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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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Trucker 

 Huss 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

R. Bradford Huss, SBN 71303 

Angel L. Garrett, SBN 255682 

Dylan D. Rudolph, SBN 278707 

TRUCKER  HUSS 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 788-3111 

Facsimile: (415) 421-2017 

E-mail: bhuss@truckerhuss.com 

 agarrett@truckerhuss.com 

 drudolph@truckerhuss.com 

Joseph C. Faucher, SBN 137353 

TRUCKER  HUSS 

A Professional Corporation 

633 W. 5th Street, 26th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 537-1016 

Facsimile: (213) 537-1020 

E-mail: jfaucher@truckerhuss.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SAFEWAY INC. and SAFEWAY BENEFIT PLANS 

COMMITTEE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO 

MARIA KARLA TERRAZA, individually and 

on behalf of the SAFEWAY 401(k) Plan, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

SAFEWAY INC., BENEFIT PLANS 

COMMITTEE SAFEWAY INC., 

 and DOES 1 to 100 inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 3:16-cv-03994-JST 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO 

PLAINTIFF’S AMENDED COMPLAINT 

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Trucker 

 Huss 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12, and Local Rule 6-1(a), Defendants 

SAFEWAY INC. and SAFEWAY BENEFIT PLANS COMMITTEE (collectively, “Defendants”) 

and Plaintiff MARLA KARLA TERRAZA (“Plaintiff”) (Plaintiff and Defendants collectively 

referred to as the “Parties”) hereby stipulate, by and through their respective counsel, to extend the 

time by which Defendants have to respond to Plaintiff’s amended complaint (“Amended 

Complaint”) and, in support thereof, state as follows: 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint was filed on November 18, 2016 (Docket No. 

37); 

WHEREAS, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint on 

January 5, 2017 (Docket No. 46); 

WHEREAS, the Court denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended 

Complaint by order dated March 13, 2017 (Docket No. 65); 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel informed the Court and Defendants at the March 15, 2017 

scheduling conference that Plaintiff intends to seek a stipulation to file a Second Amended 

Complaint, and if said stipulation cannot be agreed upon, Plaintiff intends to file a motion for leave 

to file a Second Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS, at the March 15, 2017 case management conference, the Court set a deadline to 

add parties or amend the pleadings by March 31, 2017 (Docket No. 67); 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(4)(A), Defendants’ deadline 

to respond to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint is currently March 27, 2017; 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ response to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint will necessarily be 

affected by amendment to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint; 

 WHEREAS, this stipulation regarding an extension for Defendants to respond to Plaintiff’s 

Amended Complaint will not alter any dates set by the Court; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

1. Should the Parties stipulate to allow Plaintiff to further amend her Amended 

Complaint, or if Plaintiff is granted leave to further amend her Amended Complaint 

pursuant to a motion for leave, Defendants’ deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Second 

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 Huss 

A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Amended Complaint shall be extended to twenty-one (21) days after Plaintiff’s 

Second Amended Complaint is filed. 

2. Should the Court deny any motion for leave filed by Plaintiff to further amend her 

Amended Complaint, Defendants’ deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Amended 

Complaint shall be extended to twenty-one (21) days after the Parties receive notice 

of the Court’s order denying said motion. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: March 17, 2017 TRUCKER  HUSS 

By: /s/ R. Bradford Huss 

R. Bradford Huss 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SAFEWAY INC. and SAFEWAY BENEFIT 

PLANS COMMITTEE 

DATED: March 17, 2017 SHEPHERD, FINKELMAN, MILLER & SHAH, LLP 

By: /s/ James E. Miller 

James E. Miller 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MARIA KARLA TERRAZA, individually and on 

behalf of the SAFEWAY 401(K) PLAN 

I attest that my firm has obtained James E. Miller’s concurrence in the filing of this 

document. 

DATED: March 17, 2017 

TRUCKER  HUSS 

By: /s/ R. Bradford Huss 

R. Bradford Huss 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SAFEWAY INC. and BENEFIT PLANS 

COMMITTEE SAFEWAY INC. 

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A Professional Corporation 

One Embarcadero Center, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Should the Parties stipulate to allow Plaintiff to further amend her Amended Complaint, or if 

Plaintiff is granted leave to further amend her Amended Complaint pursuant to a motion for leave, 

Defendants’ deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint shall be extended to 

twenty-one (21) days after Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint is filed. 

Should the Court deny any motion for leave filed by Plaintiff to further amend her Amended 

Complaint, Defendants’ deadline to respond to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint shall be extended to 

twenty-one (21) days after the Parties receive notice of the Court’s order denying said motion. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

 United States District 

 

March 20, 2017

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