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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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JOINT REQUEST FOR REFERRAL TO SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND/OR VDRP – CASE NUMBER CIV S-05-1172 DFL GGH 

STEVEN P. COGER (State Bar No. 170765) 

AT&T SERVICES, INC. 

2600 Camino Ramon, Room 2W955 

San Ramon, California 94583 

Telephone: 925.823.9489 

Facsimile: 925.244.9083 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP COMPREHENSIVE 

DISABILITY BENEFITS PLAN 

JESSE S. KAPLAN (State Bar No. 103726) 

5441 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Suite C-1 

Carmichael, California 95608 

Telephone: 916.488.3030 

Facsimile: 916.489.9297 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

BERNADETTE GOUGH 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BERNADETTE GOUGH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP 

COMPREHENSIVE DISABILITY BENEFITS 

PLAN, PLAN ADMINISTRATOR PACIFIC 

TELESIS GROUP COMPREHENSIVE 

DISABILITY BENEFITS PLAN, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CIV S-05-1172 DFL GGH 

THE PARTIES’ JOINT AND 

STIPULATED REQUEST TO 

POSTPONE THE TRIAL AND 

DISPOSITIVE MOTION DATES BY 

A PERIOD OF 120-DAYS TO 

FACILITATE THE PARTIES’ 

CURRENT EFFORTS TO RESOLVE 

THIS MATTER BEFORE TRIAL VIA 

PRIVATE MEDIATION AND/OR 

REFERRAL TO A COURT 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

AND/OR REFERRAL TO THE 

COURT’S VOLUNTARY DISPUTE 

RESOLUTION PROGRAM 

[CIV LR 16-270, 16-271, 83-143] 

 

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JOINT REQUEST FOR REFERRAL TO SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND/OR VDRP – CASE NUMBER CIV S-05-1172 DFL GGH 2

The parties to the above action hereby submit this joint request that the trial date and 

deadline for dispositive motions in this matter be postponed by a period of at least 120 days. 

This joint and stipulated request is made on the grounds that the parties have requested referral of 

this matter to a Court Settlement Conference pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-270 and/or referred 

to the Court’s Voluntary Dispute Resolution Program pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-271. In 

the event the court does not grant the parties’ request, the parties have initiated discussions 

regarding selection of a private mediator. 

Good cause exists for the parties’ joint and stipulated request that the trial date and 

deadline for dispositive motions in this matter be postponed by a period of at least 120 days. 

Referring this matter to a Court Settlement Conference and/or to the Court’s Voluntary Dispute 

Resolution Program would be beneficial to both the parties and the Court because there are 

disputed questions of law that could be quickly clarified for the parties by a magistrate judge 

such that early resolution or a dramatic paring down of issues could result before dispositive 

motions are required and extensive preparations for trial are engaged between the parties. 

Given the Court’s extremely aggressive pre-trial scheduling order, which the parties 

received less than 45 days ago, the parties respectfully request that the trial date and deadline for 

dispositive motions be postponed by a period of at least 120 days. 

Respectfully submitted: 

DATED: August ___, 2006 AT&T SERVICES, INC. 

 ____________________________ 

STEVEN P. COGER 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

PACIFIC TELESIS GROUP COMPREHENSIVE 

DISABILITY BENEFITS PLAN 

DATED: August ___, 2006 

 ____________________________ 

JESSE S. KAPLAN 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

BERNADETTE GOUGH 

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JOINT REQUEST FOR REFERRAL TO SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE AND/OR VDRP – CASE NUMBER CIV S-05-1172 DFL GGH 3

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Having considered the parties’ joint and stipulated request that the trial date and deadline 

for dispositive motions be postponed and good cause appearing 

IT IS ORDERED that the trial date in this matter be postponed by a period of at least 120 

days from February 20, 2007 to June 18, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. The final pre-trial conference shall 

be moved from January 12, 2007 to May 11, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for dispositive motions in this matter shall 

be postponed by a period of at least 120 days from December 6, 2006 to March 28 , 2007 at 

10:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 17, 2006 

______________________________ 

DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge

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