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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:402 Social Security Benefits

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JONATHAN O. PENA, ESQ. 

CA Bar ID No. 278044

Peña & Bromberg, PLC

2440 Tulare St., Suite 320

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: 559-412-5390

Fax: 866-282-6709

info@jonathanpena.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Norma Hurtado Banuelos,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ANDREW SAUL,

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:19-cv-01652-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

SECOND EXTENSION OF TIME

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their respective 

counsel of record, with the Court’s approval, that Plaintiff shall have a 30-day extension of time, 

from 6/15/2020 to 7/15/2020, for Plaintiff to serve on defendant with PLAINTIFF’S LETTER 

BRIEF. All other dates in the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be extended accordingly.

This is Plaintiff’s second request for an extension of time. Good cause exists for this 

request. Due to the ongoing pandemic with COVID-19 and the various executive orders 

throughout Fresno County and now the State of California, along with the recommendations for 

Social Distancing, Plaintiff’s Counsel is operating with very limited staff. The Office of Hearings 

Operations is still conducting telephonic hearings. As it is required to continue the normal dayto-day tasks involved in developing cases and the requirements of the five-day rule related to 

submission of evidence to the Administrative Law Judge which is imposed under 20 CFR 

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§ 404.935, Counsel must still continue normal operations but with a significantly reduced level of 

support. 

Additionally, the week of 05/24/2020, Plaintiff’s Counsel had 14 administrative hearings, 

1 reply brief, 1 merits brief and 2 opening briefs due. The week of 05/31/2020, Plaintiff’s Counsel 

had 23 administrative hearings, 1 hearing preparation appointments with claimant, 1 reply brief, 1 

motion for summary judgement and 4 opening briefs. The week of 6/1/2020, Counsel has 21 

administrative hearings, 16 on the week of 6/8/2020, and 20 the week of 6/15/2020. Each of the 

administrative hearings also requires administrative hearing briefs with a full summary of the 

medical records and legal arguments.

Defendant does not oppose the requested extension. Counsel apologizes to the Defendant 

and Court for any inconvenience this may cause.

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: June 8, 2020 PENA & BROMBERG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW

By: /s/ Jonathan Omar Pena

JONATHAN OMAR PENA

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: June 8, 2020 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: */s/ Chantal Jenkins

Chantal Jenkins

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

(*As authorized by email on June 8, 2020)

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ above stipulation, (Doc. 13), for good cause shown, Plaintiff shall 

serve on Defendant her letter brief by no later than July 15, 2020. All other deadlines in the 

scheduling order are modified accordingly. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 8, 2020 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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