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Nature of Suit Code: 864
Nature of Suit: Social Security - SSID Title XVI
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (SSID)

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JONATHAN O. PENA, ESQ. 

CA Bar ID No. 278044

Peña & Bromberg, PLC

2440 Tulare St., Suite 320

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: 559-412-5390

Fax: 866-282-6709

info@jonathanpena.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Rafael Lopez,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ANDREW SAUL,

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Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:19-cv-00971-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their respective 

counsel of record, with the Court’s approval, that Plaintiff shall have a 30-day extension of time, 

from 12/26/2019 to 01/25/2020, for Plaintiff to serve on defendant with PLAINTIFF’S LETTER 

BRIEF. All other dates in the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be extended accordingly.

This is Plaintiff’s first request for an extension of time. Plaintiff respectfully states that 

the requested extension is necessary due several merit briefs being due on the same week. 

Counsel requires additional time to brief the issues thoroughly for the Court’s consideration.

Defendant does not oppose the requested extension. Counsel apologizes to the Defendant and 

Court for any inconvenience this may cause. 

 

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 Andrew Saul is now the Commissioner of Social Security and is automatically substituted as a 

party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). See also section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 

U.S.C. § 405(g)(action survives regardless of any change in the person occupying the office of 

Commissioner of Social Security).

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Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: December 24, 2019 PENA & BROMBERG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW

By: /s/ Jonathan Omar Pena

JONATHAN OMAR PENA

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: December 30, 2019 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: */s/ Michael K. Marriott

Michael K. Marriott

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

(*As authorized by email on 12/30/2019)

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ORDER

The Scheduling Order allows a single thirty-day extension of any part of the Scheduling 

Order by stipulation of the parties without the Court's approval. (Doc. 5.) This is the first 

extension requested by the parties and therefore Plaintiff shall have a thirty-day extension of time 

to serve his letter brief. Plaintiff’s letter brief shall be served on or before January 25, 2020. All 

other deadlines set forth in the Court's Scheduling Order shall be modified accordingly. 

The Court notes that the parties’ stipulation was filed on December 30, 2019, after the 

applicable deadline for Plaintiff to serve his letter brief had passed. (See Doc. No. 11.) The 

parties are cautioned that the Local Rules require counsel to seek to obtain a necessary extension 

from the Court as soon as the need for the extension becomes apparent. L.R. 144(d). Any future 

requests for Court-approved extensions brought on or after the applicable deadline will be looked 

upon with disfavor. Id.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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