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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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MORGAN, LEWIS &

BOCKIUS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

DONALD P. SULLIVAN (State Bar No. 191080) 

SACHA M. STEENHOEK (State Bar. No. 253743) 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DOCTORS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LONG 

TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LOVEY MARTIN, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

DOCTORS MANAGEMENT COMPANY 

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, 

Defendant. 

Case No. CV 07-5952 CW 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

WHEREAS, Plaintiff served Defendant with Notice of the Lawsuit, Complaint, and 

Request for Waiver of Service of Summons on December 13, 2007. Defendant acknowledged 

receipt of the Complaint and waived service of the Summons on January 14, 2008; 

WHEREAS, Defendant answered the Complaint on February 11, 2008; 

WHEREAS, Defendant is a fully-insured, ERISA-governed long term disability plan 

insured by the Prudential Insurance Company of America; 

WHEREAS, Defendant recently tendered the defense of the case to Prudential; 

WHEREAS, Prudential has accepted tender of the defense and has retained Morgan, 

Lewis & Bockius LLP to represent Defendant in this case; 

WHEREAS, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Defendant’s previous counsel, Lewis, 

Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP, will be filing a substitution of counsel in this case shortly; 

WHEREAS, The Case Management Conference is currently set in this case for Tuesday, 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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April 8, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.; 

WHEREAS, Defendant’s new counsel needs additional time to review the file so that he 

and Plaintiff’s counsel can jointly prepare a meaningful Case Management Statement and 

complete initial disclosures before the Case Management Conference; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant are both available on Tuesday, April 22, 

2008 at 2:00 p.m.; 

WHEREAS, the Court continued the Case Management Conference in this case once 

because the last day for the Parties to meet and confer regarding early disclosures, early 

settlement, ADR process selection and formulation of a discovery plan pursuant to Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure was a date before the last day for Defendant to respond to the Complaint; and 

WHEREAS, the granting of this stipulated request will not delay the resolution of this 

case or require the altering of any other Court-imposed deadlines. 

NOW THEREFORE, FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THE PARTIES HEREBY 

STIPULATE and AGREE that: 

(a) the Case Management Conference scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, 2008 shall be 

continued by two weeks to Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.; and 

(b) the Parties will file the Case Management Statement at least 7 days before the April 

22, 2008 Case Management Conference. 

Dated: April 1, 2008 LAW OFFICES RICHARD JOHNSTON 

By /s/ Richard Johnston (authorized on 

 04/01/2008) 

Richard Johnston 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Dated: April 1, 2008 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By /s/ Donald P. Sullivan 

Donald P. Sullivan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

 4/4/08 

Dated: ___________ 

The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

United States District Judge 

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