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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL, CSBN 230138 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

ASIM H. MODI, NYSBN 4692018 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415-977-8952 

Facsimile: 415-744-0134 

Email: asim.modi@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

FEDOR KAPITULA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-00731-EFB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO EXTEND BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, to 

extend Defendant’s time to file his response to Plaintiff’s summary judgment motion with the 

Court by 30 days to February 12, 2020, and that all other scheduling dates set forth in the 

Court’s Case Management Order shall be extended accordingly. This is Defendant’s first request 

for an extension of time in this matter and he requests it in good faith and without any intent to 

prolong proceedings unduly. 

 There is good cause for this extension request because counsel for Defendant is currently 

responsible for performing a range of tasks that preclude drafting the Commissioner’s response 

to Plaintiff’s summary judgment motion by January 13, 2020, such as: drafting answering briefs 

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in two Social Security cases pending before the Ninth Circuit; drafting briefs in Social Security 

cases before the district courts within the Ninth Circuit; negotiating (or litigating) attorney fee 

matters pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act before the district courts within the Ninth 

Circuit; and assisting with the training of a newly hired attorney in the agency’s Office of the 

General Counsel, Region IX. 

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to Plaintiff and the Court for any inconvenience caused 

by this delay. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: January 8, 2020 JESSE S. KAPLAN 

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Jesse S. Kaplan* 

JESSE S. KAPLAN 

*Authorized by email on January 8, 2020 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Date: January 8, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi 

ASIM H. MODI 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

 

 APPROVED AND SO ORDERED. 

 DATED: January 9, 2020. 

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