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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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Stip and [Prop] Order to Continue Status Conf. 

(No. 05-CV-02574 LKK GGH) 

NICOLE A. DILLER, State Bar No. 154842 

DONALD P. SULLIVAN, State Bar No. 191080 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SUTTER HEALTH AND THE SUTTER HEALTH 

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEANA FICK, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SUTTER HEALTH, SUTTER HEALTH 

LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS 

PLAN, UNUM LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 05-CV-02574 LKK GGH 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE STATUS CONFERENCE BY 

60 DAYS TO ALLOW PLAINTIFF TO 

SERVE NECESSARY PARTY 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff Deana Fick (“Plaintiff”) caused the Complaint and 

Summons to be served on Defendants Sutter Health and Sutter Health Long Term Disability Plan 

(“Plan”) (collectively “Sutter Defendants”) on or about December 29, 2005; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel granted the Sutter Defendants an extension of time to 

respond to the Complaint on or about January 17, 2006; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel had forgotten that he granted the Sutter Defendants an 

extension of time to respond when he filed Plaintiff’s Statement in Connection with Status 

Conference with this Court on February 8, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the Plan is a fully-insured employee benefit plan subject to the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq.; 

WHEREAS, the benefits payable from the Plan are funded by an insurance policy issued 

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Stip and [Prop] Order to Continue Status Conf. 

(No. 05-CV-02574 LKK GGH) 

by UNUM Life Insurance Company of America; 

WHEREAS, UNUM is a necessary party to this action because the Plan does not have any 

assets other than the UNUM insurance policy; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s process server has not yet effected service of the Summons and 

Complaint on UNUM; 

WHEREAS, the Sutter Defendants intend to tender the defense of this matter to and 

demand indemnity from UNUM once it appears in this action because UNUM is solely 

responsible for making the claims decision Plaintiff is challenging in this action; and 

WHEREAS, the Court has set a Status Conference in this matter for February 27, 2006. 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is stipulated and agreed by and between the Parties hereto, that: 

1. The Status Conference presently set February 27, 2006 shall be continued by sixtythree (63) days to Monday, May 1, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.to allow Plaintiff to serve UNUM with the 

Summons and Complaint, UNUM to respond to the Complaint, and the Sutter Defendants to 

tender the defense of this action to and demand indemnity from UNUM. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: February 10, 2006 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: S/ Donald P. Sullivan 

Donald P. Sullivan 

Attorneys for Sutter Defendant 

Dated: February 10, 2006 JESSE S. KAPLAN 

By: S/ Jesse S. Kaplan 

Jesse S. Kaplan 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 22, 2006 /s/Lawrence K. Karlton

Lawrence K. Karlton 

Senior Judge 

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