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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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Bain v. United, 15-cv-3305-EMC

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO FILE JOINT DISCOVERY LETTER

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PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP

Nicholas A. Carlin, Cal. Bar No. 112532

nac@phillaw.com

39 Mesa Street, Suite 201

The Presidio

San Francisco, CA 94129

415-398-0900 (tel)

CREITZ & SEREBIN LLP

Joseph A. Creitz, Cal. Bar No. 169552

joe@creitzserebin.com

Lisa S. Serebin, Cal. Bar No. 146312

lisa@creitzserebin.com

250 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400

San Francisco, CA 94104

415.466.3090 (tel)

415.513.4475 (fax)

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

DAVID BAIN, ALAINA BAIN, and 

DAYNA BAIN, individuals,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED HEALTHCARE INC., et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 15-cv-3305-EMC

JOINT STIPULATION FOR 

ADDITIONAL TIME TO 

SUBMIT DISCOVERY PLAN 

PER Dkt. Entry 52, and

[proposed] ORDER

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On September 23, 2016 the Court issued its order following the case 

management conference, directing the parties to meet and confer and submit a 

joint letter including a plan for written discovery within three weeks of the result of 

the meet and confer. (Dkt. Entry 52). Plaintiffs understood that such joint letter was 

to be filed within three weeks following the prior case management conference 

(i.e., by October 13, 2016). Defendants understood that such joint letter was to be 

filed within three weeks following the completion of an ongoing meet and confer 

(i.e., no hard deadline).

Regardless, counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for the Defendant commenced 

the contemplated meet-and-confer in person immediately following the prior case 

management conference on September 23, 2016, in which Plaintiffs agreed to send 

proposed written discovery requests to Defendant for review and consideration as 

to whether any disputes may exist as to the proposed discovery and to provide the 

parties an opportunity to determine whether any such disputes could be resolved 

informally. Thereafter, consistent with their discussions, on October 11, 2016, 

Plaintiffs’ counsel delivered to Defendant’s counsel two Requests for Admissions, 

three Interrogatories, and eleven Requests for Production of Documents that

Plaintiffs propose to propound. However, a filing deadline of October 13, 2016, as 

understood by Plaintiffs, does not afford Defendant adequate time to fully review 

and consider its position with respect to the written discovery requests proposed by 

Plaintiffs. Among other things, per Defendant’s initial review, Defendant believes 

that some or all of Plaintiffs’ proposed discovery requests are objectionable in light 

of the Court’s order, and otherwise. (See Dkt. Entry 52). Additionally, Defendant 

has not yet been able to determine what information it has that may be responsive 

to any of Plaintiffs’ proposed requests, and until it does so it cannot take a final 

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position on any objections, agreements, or disagreement that would need to be 

presented to the Court for resolution.

The parties therefore agree that additional time is required in order to 

determine what of the above-referenced discovery the parties can agree upon, and 

what disputes they believe they will need the Court to resolve.

Therefore, the parties through their respective counsel do hereby stipulate 

and request that the Court order the parties to file the joint discovery letter 

contemplated by its September 23, 2016 Order (Dkt. Entry 52) on or before 

October 27, 2016, or by such later time as the Court deems appropriate under the 

circumstances.

Respectfully submitted.

Dated: October 13, 2016 /s/ Joseph A. Creitz

Joseph A. Creitz,

CREITZ & SEREBIN LLP

/s/ Nicholas A. Carlin 

Nicholas A. Carlin,

PHILLIPS, ERLEWINE, GIVEN & CARLIN LLP

Counsel for Plaintiffs

Dated: October 13, 2016 /s/ Timothy J. Nally

Greg L. Johnson

Timothy J. Nally

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD & SMITH, LLP

Counsel for Defendant United

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ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the other signatories.

Dated: October 13, 2016 /s/ Joseph A. Creitz

Attorney for Plaintiff

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ORDER UPON STIPULATION

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties and good cause appearing, the 

court hereby orders that the parties shall file the joint discovery letter contemplated 

by Dkt. Entry 52 no later than _________________.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October ____, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

October 27, 2016 17

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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