breyer

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Pi.r::uant to the Un.ited States Dis\ri:: : Court's Civil Lm:al Rules 6-1(b) and

2 6-2(a), Plaintiff Kathleen Vanbu:)kirk ("p;. .intiff") and Defendant Johnson &

3 Johnson Long-Tem1 Dis¡:ibility Income Pl¡ n ("Dclèndant"), through t.heir

4 respective counsel of rccord1 HEREBY S' IPULATE and agree that the Înitì~ii

5 Case Man~lgel1enl O.mfel'enGc in this imli cr he continued from July l:i, 2007 at

ô X:30 a.m. to July 20,2007 at 8:30 ¡un.. l~:. Dcfcl1danCs trial counsel wHl be out of

7 state on a long-planned occasion with lii~ àl1i1y, and therefOl'c unavailable t.o

l) appear in Court on July 13.2007.

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1 DECLARATION OF MARK A. NEUBAUER

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3 I, Mark A. Neubauer, declare as follows:

4 1. At all relevant times herein, I am and have been a partner in the law

5 firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, counsel of record for Defendant Johnson &

6 Johnson Long-Term Disability Income Plan ("Defendant") in this matter, and I a

7 and have been one to the lawyers at my firm primarily responsible for this matter.

8 I have personal knowledge of all of the facts set forth in this Declaration, and if

9 called and sworn as a witness at trial or at any other proceeding before this Court,

10 I could and would competently testify.as set forth herein.

11 Good Cause Exists for the Enlan!:ement of Time

12 2. I am the trial counsel for Defendant in this matter and I wil

13 participate in the early meeting of counseL. I want to appear at the Case

14 Management Conference on behalf of Defendant in this matter. However, I am

15 unable to attend the Case Management Conference currently scheduled on July

16 13,2007, as I am scheduled be out of the state of California on that date at our

17 cabin in Eagle River, Wisconsin, on a long-planned vacation with my wife and

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19 3. Therefore, Defendant requests that the Case Management Conference

20 be continued for only one week, from July 13,2007 at 8:30 a.m. to July 20,2007

21 at 8:30 a.m. so that I may attend.

22 4. Plaintiffs counsel does not object to the one week continuance of the

23 Case Management Conference.

24 5. Except for an extension of the time for Defendant to respond to

25 Plaintiff s complaint, there have not been any previous time modifications in this

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1 6. An order continuing the Case Management Conference for one week,

2 from July 13,2007 to July 20,2007, wil not effect the schedule of the case.

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4 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America

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Executed this L3 yC"-day of June, 2007 at Los Angeles, California.

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1 ORDER

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3 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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