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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Insurance Contract

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION TO SEVER INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF ACTION, CASE NO. 12-2819-MMC 

RICHARD J. DOREN, SBN 124666

 rdoren@gibsondunn.com 

HEATHER L. RICHARDSON, SBN 246517 

hrichardson@gibsondunn.com 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

333 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 

Telephone: 213.229.7000 

Facsimile: 213.229.7520 

GEOFFREY M. SIGLER (pro hac vice) 

 gsigler@gibsondunn.com 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036-5306 

Telephone: 202.955.8500 

Facsimile: 202.467.0539 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DENNIS F., CAROL F., and GRACE F.;

MARK P. and KESTREL P.; MAURA T. 

EDWARD T. and EMILY T.; ED L. and 

MINDY L.; KIM B.; ALISON B.; WILLIAM 

B.; LLOYD B. and TALYA B.; TIM B. and 

BENJAMIN B., ALAN C. and BROOKE C.; 

ROBIN C.; JAMES D. and TIFFANY D.; 

MARK E. and MELISSA E.; KEVIN F.; 

ANDREW G. and DANIEL G.; MARGARET 

K. and TREVOR K.; MARK L. and ELAINE 

L.; LEONARD L. and WILLIAM L.; N.M. 

and M. M.; PERRY P. and EVAN P.; 

TIFFANY B. and GABRIELLE R.; 

RICHARD R.; WILLIAM R.; LAWRENCE 

S.; DAGMAR W. and SAMANTHA W.; 

SHERMAN W. and ELEAZAR W.; CHERYL 

N.; RODNEY K. and BRIAN K., and HARRY 

T., CHRISTOPHER T., and ALEX T., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. CV-12-2819-MMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING 

STIPULATION TO SEVER INDIVIDUAL 

CAUSES OF ACTION 

The Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION TO SEVER INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF ACTION, CASE NO. 12-2819-MMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Good cause being shown in the parties’ Joint Stipulation To Sever Individual Causes of 

Action, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The Court shall dismiss without prejudice the claims of all of the Plaintiffs in this action 

except the single claim asserted by the first three named Plaintiffs—Dennis F., Carol F., and 

Grace F.; 

2. Within 60 days of the Court’s dismissal, Plaintiffs shall file eleven separate complaints, each 

asserting a separate claim for benefits under an ERISA-governed health benefits plan, on 

behalf of: 

a) Kim B., on behalf of minor A.B.; 

b) Alison B., on behalf of minor D.B.; 

c) William B., on behalf of minor R.B.; 

d) Lloyd B. and Talya B.; 

e) Mark L. and Elaine L.; 

f) R.M. and M.M.; 

g) Perry P. and Evan P.; 

h) Richard R., on behalf of minor S.S.R.; 

i) Dagmar W. and Samantha W.; 

j) Cheryl N., on behalf of minor T.W.; and 

k) Rodney K. and Brian K.; 

3. Plaintiffs shall file motions to relate each of the eleven complaints enumerated above, and this 

action, and to transfer each action to this Court; 

4. Subject to the Court’s approval of these motions to relate the cases, after the cases are related, 

the Court shall set a consolidated, joint status conference regarding all related cases at which 

the parties and the Court shall discuss procedures and timelines for resolving all related cases. 

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The -- are hereby DISMISSED without prejudice; ^

will hold

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION TO SEVER INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF ACTION, CASE NO. 12-2819-MMC 

5. The status conference currently set for January 29, 2016 is taken off-calendar. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

DATED this ____ day of ______________, 2016 

 

 _______________________________________ 

The Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

United States District Court Judge for the 

Northern District of California 

22 January ^

hereby CONTINUED to April 22, 2016.

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