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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE NON-EXPERT DISCOVERY AND EXPERT 

DESIGNATION DEADLINES

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THOMAS M. HERLIHY, ESQ. (SBN 83615) 

SHEENA V. JAIN, ESQ. (SBN 251912) 

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

525 Market Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2725 

Telephone: (415) 433-0990 

Facsimile: (415) 434-1370 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Unum Life Insurance Company of America 

MICHAEL B. HORROW (SBN 162917) 

NICHOLE D. PODGURSKI (SBN 251240) 

DONAHUE & HORROW, LLP 

1960 E. Grand Ave., Suite 1215 

El Segundo, California 90245 

Telephone: (310) 322-0300 

Facsimile: (310) 322-0302 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Randolph T. Scott 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDOLPH T. SCOTT, 

 Plaintiff, 

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UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA AND, DOES 1 THROUGH 10, 

INCLUSIVE, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 09-01841 SBA 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

TO CONTINUE NON-EXPERT 

DISCOVERY AND EXPERT 

DESIGNATION DEADLINES

 Plaintiff Randolph T. Scott and Defendant Unum Life Insurance Company of America 

through their respective attorneys of record hereby request that the deadline to complete non-expert 

discovery be continued from June 5, 2010 to July 30, 2010 and the deadline for designation of 

experts be continued from July 9, 2010 to July 30, 2010. 

 Good cause exists to extend the discovery and expert designation to July 30, 2010 because 

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the parties expect that they will be unable to complete the necessary depositions and written 

discovery by June 5, 2010. The bases upon which discovery have remained uncompleted and for 

which good cause exists are as follows: 

1. On March 30, 2010, Plaintiff’s counsel requested the assistance of defense counsel 

in scheduling three depositions of Persons Most Knowledgeable and eight other individuals 

involved in the handling of Plaintiff’s claim for May 11 and 12, 2010. Plaintiff’s request included 

individuals who are no longer employees of Unum. 

2. Upon receipt of Plaintiff’s request, Defendant began checking the availability of 

those witnesses still employed by Unum for May 11 and 12, 2010. Due to the number of 

depositions requested, the deponents’ schedules, the request for deposition of individuals who are 

no longer with Unum, and defense counsel’s upcoming trial on May 3, 2010 in another matter, the 

parties have had difficulty scheduling the depositions requested by Plaintiff. However, counsel 

have discussed alternative dates and are working together to schedule depositions for early June. 

3. Additionally, Defendant has requested the assistance of Plaintiff’s counsel in 

scheduling the deposition of Plaintiff and other witnesses, including Plaintiff’s treaters. Plaintiff’s 

counsel has informed Defendant that he is in the process of gathering information as to availability 

and will provide Defendant with potential dates shortly. 

4. Furthermore, there is outstanding written discovery that Plaintiff has not responded 

to and for which Plaintiff’s counsel is seeking a three-week extension to respond by May 21, 2010 

due to an upcoming surgery that will have her out of the office for several weeks. The parties seek 

to extend the non-expert discovery deadline to ensure that the necessary written discovery can be 

completed, while accommodating Plaintiff’s need for additional time to respond to discovery. 

5. This stipulation is not presented for the purpose of delay. 

Based on the foregoing, it is therefore requested that the discovery cut-off and expert 

designation deadlines be continued to July 30, 2010, with no change in any other pre-trial dates. 

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DATED: WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & 

 DICKER LLP 

By: ______________________________ Thomas M. Herlihy 

Sheena V. Jain 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

AMERICA 

DATED: DONAHUE & HORROW 

 By: Michael Horrow 

 Nichole Podgurski Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RANDOLPH SCOTT 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The discovery cut-off and designation of expert deadlines are continued to July 30, 2010. 

Date: 5/3/10 ______________________________________ 

 Saundra B. Armstrong 

 United States District Court Judge 

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