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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

CAROL S. CLARK, MOBN 42670 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 977-8975 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 

 E-Mail: Carol.S.Clark@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ERICKA KANE, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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 Case No.: 2:19-cv-01584-AC 

DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION 

FOR EXTENSION (FIRST REQUEST) 

AND PROPOSED ORDER 

 Defendant requests an extension of thirty (30) days in which to file his Response to 

Plaintiff’s Brief in Support of Remand, extending the current due date from March 19, 2020, to 

the new due date of Monday, April 20, 2020. This is Defendant’s first request for an extension 

to file his Response to Plaintiff’s Brief in Support of Remand. Counsel for Defendant conferred 

with counsel for Plaintiff, Larry Rohlfing, on March 18, 2020. Counsel for Plaintiff confirmed 

that Plaintiff had no objections to this request. 

 Counsel for Defendant states that this case was recently reassigned to her at the briefing 

stage after the previously assigned lead counsel resigned from Social Security Administration 

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Office of General Counsel (SSA OGC). Counsel states that she had four District Court briefs 

with due dates from March 16, 2020, through March 20, 2020, along with other program 

litigation and administrative responsibilities, and is unable to complete these assignments 

adequately as scheduled within the current due dates. Scheduling issues are exacerbated by 

recent resignations and medical leave absences of OGC staff, coupled with OGC’s long-term 

hiring freeze, necessitating reassignment of this and other cases mid-stream. Counsel states that 

the difficulty has been further compounded by recent interruptions in access to SSA’s secure 

network, and difficulty accessing documents through the Court’s ecf system. 

 Defendant makes this request in good faith, with no intention of unnecessary delay. 

Counsel for Defendant sincerely apologizes to the Court and Plaintiff for any inconvenience 

caused by this request. Defendant asks that all other deadlines be adjusted accordingly. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: March 18, 2020 

 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

 DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

 Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

 Social Security Administration 

 By: /s/ Carol S. Clark 

 CAROL S. CLARK 

 Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

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ORDER 

For good cause shown, Defendant’s unopposed request for extension is approved. 

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED: 

Dated: March 18, 2020 

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