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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1132 E.R.I.S.A.

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JOINT STIPULATION EXTENDING PLAINTIFFS’ DEADLINE TO FILE A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

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FRED M. BLUM, ESQ. (SBN 101586)

fblum@behblaw.com

VIVY D. DANG, ESQ. (SBN 297714)

vdang@behblaw.com

BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

500 Washington Street, Suite 700

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 397-9006

Facsimile: (415) 397-1339

TERESA S. RENAKER, ESQ. (SBN 187800)

teresa@renakerhasselman.com

MARGARET E. HASSELMAN (SBN 228529)

margo@renakerhasselman.com

RENAKER HASSELMAN LLP

213 Montgomery Street, Suite 944

San Francisco, CA 94101

Telephone: (415) 653-1733

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SUSAN K. BLACK, STEVEN C. SMITH 

AND KIMBERLY S. BURGESS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SUSAN K. BLACK, an individual; STEVEN 

C. SMITH, an individual; KIMBERLY S. 

BURGESS, an individual,,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

GREATER BAY BANCORP EXECUTIVE 

SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION 

BENEFITS PLAN, WELLS FARGO BANK, 

a National Association ,

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:16-cv-00486-EDL

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING 

PLAINTIFFS’ DEADLINE TO FILE A 

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs Susan Black, Steven C. Smith, and Kimberly Burgess (“Plaintiffs”) and 

Defendants Greater Bay Bancorp Executive Supplemental Compensation Benefits Plan and 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Defendants”) (collectively, the “Parties”) through their undersigned 

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counsel of record, stipulate to extend Plaintiffs’ deadline to file their second amended complaint, 

pursuant to the Court’s July 25, 2016 Order granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss with leave 

to amend (the “Order”) as follows. 

WHEREAS, on July 25, 2016, the Court ordered that within 21 days of the date of the 

Order, “Plaintiffs shall amend their complaint to include: (1) more specific allegations as to the 

Plan terms that they believe support their entitlement to an additional true-up; (2) any factual 

allegations to support their theory of an alleged structural conflict of interest that influenced 

Wells Fargo’s benefits determination; (3) a demand for reformation, provided that Plaintiffs have 

a good faith basis to amend their §1132(a)(3) claim to seek this remedy; and (4) more specific 

allegations regarding Defendants’ alleged breach(es) of fiduciary duty and when they occurred;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Order, Plaintiffs’ deadline to file their Second Amended 

Complaint is August 15, 2016;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ counsel has moved his residence and has missed a significant 

portion of work since the Order was issued;

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to a two week extension for Plaintiffs to file their 

Second Amended Complaint;

WHEREAS, the new deadline for Plaintiffs to file their Second Amended Complaint is 

August 29, 2016;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the Parties hereto, through their 

respective attorneys of record, that the deadline by which Plaintiffs must file their Second 

Amended Complaint is extended from August 15, 2016 to August 29, 2016. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

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Dated: August 12, 2016 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By /s/ Brandon Brigham

Jeffrey A. Sturgeon 

(admitted pro hac vice)

Roberta H. Vespremi

Brandon J. Brigham 

(admitted pro hac vice)

Attorneys for Defendants

GREATER BAY BANCORP EXECUTIVE 

SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION 

BENEFITS PLAN and WELLS FARGO 

BANK, N.A.

Dated: August 12, 2016 BASSI, EDLIN, HUIE & BLUM LLP

By /s/ Fred M. Blum

Fred M. Blum

Vivy D. Dang

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SUSAN K. BLACK, STEVEN C. SMITH, 

AND KIMBERLY S. BURGESS

Dated: August 12, 2016 RENAKER HASSELMAN LLP

By /s/ Teresa Renaker

Teresa Renaker

Margaret Hasselman

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SUSAN K. BLACK, STEVEN C. SMITH, 

AND KIMBERLY S. BURGESS

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Pursuant to L.R. 5-1(i)(3) regarding signatures, I, Fred M. Blum, attest that concurrence 

in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories. I declare 

under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true 

and correct. Executed this 12th day of August, 2016.

Dated: August 12, 2016

 

 /s/ Fred M. Blum

 Fred M. Blum

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August __, 2016

By:

Honorable Elizabeth Laporte

United States Magistrate Judge

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