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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:206 Social Security Benefits

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, 

Social Security Administration

JACOB M. MIKOW, CA SBN 238045

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8976

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Email: jacob.mikow@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

KATHRYN M. LESTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:09-CV-01730-GSA

STIPULATION AND ORDER

EXTENDING DEFENDANT’S TIME TO

RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S OPENING

BRIEF

The parties hereby stipulate by counsel, with the Court’s approval as indicated by

issuance of the attached Order, that Defendant shall have an extension of time of 30 days to

respond to Plaintiff’s opening brief, due to workload demands of Defendant’s counsel and the

complexity of issues in Plaintiff’s opening brief. Defendant had intended to respond to

Plaintiff’s opening brief by August 5, 2010, with no further extensions, as previously stated to

the Court. 

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The current due date is August 5, 2010. The new due date will be September 6, 2010. 

This is Defendant’s third request for an extension.

The parties further stipulate that the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified

accordingly.

Respectfully submitted,

DATE: July 28, 2010 MANUEL D. SERPA

Binder and Binder

By: /s/ Manuel D. Serpa*

(* As authorized via email on July 28, 2010)

MANUEL D. SERPA

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DATE: July 28, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By /s/ Jacob M. Mikow

JACOB M. MIKOW

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

The Court has reviewed this agreement and adopts the stipulation. However, defense

counsel is advised that further stipulations or motions for extensions of time will be looked upon

with disfavor since this is the third extension of time and counsel represented that the previous

extension would be the last one requested. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 29, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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