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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1132 E.R.I.S.A.

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Ronald S. Kravitz (SBN 129704)

Kolin C. Tang (SBN 279834)

Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller 

 & Shah, LLP

One California Street, Suite 900 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 429-5272 

Facsimile: (866) 300-7367 

Email: rkravitz@sfmslaw.com

ktang@sfmslaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Plan

[Additional Counsel Listed On Signature Page]

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIA KARLA TERRAZA, ) Case No. 16-cv-03994

Individually and On Behalf of the )

SAFEWAY 401(K) PLAN, ) STIPULATION AND

) [PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiff, )

v. )

)

SAFEWAY INC., BENEFIT PLANS )

COMMITTEE SAFEWAY INC., )

and DOES NO. 1-10, )

Whose Names Are Currently Unknown, )

)

Defendants. )

 )

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 15(a), and Local Rule 6-2, Plaintiff,

MARLA KARLA TERRAZA (“Plaintiff”), and Defendants, SAFEWAY INC. and BENEFIT 

PLANS COMMITTEE SAFEWAY INC. (collectively, “Defendants”), hereby stipulate, by and

through their respective counsel, to extend the time by which Plaintiff shall be permitted to file

an Amended Complaint and for the date of the Initial Case Management Conference and, in

support thereof, state as follows: 

1. Plaintiff filed the Complaint in this action on or about July 14, 2016 and

Defendants were served with the Complaint and Summons on or around August 23, 2016. The

parties subsquently stipulated to extend the time for Defendants to answer or otherwise plead in

response to the Complaint for a period of thirty (30) days and until October 17, 2016.

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2. On October 17, 2016, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and

Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s Jury Demand with a hearing date set for December 1, 2016.

3. Plaintiff’s Response to the Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike would

normally be due on October 31, 2016 but Plaintiff has advised Defendants that, instead of

opposing the Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike, it intends to amend the Complaint as of

right pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a), which amendment would otherwise be due on November 7,

2016.

4. Defendants agree that, under such circumstances and in the interests of judicial

economy, Plaintiff need not oppose the Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike and, pursuant to

Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a), Defendants have agreed to extend the time for Plaintiff to file an Amended

Complaint until November 18, 2016.

5. Plaintiff and Defendants also have agreed that Defendants should be provided

with thirty (30) days to answer or otherwise plead in response to the Amended Complaint and

that any such response will be due on December 19, 2016.

6. The Initial Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for November

16, 2016.

7. The parties agree that the Initial Case Management Conference should be held

after Plaintiff files her Amended Complaint and Defendants respond to the Amended Complaint

to ensure that the Initial Case Management Conference is as productive as possible.

8. As a result, the parties agree that the Initial Case Management Conference should

be held on December 21, 2016, with the Case Management Statement due on December 12,

2016. 

9. Although this extension will alter a date set by Court Order, it is the first request

for extension of its kind in this case and the extension will defer the Initial Case Management

Conference for a period of thirty-five (35) days.

NOW, THEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendants hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. Plaintiff shall file her Amended Complaint on or before November 18, 2016.

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2. Plaintiff need not respond to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss or Motion to Strike,

which will be obviated by the Amended Complaint.

3. The hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Strike set for

December 1, 2016 should be taken off calendar.

4. The parties shall submit their Initial Case Management Statement on or before

December 12, 2016.

5. Defendants shall answer or otherwise plead in response to the Amended

Complaint on or before December 19, 2016.

6. The Initial Case Management Conference shall be held on December 21, 2016, at

2:00 p.m.

Dated: October 28, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, MILLER

 & SHAH, LLP 

/s/ Kolin C. Tang 

Ronald S. Kravitz

Kolin C. Tang

Shepherd Finkelman Miller 

 & Shah, LLP

One California Street, Suite 900 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

 Telephone: (415) 429-5272 

Facsimile: (866) 300-7367 

Email: rkravitz@sfmslaw.com

ktang@sfmslaw.com

James E. Miller

Laurie Rubinow 

Shepherd Finkelman Miller 

 & Shah, LLP

65 Main Street

Chester, CT 06412

Telephone: (860) 526-1100

Facsimile: (866) 300-7367

Email: jmiller@sfmslaw.com

lrubinow@sfmslaw.com

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Nathan Zipperian

Shepherd Finkelman Miller 

 & Shah, LLP

1625 N. Commerce Pkwy, Suite 320 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33326

Telephone: (954) 515-0123 

Facsimile: (866) 300-7367 

Email: nzipperian@sfmslaw.com

Sahag Majarian

Law Offices of Sahag Majarian

18250 Ventura Blvd.

Tarzana, CA 91356

Telephone: (818) 609-0807

Facsimile: (818) 609-0892

Email: sahagii@aol.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

and the Plan

Dated: October 28, 2016 /s/ R. Bradford Huss 

R. Bradford Huss

Angel L. Garrett

Dylan D. Rudolph

TRUCKER öHUSS

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 788-3111

Facsimile: (415) 421-2017

E-mail: bhuss@truckerhuss.com

agarrett@truckerhuss.com

drudolph@truckerhuss.com

Attorneys for Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 1, 2016 ___________________________

Jon S. Tigar, J.

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