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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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BENJAMIN WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration

ELIZABETH FIRER

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8937

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Elizabeth.Firer@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

MEE YANG, )

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Plaintiff, )

v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 1:09-CV-00790 DLB

STIPULATION AND ORDER

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, up to and including March 31, 2010, to

respond to Plaintiff’s Opening Brief. This request is being made because, for the first two weeks of

March, the undersigned counsel for the Commissioner has had a heavy work load including 5 district

court briefs/responses due plus a Ninth Circuit mediation conference and a Ninth Circuit argument on

Friday, March 12, 2010. In preparing for the oral argument, counsel has experienced an unexpected

difficulty in that two of the senior attorneys scheduled to participate in her moot court were unable to

participate due to a conflict that did not arise until it was too late to substitute other senior attorneys in

the Commissioner’s regional office. As a result of this unforseen conflict, the undersigned counsel for the

Commissioner will not have the benefit of senior counsel in preparing for the oral argument and must

expend additional time ensuring that she is properly prepared. She is thus unable to complete the

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2 - Stip & Order Extending Def's Time

Commissioner’s brief in and file it today as she had planned. Currently, counsel has 6 additional district

court briefs due between March 15 and 31, 2010.

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

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: March 10, 2010 /s/ Laura L. Krank

(As authorized via telephone)

LAURA L. KRANK

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: March 10, 2010 BENJAMIN WAGNER

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

/s/ Elizabeth Firer

ELIZABETH FIRER

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 11, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

9b0hie UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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