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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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CASE STATUS REPORT AND 

STIPULATION AND [] ORDER EXTENDING CASE DEADLINES 

152249.v2 

KANTOR & KANTOR LLP 

19839 Nordhoff Street 

Northridge, California 91324 

(818) 886 2525

Lisa S. Kantor, Esq. State Bar No. 110678

 e-mail: lkantor@kantorlaw.net 

Elizabeth K. Green, Esq. State Bar No. 199634 

 e-mail: egreen@kantorlaw.net 

KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

19839 Nordhoff Street 

Northridge, CA 91324 

Telephone: (818) 886-2525 

Facsimile: (818) 350-6272 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

RAINER GROWITZ 

R. Bradford Huss (SBN 71303) 

Sean T. Strauss (SBN 245811) 

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 

 sstrauss@truckerhuss.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MOOG INC. GROUP BENEFITS PLAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE DIVISION 

RAINER GROWITZ, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MOOG INC. GROUP BENEFITS PLAN, 

Defendant. 

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Case No.: 5:15-cv-01172-RMW

CASE STATUS REPORT AND 

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ORDER EXTENDING CASE DEADLINES 

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CASE STATUS REPORT AND 

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19839 Nordhoff Street 

Northridge, California 91324 

(818) 886 2525

CASE STATUS REPORT AND 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING CASE DEADLINES 

Pursuant to the Court’s July 1, 2015 Order on Case Management Conference [Dkt. #22], 

Plaintiff Ranier Growtiz (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Moog Inc. Group Benefits Plan (“Defendant,” 

collectively with Plaintiff, the “Parties”) hereby submit the following Case Status Report and 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Extending Case Deadlines: 

WHEREAS, on July 2, 2015, Defendant produced the Administrative Record in this case; 

WHEREAS, on July 13, 2014, Plaintiff produced his initial disclosures, which contain 

additional documents he asserts belong in the Administrative Record; 

WHEREAS, on July 23, 2105, Defendant produced additional documents to address 

Plaintiff’s asserted gaps in and to supplement the Administrative Record; 

WHEREAS, on August 5, 2015, Defendant produced further documents to address Plaintiff’s 

asserted gaps in and to supplement the Administrative Record; 

WHEREAS, the Parties continue to work to address Plaintiff’s additional asserted gaps in the 

Administrative Record to ensure that both Plaintiff and Defendant agree that a complete 

Administrative Record has been produced and is available in this case; 

WHEREAS, on July 24, 2015 counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant held a telephonic meet and 

confer conference to discuss (a) the standard of review applicable in this case, and (2) a proposed 

discovery plan; 

WHEREAS, the Parties have been unable to reach an agreement regarding the applicable 

standard of review in this case or a discovery plan in light of the standard of review; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree, however, that a third-party review of the benefits claim at issue 

in this case could facilitate possible settlement; 

WHEREAS, in light of that agreement, the Parties have selected an independent third party 

medical professional to review the Administrative Record and provide an evaluation of the benefit 

claim at issue in this case; 

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CASE STATUS REPORT AND 

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KANTOR & KANTOR LLP 

19839 Nordhoff Street 

Northridge, California 91324 

(818) 886 2525

WHEREAS, the Parties anticipate that this independent third party will be completed by 

August 31, 2015; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court’s May 12, 2015 Order Selecting ADR Process [Dkt. #16], 

the present deadline to complete Court-ordered mediation is August 10, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that mediation is unlikely to be productive until after 

completion of the claim evaluation by the independent third-party reviewer; 

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED AND AGREED, by Plaintiff and Defendant, by and 

through their respective counsel, that the Court is respectfully requested to order that: 

1. The deadline for completion of the Court-ordered mediation be extended by 60-days, 

to October 9, 2015; 

2. If that mediation does not resolve the case, the Parties will thereafter submit a proposal 

to the Court for resolution of disagreements regarding the appropriate standard of review applicable 

in this case and a discovery plan. 

Dated: August 5, 2015 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

By: /s/ Lisa S. Kantor___ 

 Lisa S. Kantor 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

 Rainer Growitz 

Dated: August 5, 2015 TRUCKER HUSS

By: /s/ Sean T. Strauss___ R. Bradford Huss 

 Sean T. Strauss 

 Attorneys for Defendant, 

Moog Inc. Group Benefits Plan 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5(i)(3), I attest that I have obtained Ms. Kantor’s’ 

concurrence in the filing of this document. 

DATED: August 5, 2015 /s/ Sean T. Strauss 

 Sean T. Strauss 

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(818) 886 2525

] ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation and request, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED 

1. The deadline for completion of mediation is extended by 60-days, to October 9, 2015; 

2. If that mediation does not resolve the case, the Parties will thereafter submit a proposal 

to the Court for resolution of disagreements regarding the appropriate standard of review applicable 

in this case and a discovery plan. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________________________________ 

 HONORABLE RONALD M. WHITE 

 Judge, United States District Court 

 Northern District of California 

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