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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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JONATHAN O. PENA, ESQ. 

CA Bar ID No. 278044

Peña & Bromberg, PLC

2440 Tulare St., Suite 320

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: 559-412-5390

Fax: 866-282-6709

info@jonathanpena.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Daniel Ochoa Lopez,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ANDREW SAUL,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:19-CV-01046

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME

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

counsel of record, with the Court’s approval, that Plaintiff shall have a 30-day extension of time, 

from April 8, 2020 to May 8, 2020, for Plaintiff to serve on defendant with PLAINTIFF’S 

OPENING BRIEF. All other dates in the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be extended 

accordingly.

This is Plaintiff’s second request for an extension of time. Good cause exists for this 

second extension request. The week of 3/29/2020 Plaintiff’s Counsel had 8 administrative 

hearings, 17 hearing preparation appointments with clients, two reply briefs and four confidential 

settlement letter briefs due. The week of 04/05/2020 Plaintiff’s Counsel has 20 administrative 

hearings, five hearing preparation appointments with clients, 14 confidential settlement letter 

briefs, one reply brief, six opening briefs. 

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Additionally, due to the ongoing pandemic with COVID-19 and the various executive 

orders throughout Fresno County and now the State of California, along with the 

recommendations for Social Distancing, Plaintiff’s Counsel is operating with very limited staff. 

The Office of Hearings Operations is still conducting telephonic hearings. As it is required to 

continue the normal day-to-day tasks involved in developing cases and the requirements of the 

five-day rule related to submission of evidence to the Administrative Law Judge which is 

imposed under 20 CFR § 404.935, Counsel must still continue normal operations but with a 

significantly reduced level of support. As a result, Plaintiff’s Counsel requires additional time to 

brief this matter.

Defendant does not oppose the requested extension. Counsel apologizes to the Defendant 

and Court for any inconvenience this may cause.

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 8, 2020 PENA & BROMBERG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW

By: /s/ Jonathan Omar Pena

JONATHAN OMAR PENA

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: April 8, 2020 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: */s/ Carolyn B. Chen

Carolyn B. Chen

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

(*As authorized by email on April 8, 2020)

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ above stipulation, (Doc. 16), for good cause shown, Plaintiff shall 

file and serve his opening brief by May 8, 2020.1 All other deadlines in the scheduling order are 

hereby modified accordingly. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 8, 2020 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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Plaintiff filed a second document on April 8, 2020, (Doc. 15), which is docketed as a motion for extension of time 

but is a stipulation from a different case in the Sacramento division that appears to have been filed advertently. That 

docket entry, (Doc. 15), is hereby stricken. 

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