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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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 STIPULATION RE CONTINUANCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.: 2:07-cv-02542 MCE DAD 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

633 W. FIFTH ST. 

FORTY-SEVENTH FLOOR 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071 

(213) 680-2800 

Gregory O. Eisenreich (160643), geisenreich@barwol.com 

Michael A. S. Newman (205299), mnewman@barwol.com 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

633 West Fifth Street, 47th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071 

Telephone: (213) 680-2800 

Facsimile: (213) 614-7399 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

HCC Life Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HCC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

MANAGED BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS 

LLC; and ANTHEM BLUE CROSS LIFE 

AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, 

formerly known as BC LIFE & HEALTH 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

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NO.: 2:07-cv-02542 MCE DAD 

STIPULATION RE CONTINUANCE OF 

MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION 

AND MOTION TO DISMISS; ORDER 

Current Hearing Date: April 4, 2008 

Proposed Continued Hearing Date: April 17, 

2008 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 3 

The motion to compel arbitration of Plaintiff HCC Life Insurance Company ("HCC Life") 

(filed on February 12, 2008) is currently set for hearing on April 4, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. 

The joint motion to dismiss of Defendants Managed Benefits Administrators ("MBA") and 

Anthem Blue Cross Life And Health Insurance Company ("BC"; collectively, "Defendants") (filed 

on February 26, 2008) was likewise noticed for hearing on April 4, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. 

HCC Life maintains that the hearing on Defendants' motion to dismiss is premature, and 

should be heard well after the determination of the motion to compel arbitration. In particular, HCC 

Life maintains that the motion to compel arbitration, if granted, will render Defendants' motion 

moot. Thus, HCC Life intends to file an ex parte application to continue the hearing on Defendants' 

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STIPULATION RE CONTINUANCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.: 2:07-cv-02542 MCE DAD

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

633 W. FIFTH ST. 

FORTY-SEVENTH FLOOR 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071 

(213) 680-2800 

motion to dismiss. Defendants disagree with HCC Life's contention, and intend to oppose the ex 

parte application when it is filed. 

However, in the interim, counsel for BC has informed the other parties that its leading 

counsel, Molly Lane, has a vacation scheduled from March 19, 2008 through March 28, 2008, the 

week during which Defendants’ reply to the motion to dismiss is due, and requests that the hearings 

on both motions be continued to April 17, 2008. BC and MBA therefore stipulate to move the 

hearing dates of both motions to April 17, 2008, 9:00 a.m. 

In order to accommodate the vacation schedule of BC's counsel, HCC Life provisionally 

stipulates to continue the hearings for both motions to April 17, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. It does so, 

however, while fully and expressly reserving its right to apply to this court for an order continuing 

the hearing on Defendants' motion to dismiss to a still later date. 

With the above reservations, the parties hereby stipulate that the hearing for both motions be 

continued to April 17, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., at the above-referenced court. The parties further 

stipulate that the dates for the filing and service of opposition and reply briefs are correspondingly 

continued, pursuant to Local Rule 78-230 

Dated: March 13, 2008 BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

By: 

GREGORY O. EISENREICH 

MICHAEL A. S. NEWMAN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff HCC Life 

Insurance Company 

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STIPULATION RE CONTINUANCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.: 2:07-cv-02542 MCE DAD

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

633 W. FIFTH ST. 

FORTY-SEVENTH FLOOR 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071 

(213) 680-2800 

Dated: March 13, 2008 KRIEG, KELLER, SLOAN, REILLEY & 

ROMAN LLP 

By: 

JAMES C. KRIEG 

ALLISON LANE COOPER 

OWEN J. RESCHER 

Attorneys for Defendant Managed 

Benefit Administrators, LLC 

Dated: March 13, 2008 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

By: 

MOLLY MORIARTY LANE 

EDWARD J. DONNELLY 

Attorneys for Defendant Anthem Blue 

Cross Life and Health Insurance 

Company formerly known as BC Life & 

Health Insurance Company 

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STIPULATION RE CONTINUANCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.: 2:07-cv-02542 MCE DAD

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

633 W. FIFTH ST. 

FORTY-SEVENTH FLOOR 

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071 

(213) 680-2800 

ORDER

For good cause showing, it is hereby ordered that the motion to compel arbitration of 

Plaintiff HCC Life Insurance Company ("HCC Life"), currently set for hearing on April 4, 2008, at 

9:00 a.m., be continued to April 17, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., at the above-referenced courtroom. The 

dates for the filing and service of opposition and reply briefs are correspondingly continued, 

pursuant to Local Rule 78-230. 

For good cause showing, it is hereby ordered that the motion to dismiss of Defendants 

Managed Benefits Administrators and Anthem Blue Cross Life And Health Insurance Company, 

currently set for on April 4, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., be continued to April 17, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., at the 

above-referenced courtroom. The dates for the filing and service of opposition and reply briefs are 

correspondingly continued, pursuant to Local Rule 78-230. 

This is without prejudice to HCC Life's seeking a further continuance of the motion to 

dismiss, pursuant to the reasons stated in the above stipulation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 18, 2008 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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