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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND 

CONTINUING TRIAL DATE 

KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

GLENN R. KANTOR Bar No. 122643 

gkantor@kantorlaw.net 

BRENT DORIAN BREHM Bar No. 248983 

bbrehm@kantorlaw.net 

19839 Nordhoff Street 

Northridge, CA 91324 

Telephone: 818.886.2525 

Facsimile: 818.350.6272 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JILL MARRELLO 

SEDGWICK LLP 

MARK J. HANCOCK Bar No. 160662 

mark.hancock@sedgwicklaw.com 

REBECCA A. HULL Bar No. 99802 

rebecca.hull@sedgwicklaw.com 

ERIN A. CORNELL Bar No. 227135 

erin.cornell@sedgwicklaw.com 

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2834 

Telephone: 415.781.7900 

Facsimile: 415.781.2635 

Attorneys for Defendant 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 

KATHRYN M.S. CATHERWOOD Bar No. 

149170 

kcatherwood@foley.com 

SAMUEL F. HOFFMAN Bar No. 106471 

shoffman@foley.com 

3579 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 300 

San Diego, CA 92130 

Telephone: 858.847.6700 

Facsimile: 858.792.6773 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DIGNITY HEALTH 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JILL MARRELLO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY; DIGNITY HEALTH, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:14-cv-03103 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY 

DISPUTE AND CONTINUING TRIAL 

DATE 

Current Hearing/Bench Trial: June 18, 2015 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND 

CONTINUING TRIAL DATE 

Plaintiff Jill Marrello (“Plaintiff”), and defendants Metropolitan Life Insurance 

Company (“MetLife”) and Dignity Health (“Dignity Health”) (collectively “the Parties”), 

through their respective counsel of record herein, hereby stipulate, agree, and respectfully 

request: 

WHEREAS, on January 12, 2015, plaintiff served special interrogatories and requests 

for production of documents (“Plaintiff’s Discovery”) on MetLife; and 

WHEREAS, following an extension of time, on February 24, 2015, MetLife served its 

responses to Plaintiff’s Discovery; and 

WHEREAS, a dispute regarding MetLife’s responses to Plaintiff’s Discovery has arisen; 

and 

WHEREAS, on March 4, 2015, counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for MetLife met and 

conferred regarding the discovery dispute; and 

WHEREAS, the last day for the parties to file a joint letter regarding the discovery 

dispute is March 6, 2015; and 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to mediate the case and have agreed to use Douglas 

deVries as mediator; and 

WHEREAS, due to the Parties’ and the mediator’s schedule, the Parties will not be able 

to complete mediation until May 2015; and 

WHEREAS, in the interest of judicial economy and not expending unnecessary fees, the 

Parties wish to stay the present discovery dispute between Plaintiff and MetLife, until after 

mediation; and 

WHEREAS, the Parties further request that the hearing/bench trial presently set for June 

18, 2015 be continued in order to accommodate the discovery dispute, if it becomes necessary 

to litigate the discovery dispute; and 

WHEREAS, the Parties stipulate, agree, and respectfully request: 

• That the Court vacate the existing deadline of March 6, 2015 for the parties to file a joint 

letter regarding their discovery dispute; 

• That if the case does not settle at mediation, the Parties have until two weeks after 

mediation to file a joint letter regarding the discovery dispute; and 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND 

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• That the Court set the following briefing schedule for cross-motions for judgment 

pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: 

Plaintiff’s Opening Brief: September 3, 2015 

Defendants’ Opposition and Cross-Motion: September 17, 2015 

Plaintiff’s Opposition and Reply: October 1, 2015 

Defendants’ Reply: October 15, 2015 

Hearing/Bench Trial: November 5, 2015 

Respectfully submitted: 

DATED: March 5, 2015 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

By: /s/ Brent Dorian Brehm (as authorized on 3/5/2015) 

Glenn R. Kantor 

Brent Dorian Brehm 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JILL MARRELLO 

DATED: March 5, 2015 SEDGWICK LLP 

By: /s/ Erin A. Cornell

Mark J. Hancock 

Erin A. Cornell 

Attorneys for Defendant 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

DATED: March 5, 2015 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 

By: /s/ Kathryn M.S. Catherwood (as authorized on 3/5/2015) 

Kathryn M.S. Catherwood 

Samuel F. Hoffman 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DIGNITY HEALTH 

ORDER

Pursuant to the Parties’ stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

• The existing deadline of March 6, 2015 for the parties to file a joint letter regarding their 

discovery dispute is vacated; 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY DISPUTE AND 

CONTINUING TRIAL DATE 

• If the case does not settle at mediation, the Parties have until two weeks after mediation 

to file a joint letter regarding the discovery dispute; and 

• The Court sets the following briefing schedule for cross-motions for judgment pursuant 

to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: 

Plaintiff’s Opening Brief: September 3, 2015 

Defendants’ Opposition and Cross-Motion: September 17, 2015 

Plaintiff’s Opposition and Reply: October 1, 2015 

Defendants’ Reply: October 15, 2015 

Hearing/Bench Trial: November 5, 2015 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

Honorable Vince Chhabria 

United States District Judge 

March 11, 2015

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