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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 ORDER CONTINUING TRIAL DATE AND PRETRIAL DATES 

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Horace W. Green (SBN 115699) 

C. Mark Humbert (SBN 111093) 

Joanne M. Ryan (SBN 199193) 

GREEN & HUMBERT 

220 Montgomery Street, Suite 438 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 837-5433 

Facsimile: (415) 837-0127 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA and WESTERN EXECUSTAFF, INC. 

LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REBECCA PALMER, 

Plaintiff,

v.

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

OF AMERICA and WESTERN 

EXECUSTAFF, INC. LONG-TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. C 04-2735 MJJ 

STIPULATION CONTINUING TRIAL DATE 

AND PRE-TRIAL DATES AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

Current Trial Date: August 1, 2005 

Proposed Trial Date: August 22, 2005

STIPULATION

 WHEREAS the parties named below, who are all parties to this action, 

respectfully suggest that the trial date and the related dates for submission of summary 

judgment and trial briefing be continued as follows and for the following reasons: 

 1. The briefing schedule previously set herein for motions in this ERISA case 

on the judicial standard of review, motions for summary judgment and trial is as follows: 

 a. Standard of Review (“SoR”) Motions: May 2, 2005 

 b. Oppositions to SoR Motions: May 16, 2005 

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 c. Replies re SoR Motions: May 23, 2005 

 d. Hearing on SoR Motions: June 7, 2005 

 e. Trial Briefs due (or Summary Judgment Motions): June 27, 2005 

 f. Opposition Briefs due: July 11, 2005 

 g. Replies due: July 18, 2005 

 h. Trial (oral argument): August 1, 2005. 

 2. However, the Court on its own motion extended the hearing date on the 

SoR Motions from June 7, 2005 to June 21, 2005, and, as of June 20, 2005, advised 

counsel (a) that the Court would be taking those Motions under consideration, obviating 

the need for the hearing, and (b) that the Court’s Order thereon would issue within two 

weeks of June 20, 2005.

 3. Because the SoR Motions result will have a direct and significant impact 

on the arguments to be made by the parties in their planned Summary Judgment/Trial 

briefing, and because the Court’s Order may not issue until after June 27, 2005, the 

currently set date for filing the Trial Briefs/Summary Judgment Motions, it becomes 

necessary to continue the briefing schedule therefore and the date for the 

Trial/Summary Judgment hearing. In addition, the current briefing schedule was 

calculated to give the parties a period of time to broach again the topic of settlement of 

this matter, after the Court has issued its Order on the SoR Motions, and the parties 

desire to preserve such an interregnum.

 THEREFORE, the parties stipulate to the following schedule, to replace the 

current Summary Judgment/Trial briefing schedule, and the Trial/Oral Argument 

thereon:

 a. Trial Briefs Due (or Summary Judgment Motions): July 18, 2005 

 b. Opposition Briefs Due: August 1, 2005 

 c. Reply Briefs Due: August 8, 2005 

 d. Trial (oral argument): August 22, 2005 

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 The filing party or attorney hereby attests that the content of the document is 

acceptable to all persons required to sign the document. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: June 21, 2005 GREEN & HUMBERT 

By: /s/ C. Mark Humbert

 C. Mark Humbert 

 Joanne M. Ryan 

Attorneys for Defendants

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA and WESTERN EXECUSTAFF, 

INC. LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

DATED: June 21, 2005 RONALD DEAN 

By: /s/ Ronald Dean 

 Ronald Dean 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

REBECCA PALMER

ORDER

 Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, the above dates are approved. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _______________ _______________________________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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6/23/2005 /s/

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge Martin J. Jenkins

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