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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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STIPULATION REGARDING PLAINTIFF FILING AND SERVING A FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND TIME TO RESPOND TO THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Case No. 4:20-cv-00414-HSG

Melinda Jane Steuer (SBN 216105) 

THE LAW OFFICES OF MELINDA JANE STEUER 

1107 Second Street, Suite 230 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 930-0045 

Facsimile: (916) 314-4100 

E-mail: msteuer@californiainvestoradvocate.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LISA LAUDEMAN 

JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 

CAROLYN G. BURNETTE (SBN 191294) 

ASHLEY L. HOFFMAN (SBN 308727) 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 341-0404 

Facsimile: (916) 341-0141 

E-mail: carolyn.burnette@jacksonlewis.com 

ashley.hoffman@jacksonlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, 

d/b/a LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP; 

LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LISA LAUDEMAN, an individual,

Plaintiff, 

v.

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, 

d/b/a LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP; a 

foreign corporation; and LINCOLN 

FINANCIAL GROUP DISTRIBUTORS, 

INC., a foreign corporation, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 4:20-cv-00414-HSG

STIPULATION REGARDING 

PLAINTIFF FILING AND SERVING A 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

TIME TO RESPOND TO THE FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Complaint Filed: 01/21/20 

Trial Date: Not set 

LISA LAUDEMAN (“Plaintiff”) and LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, d/b/a 

LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP and LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 

; ORDER

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(collectively “Defendants”), through their undersigned counsel, enter this stipulation regarding 

Plaintiff filing an Amended Complaint. 

Plaintiff filed a Complaint naming Lincoln National Corporation, d/b/a Lincoln Financial 

Group and Lincoln Financial Group Distributors, Inc. as defendants. The parties have met and 

conferred regarding the named entities. Defendants acknowledge that Plaintiff’s employer at all 

relevant times was The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, and not the named 

Defendants in the Complaint as originally filed. Plaintiff and Defendants now agree and 

stipulate that Plaintiff may file the First Amended Complaint, attached hereto as Exhibit A, 

naming The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company as the sole defendant in this action. 

Jackson Lewis P.C. will accept service of the First Amended Complaint on behalf of The 

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company shall 

have 30 days from the date of service to respond to the First Amended Complaint. Should The 

Lincoln National Life Insurance Company decide to file a Rule 12 motion in response to the First 

Amended Complaint, it agrees to first meet and confer with Plaintiff’s counsel regarding the 

substance of the motion and hearing date. 

Dated: March 25, 2020 THE LAW OFFICES OF MELINDA JANE STEUER 

By: /s/ Melinda Jane Steuer (authorized on 3/25/2020) 

Melinda Jane Steuer 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LISA LAUDEMAN 

Dated: March 25, 2020 JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 

By: /s/ Ashley L. Hoffman 

Carolyn G. Burnette 

Ashley L. Hoffman 

Attorneys for Defendants 

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION, 

d/b/a LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP; 

LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP 

DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 

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ATTESTATION

I, Ashley L. Hoffman, have obtained authorization and concurrence in the filing of this 

document from Melinda Jane Steuer, an attorney with The Law Offices of Melinda Jane Steuer, 

attorneys of record for Plaintiff, which shall serve in lieu of her signature on the filed document. 

I have obtained and will maintain records to support this concurrence for subsequent production 

for the Court if so ordered or for inspection upon request by a party until one year after final 

resolution of the action (including appeal, if any). 

Dated: March 25, 2020 /s/ Ashley L. Hoffman 

 Ashley L. Hoffman Attorney for Defendants 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Based on the foregoing Stipulation and good cause appearing, the Court orders the 

following:

1. Plaintiff shall file the First Amended Complaint, attached hereto as Exhibit A, naming 

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company as the sole defendant; 

2. Jackson Lewis P.C. shall accept service of the First Amended Complaint on behalf of 

The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. 

3. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company shall have 30 days after service to 

respond to the First Amended Complaint. 

4. Should The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company decide to file a Rule 12 motion 

in response to the First Amended Complaint, it must first meet and confer with 

Plaintiff’s counsel regarding the substance of the motion and hearing date. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ________________ 

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

United States District Judge 

3/26/2020

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