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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RE-SET TRIAL DATE

AND ENLARGE TIME FOR FILING OF RESPONSE BRIEFS CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00893 AWI (DLB)

RIMAC & MARTIN, P.C.

JOSEPH M. RIMAC - State Bar No. 72381

ANNA M. MARTIN - State Bar No. 154279

amartin@rimacmartin.com

1051 Divisadero Street 

San Francisco, California 94115

Telephone (415) 561-8440

Facsimile (415) 561-8430

Attorneys for Defendant

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

STEPHEN A. CAIN, ESQ. - State Bar No. 111049

stephenaustincain@hotmail.com

1101 Standiford Avenue, Ste D-2

Modesto, CA 95350

Telephone (209) 567-1300

Facsimile: (209) 567-1304 

Attorney for Plaintiff

MARI HARPER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

E-FILING

MARI HARPER, 

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF

AMERICA, and DOES 1-100, inclusive, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00893 AWI (DLB)

STIPULATION TO RE-SET TRIAL

DATE AND ENLARGE TIME FOR

THE FILING OF RESPONSE

BRIEFS AND ORDER THEREON

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, through their

respective attorneys of record, that the briefing schedule in this matter may be enlarged. The trial

date is currently January 8, 2008 and the parties’ response briefs are currently due on December

21, 2007. It is respectfully requested that the time for the parties to file response briefs be

enlarged to January 21, 2008, and that trial date be continued to April 7, 2008, or a date thereafter

at the convenience of the Court. 

Good cause exists for this continuance in that Plaintiff’s counsel is conducting a trial in

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RE-SET TRIAL DATE

AND ENLARGE TIME FOR FILING OF RESPONSE BRIEFS CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00893 AWI (DLB)

the Superior Court in Stanislaus County during the week of December 17 to the 21 , and the th st

Christmas and New Years Day holidays lie between that trial and the date that response briefs are

due in the above entitled matter. Further, Plaintiff’s counsel is scheduled for surgery during the

first week of January, 2008.

This extension will allow plaintiff’s counsel sufficient time to recover from the Holidays,

his impending surgery, and to prepare for the trial of this matter.

Pursuant to local rules, this document is being electronically filed through the Court’s

ECF System. In this regard, counsel for defendant hereby attests that (1) the content of this

document is acceptable to all persons required to sign the document; (2) plaintiff’s counsel has

concurred with the filing of this document; and (3) a record supporting this concurrence is

available for inspection or production if so ordered.

SO STIPULATED.

Respectfully submitted,

RIMAC & MARTIN

a Professional Corporation

DATED: December 21, 2007 By: /S/ ANNA M. MARTIN 

ANNA M. MARTIN

Attorneys for Defendant

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF

AMERICA

DATED: December 21, 2007 By: /S/ STEPHEN A. CAIN 

STEPHEN A. CAIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MARI HARPER

ORDER

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO RE-SET TRIAL DATE

AND ENLARGE TIME FOR FILING OF RESPONSE BRIEFS CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00893 AWI (DLB)

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the trial date for CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00893 AWI

(DLB) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division

is re-set to April 7, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.; and the last day to file response briefs will be January 21,

2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2007 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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