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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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Case No. 15-cv-00842 WHO

STIP. AND ORDER FOR CONT. OF CMC TO 

MTD HRG. DATE

Julian M. Baum (SBN 130892 

Lisa A. Lawrence (SBN 132310) 

JULIAN M. BAUM & ASSOCIATES 

9 Tenaya Lane - Novato, CA 94048 

Tel.: 415.892.3152 Fax: 888.452.3849 

E-mail: JMB@JMBLawGroup.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff John F. Kirk 

Melissa M. Cowan (SBN 175326)

E-mail: mcowan@bwslaw.com

Keiko J. Kojima (SBN 206595)

E-mail: kkojima@bwslaw.com

BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP

444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953

Tel: 213.236.0600 Fax: 213.236.2700

Attorneys for Defendant Lockheed Martin Group 

Benefits Plan 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 

JOHN F. KIRK,

Plaintiff,

v.

LOCKHEED MARTIN GROUP 

BENEFITS PLAN NO. 594,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-00842 WHO

STIPULATION AND 

ORDER

CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE TO 

HEARING DATE ON DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

CURRENT DATE: July 16, 2015

CURRENT TIMEL 1:00 p.m.

PROPOSED DATE: August 5, 2015

PROPOSED TIME: 2:00 p.m.

 Plaintiff John F. Kirk and Defendant Lockheed Martin Group Benefits Plan, 

by and through their counsel of record, jointly and respectfully request that the 

Court continue the scheduled Case Management Conference (“CMC”) from July 

16, 2015, to August 5, 2015, the date on which Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is 

set to be heard. All parties have been served. The parties previously requested a 

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continuance of the CMC when Defendant was served shortly before the originally 

scheduled CMC set for June 2, 2015; the Court rescheduled the CMC to July 16th. 

 Good cause exists for the requested continuance. Plaintiff filed this action 

under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§1001 

et seq. On June 29, 2015, Defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss based on lack of 

subject matter jurisdiction due to payment of benefits and failure to exhaust 

administrative remedies. Plaintiff’s Opposition is due on July 13th. The CMC is 

currently scheduled for Thursday, July 16th at 1:00 p.m., which is before 

Defendant’s July 20th deadline for filing a Reply Brief in support of its Motion to 

Dismiss, and the Motion hearing on August 5th. 

The parties believe that it would be a more effective use of time and 

resources for the scheduling issues to be addressed with the Court, as necessary, 

after the Court hears Defendant’s Motion on August 5th. The outcome of the 

Motion may either (a) dispense with the need for setting dates, or (b) help guide the 

parties and Court as to further scheduling matters. The parties will likewise be in a 

better position to address the Court’s inquiries about the case after the Motion 

hearing. The parties have already filed a Stipulation selecting mediation before the 

ADR panel, which the Court has approved. 

 Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court continue the 

CMC scheduled for July 16, at 1:00 p.m. to August 5, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., when 

Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss is set to be heard. The parties likewise request a 

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 continuance of the deadline for filing the Joint CMC Statement to one week before 

any rescheduled Conference. A proposed ORDER is set forth below for the Court’s 

review and approval. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: July 6, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

JULIAN M. BAUM & ASSOCIATES

By: /s/ Julian M. Baum

Julian M. Baum

Attorneys for Plaintiff John F. Kirk

Dated: July 6, 2015 Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

Melissa M. Cowan

By: Melissa M. Cowan

Melissa M. Cowan

Attorneys for Defendant Lockheed 

Martin Group Benefits Plan 

ORDER

 The parties having stipulated as set forth above, IT IS ORDERED that the 

Case Management Conference in this action is hereby continued from July 16, 2015 

to August 5, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file their Joint Case Management 

Conference Statement one week in advance of the rescheduled Conference. 

Dated: July 7, 2015 _______________________ 

 WILLIAM H. ORRICK 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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