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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING DEADLINES

Gordon &

Rees LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, C

A 94111

GLENN R. KANTOR (SBN: 122643)

CORINNE CHANDLER (SBN: 111423)

KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

19839 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, CA 91324

Telephone: (818) 886-2525

Facsimile: (818) 350-6272

Email: gkantor@kantorlaw.net

Email: cchandler@kantorlaw.net

Attorneys for Plaintiff

REBECCA RAMIREZ

JORDAN S. ALTURA (SBN: 209431)

MARGIE R. LARIVIERE (SBN: 172975)

GORDON & REES LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 986-5900

Facsimile: (415) 986-8054

Email: jaltura@gordonrees.com

Email: mlariviere@gordonrees.con

Attorneys for Defendant

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

REBECCA RAMIREZ,

Plaintiff,

vs.

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. C 12 4192 MEJ

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINES TO

COMPLETE DISCOVERY RE ERISA

PREEMPTION AND FILE RENEWED

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

ADJUDICATION

Magistrate Judge: Maria Elena James

Courtroom: B, 15th Fl.

Complaint filed: 8/9/2012

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING DEADLINES

Gordon &

Rees LLP

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, C

A 94111

TO THE COURT, THE PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

The parties in this action, Plaintiff Rebecca Ramirez (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Aetna

Life Insurance Company, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby jointly stipulate

as follows:

WHEREAS the accompanying declaration of Jordan S. Altura, submitted herewith in

support of this Stipulated Request, complies with the requirements of Local Rule 6-2 and sets forth

the reasons for and good cause supporting the parties’ stipulation;

WHEREAS the parties have a mediation scheduled for January 17, 2012, with Martin

Quinn of JAMS;

WHEREAS the Court instructed the parties complete fact discovery with respect to the

issue of ERISA preemption by February 7, 2013;

WHEREAS the Court set March 7, 2013 as the deadline for the parties to file motions with

respect to the issue of ERISA preemption, with hearings on such motions set for April 11, 2013;

WHEREAS Plaintiff has propounded written discovery to Defendant and the parties have

met and conferred about setting the deposition of Aetna’s 30(b)(6) witness concerning the issuance

of the welfare benefit plan to the National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks (“NCBC”);

WHEREAS both parties intend to seek written and deposition discovery from nonparties,

including the NCBC;

WHEREAS the parties agree it would be prudent to avoid the costs of written and

deposition discovery while attempting to settle this case, and seek to continue the deadlines set

forth above by three weeks to allow completion of settlement efforts and, if the mediation is

unsuccessful, to still have adequate time to complete necessary discovery in an orderly fashion;

WHEREAS the parties stipulate and request this Court extend the ERISA preemptionbased discovery completion and briefing deadlines and continue the hearing date, as follows:

 Discovery completion deadline regarding ERISA preemption, continued from

February 7, 2013 until February 28, 2013;

 Deadline for filing any motions concerning ERISA preemption, continued from

March 7, 2013 to March 28, 2013;

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING DEADLINES

Gordon &

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275 Battery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, C

A 94111

 Hearing on motions concerning ERISA preemption, continued from April 11, 2013

to May 2, 2013.

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED.

Dated: January 2, 2013

Respectfully Submitted,

GORDON & REES LLP

By: /s/ Jordan S. Altura

Jordan S. Altura

Attorneys for Defendants

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY

Dated: January 2, 2013 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

By: /S/ Corinne Chandler

Glenn R. Kantor

Corinne Chandler

Attorneys for Plaintiff

REBECCA RAMIREZ

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ______________

_______________________________

Maria Elena-James

Chief United States Magistrate Judge

AETNA/1082457/14417967v.1

January 3, 2013

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