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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION REGARDING EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING; [PROPOSED]

ORDER THEREON - C 07-00371-CW 

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Geoffrey M. Ezgar (SBN 184243) 

gezgar@sidley.com 

Ryan M. Sandrock (SBN 251781) 

rsandrock@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Tel: (415) 772-1200 

Fax: (415) 772-7400 

Joel S. Feldman (SBN 3125052) 

jfeldman@sidley.com 

Peter M. Flanagan (SBN 234528) 

pmflanagan@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

One South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

Tel: (312) 853-7000 

Fax: (312) 853-7036 

Attorneys For Defendant 

JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

JANICE KENNEDY, individually, and on 

Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly 

Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Michigan corporation, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. 07-cv-00371-CW 

Assigned to: The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING 

CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE AND HEARING 

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STIPULATION REGARDING

THREE MONTH EXTENSION OF CLASS CERTIFICATION BRIEFING

This Stipulation is made between the Plaintiff Janice Kennedy (“Plaintiff”) and 

Defendant Jackson National Life Insurance Company (“Jackson National”), by their respective 

counsel of record, with respect to the following: 

WHEREAS, the Court, in its Minute Order and Case Management Order, dated 

July 2, 2007, ordered Plaintiff to file her motion for class certification along with expert reports by 

March 18, 2008; 

WHEREAS, the Court ordered Jackson National to file its opposition to Plaintiff’s 

motion for class certification, along with expert reports, by May 19, 2008; 

WHEREAS, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file her reply in support of her motion for 

class certification by June 19, 2008; 

WHEREAS, the Court set a hearing date for Plaintiff’s motion for class certification, 

and to set pretrial and trial dates, for July 3, 2008; 

WHEREAS, the parties are currently conducting discovery relevant to their claims 

and defenses and believe that the class certification briefing schedule should be extended to allow 

for the completion of additional discovery; 

WHEREAS, no prior request to extend the deadline for class certification briefing has 

been made in this case; and 

WHEREFORE, the parties hereby respectfully request that the deadline for class 

certification briefing in this case be extended as follows: 

 (1) Plaintiff’s motion for class certification along with expert reports shall be due 

 June 30, 2008; 

 (2) Jackson National’s opposition to Plaintiff’s motion for class certification 

 along with expert reports shall be due August 30, 2008; and 

 (3) Plaintiff’s reply in support of her motion for class certification shall be due 

 September 30, 2008. 

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RENNE SLOAN HOLTZMAN SAKAI LLP 

By: /s/ Ingrid M. Evans 

Dated: February 18, 2008 

Ingrid M. Evans 

One of the Attorneys For Plaintiff 

JANICE KENNEDY 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

By: /s/ Geoffrey M. Ezgar 

Dated: February 18, 2008 

Geoffrey M. Ezgar 

One of the Attorneys For Defendant 

JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

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ATTESTATION OF SIGNATURE

(N.D. Cal. General Order 45) 

Pursuant to General Order No. 45, § X(B), I hereby attest under penalty of perjury that 

concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from all the signatories. 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

By: /s/ Geoffrey M. Ezgar 

Dated: February 18, 2008 

Geoffrey M. Ezgar 

One of the Attorneys For Defendant 

JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

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ORDER

Based upon the Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that the class certification briefing schedule is HEREBY EXTENDED as 

follows: 

(1) Plaintiff’s motion for class certification along with expert reports shall be due June 

30, 2008; 

(2) Jackson National’s opposition to Plaintiff’s motion for class certification along with 

expert reports shall be due August 30, 2008; 

(3) Plaintiff’s reply in support of her motion for class certification shall be due 

September 30, 2008; and 

(4) A hearing on Plaintiff’s motion for class certification, and a Further Case 

Management Conference to set pretrial and trial dates, will be held on October 16, 

2008, at 2:00 p.m. 

Dated: March 12, 2008 

Hon. Claudia Wilken 

United States District Judge 

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