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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits

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ROBERT B. NICHOLS (SB# 224763)

nichols@nicholslawgroup.com

300 South First Street, Suite 205

San Jose, CA 95113

Telephone: (408) 298-9755

Facsimile: (408) 298-9699

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUSAN RENE JONES

SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

REBECCA A. HULL Bar No. 99802

rebecca.hull@sdma.com

One Market Plaza

Steuart Tower, 8th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendants

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; 

Merck & Co., Inc. Long Term Disability Plan 

for Non Union Employees; Merck & Co., Inc., 

Administrator for Merck & Co., Inc. Long Term 

Disability Plan for Non Union Employees

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Defendants Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Merck & Co., Inc. Long Term 

Disability Plan for Non Union Employees; Merck & Co., Inc., Administrator for Merck & Co., 

Inc. Long Term Disability Plan for Non Union Employees (“Defendants”) and plaintiff Susan 

Rene Jones, (“Plaintiff”) by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby agree and 

stipulate as follows: 

Susan Rene Jones,

Plaintiff,

v.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; 

Merck & Co., Inc. Long Term Disability 

Plan for Non Union Employees; Merck & 

Co., Inc., Administrator for Merck & Co., 

Inc. Long Term Disability Plan for Non 

Union Employees,

Defendants.

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND REPLY 

BRIEF DUE DATES AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

DATE: MAY 24, 2010

TIME: 9:00 A.M.

PLACE: COURTROOM 8, 4th Floor

PVT

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WHEREAS, pursuant to prior Stipulations, the Court has scheduled the hearing on the 

parties’ Cross Motions for Summary Judgment and on Defendants’ Motion to Strike in this case 

to be heard on May 24, 2010, with Reply Briefs due April 19, 2010; 

WHEREAS, the parties do not seek to continue the hearings on their respective Cross 

Motions for Summary Judgment or on defendants’ Motion to Strike;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel suffered a computer crash Monday evening and is just 

recovering the documents and data related to this case; 

WHEREAS, counsels’ earliest mutually available date for filing reply briefs is May 3, 

2010;

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that a continuance of the filing date is appropriate in light 

of the circumstances, and jointly request that the Court extend the due date for Reply Briefs until 

May 3, 2010, while retaining the May 24, 2010 hearing date for their respective Cross Motions 

for Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Motion to Strike.

 WHEREAS, neither the parties nor the Court will be prejudiced by extending the Reply 

Briefs’ due dates;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and mutually request that the Court 

grant an extension of the due date for reply briefs on their respective Cross Motions for 

Summary Judgment and Defendant’s Motion to Strike of May 3, 2010, while retaining the 

hearing date currently set for 9:00 a.m. on May 24, 2010. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: April 8, 2010 ROBERT B. NICHOLS

By: _/s/ Robert B. Nichols

Robert B. Nichols

Attorneys for Plaintiff Susan Rene Jones

DATED: April 8, 2010 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

By: /s/ Rebecca A. Hull

Rebecca A. Hull

Attorneys for Attorneys for Defendants

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED THAT Reply Briefs on the 

parties’ Cross Motions For Summary Judgment and on Defendant’s Motion To Strike shall be 

due May 3, 2010, with a hearing set for 9:00 a.m. on May 24, 2010 on all motions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _____________________________________

JAMES WARE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

April 13, 2010 

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