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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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TONY ARJO, SBN 151890

1440 Broadway, Suite 1019

Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 451-2334

FAX: (510) 451-2310

Attorney for Plaintiff JOSE DAGUNA

ROBERT M FORNI, JR., SBN 180841

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

1001 Marshall Street, Suite 500

Redwood City, CA 94603-2052

(650) 364-8200

FAX: (650) 780-1701

Attorneys for Defendant LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE DAGUNA, ) 15-cv-0905 EMC

)

Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION RE: STANDARD

) OF REVIEW & [PROPOSED]

vs. ) ORDER

)

LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE ) 

COMPANY OF BOSTON, ) 

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) 

Defendant )

______________________________)

This action arises from the termination of plaintiff Jose Daguna’s claim for long-term

disability (“LTD”) benefits under The Safeway Inc. Welfare Benefits Plan (“the Plan”). The

Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974, 88 Stat. 829, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq. (“ERISA”). LTD

benefits under the Plan are insured by a Group Disability Income Policy that defendant Liberty

Life Assurance Company of Boston (“Liberty”) issued to Safeway, Inc., the sponsor of the Plan

and plaintiff’s former employer. 

On November 17, 2015, counsel for Plaintiff and Liberty appeared for a Case

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Management Conference before the Honorable Edward M. Chen. At that time, the Court set for

hearing on July 28, 2016 the parties cross-motions for partial summary judgment on the issue

of the standard of review to be applied by the Court. 

The parties hereby stipulate and agree, by and through their counsel of record in this

action, that de novo review is the appropriate standard of review in this case. The crossmotions for summary judgment are therefore moot. Accordingly, the parties respectfully

request that the briefing schedule and hearing on the parties’ cross-motions for partial summary

judgment be vacated and dropped from the calendar in this case.

Dated: May 18, 2016 By: /s/ Tony Arjo 

 TONY ARJO

Attorney for Plaintiff JOSE DAGUNA

Dated: May 18, 2016 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

By: /s/ Robert M. Forni, Jr. 

ROBERT F. FORNI, JR.

Attorney for Defendant LIBERTY LIFE

ASSURANCE COMPANY 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation, the court hereby finds good cause to VACATE as 

moot the hearing and related briefing schedule concerning the parties’ cross-motion for partial 

summary judgment re: standard of review, currently set for hearing on July 28, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: ________________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

May 20, 2016

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