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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JERALDINE PRATT, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

NORTH AMERICA, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-CV-0033 KJM EFB 

ORDER 

On June 7, 2016, the court issued status (pretrial scheduling) order. The court’s 

order set the following dates: 

1. The Administrative Record and the Plan documents shall be 

provided to plaintiff by June 15, 2016, and filed with the court by 

October 15, 2016; 

2. The parties disagree about the nature and extent of permissible 

discovery. Any motion for permission to conduct discovery shall 

be noticed to be heard on or before November 4, 2016; 

3. Cross-motions for judgment shall be filed by each party no later 

than April 1, 2017; 

4. Each party may file a response brief opposing the other party’s 

Motion for Judgment no later than May 17, 2017; and 

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5. Cross-motions for judgment will be heard on June 16, 2017, at 

10:00 A.M., in Courtroom No. 3. 

ECF No. 16. On June 20, 2016, the parties objected to the court’s order and requested the 

following dates, which according to the parties’ stipulation are sixty days later than those set by 

the court’s order: 

a. The Administrative Record and the Plan documents shall be 

provided to plaintiff by June 15, 2016 and filed with the Court on 

October 15, 2016; 

b. Plaintiff shall file any motion for permission to conduct 

discovery on or before November 1, 2016; 

c. Cross-motions for judgment shall be filed by each party no later 

than April 17, 2017; 

d. Each party may file a response brief opposing the other party’s 

Motion for Judgment no later than May 17, 2017; and 

e. The Parties request a trial date/hearing on the cross-motions for 

judgment of June 7, 2017. 

ECF No. 17. These dates are not sixty later than those set by the court’s order. With the 

exception of the due date for cross-motions, they are the same or earlier. The dates allow for the 

mediation the parties have scheduled. The court therefore overrules the parties’ objections with 

the following exception: the date by which cross-motions for judgment must be filed is 

EXTENDED to April 17, 2017. 

The parties’ filings also suggest some confusion about the identity of the 

Magistrate Judge assigned to this case. See ECF Nos. 5, 8, 13, 15, 17; but see ECF No. 11. The 

Magistrate Judge assigned to this case is the Honorable Edmund F. Brennan. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 22, 2016 

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