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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Insurance Contract

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2:13-cv-00820-MCE-AC

JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR FILING OF RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT; ORDER 

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CANDICE L. FIELDS, SBN 172174

CANDICE FIELDS LAW

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 350

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 414-8050

Facsimile: (916) 790-9450

cfields@candicefieldslaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, 

as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M.

UNITED STATES DISTICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

A.M, a minor; D.P., a minor; ANDREA

MORGAN in her personal capacity; 

INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, as mother and 

next friend of the minor child A.M.; and 

ANDREA MORGAN, in her capacity as 

mother and next friend of the minor child 

D.P.;

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-00820-MCE-AC

JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE FOR DEFENDANT 

MORGAN’S DEADLINE TO FILE A 

RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S 

COMPLAINT; ORDER

Plaintiff, The Prudential Insurance Company Of America (“Plaintiff”), Defendant 

Ingerlisha Martinez, as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M. (“Defendant 

Martinez), and Defendant Andrea Morgan (“Defendant Morgan”) on her own behalf 

(collectively “the parties”), through their respective attorneys, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, on April 26, 2013, Plaintiff filed an Interpleader Complaint naming the 

Defendant Martinez, as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M., as a 

Defendant/Claimant. (ECF 1.)

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WHEREAS, the Interpleader Complaint names Andrea Morgan, both in her personal 

capacity, and in her capacity as mother and next friend of the minor child D.P., as a 

Defendant/Claimant (“Defendant Morgan”).

WHEREAS, the Interpleader Complaint names Defendant Martinez, only in her 

capacity as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M., as a defendant.

WHEREAS, on July 1, 2013, Defendant Martinez, as mother and next friend of the 

minor child A.M., filed an Answer to the Interpleader Complaint. (ECF 14.)

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant Morgan stipulated to an extension permitting 

Defendant Morgan to file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint on or before September 

24, 2013. (ECF 17.)

WHEREAS, on September 25, 2013, Defendant Morgan contacted the parties to 

communicate her intent to waive her personal claim to the insurance proceeds at issue in 

this action.

WHEREAS, the parties jointly obtained an extension from the Court permitting 

Defendant Morgan to file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint on or before November 

1, 2013. (ECF 21.)

WHEREAS, the parties are actively preparing the documents necessary to 1) settle 

the action as to Defendant Morgan, 2) move for the appointment of guardians ad litem for 

the minor children A.M. and D.P., and 3) settle the entire action subject to the court’s 

approval.

WHEREAS, the parties jointly request that the deadline for Defendant Morgan be 

further extended to permit the parties to complete the preparation of the above-referenced 

documents.

The undersigned parties therefore jointly request that the deadline for Defendant 

Morgan to file a response to the Interpleader Complaint be extended to December 6, 2013. 

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Dated: October 24, 2013 MILLER LAW GROUP

By: /s/Jennifer A. Shy

JENNIFER A. SHY

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY

Dated: October 24, 2013 CANDICE FIELDS LAW

By: /s/ Candice L. Fields 

CANDICE L. FIELDS

Attorney for Defendant INGERLISHA 

MARTINEZ, As Mother And Next 

Friend Of The Minor Child A.M. 

Dated: October 24, 2013 By: /s/ Andrea Morgan_____________ ANDREA MORGAN

In Pro Per

(Original Signature Retained By 

Attorney Candice L. Fields)

ORDER

Based on the reasons set forth in the Joint Request of the parties filed on October 

30, 2013, and good cause appearing therefrom, the Court grants the Request of the parties 

in its entirety. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadline for Defendant Andrea Morgan to 

file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint is extended from November 1, 2013 to 

December 6, 2013.

Dated: November 5, 2013

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