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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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1 Glenn R. Kantor, Esq. [SBN 122643]

e-mail: gkantor@kantorlaw.net

2 Timothy J. Rozelle, Esq. [SBN 298332]

e-mail: trozelle@kantorlaw.net

3 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

19839 Nordhoff Street

4 Northridge, CA 91324

Telephone: (818) 886-2525

5 Facsimile: (818) 350-6272

6 Russell G. Petti, State Bar No. 137160

THE LAW OFFICES OF RUSSELL G. PETTI

7 466 Foothill Blvd., # 389

La Canada, California 91011

8 818 952-2168Telephone

818 952-2186 Facsimile

9 Email: Rpetti@petti-legal.com

10 Counsel for Plaintiff Lillyth Quillan 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LILLYTH QUILLAN, 

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Plaintiff, 

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vs.

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CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF

18 CALIFORNIA, INC.,

19 Defendant.

) Case No. 3:15-cv-00989-EMC

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) STIPULATION FOR FILING

) FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

) AND CONTINUING CASE

) MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

) [PROPOSED] ORDER )

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21 Plaintiff, Lillyth Quillan and Defendant Cigna Healthcare of California, Inc. 

22 (“Cigna”), through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate to the 

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24 1. This lawsuit, which is governed by the Employee Retirement Income 

25 Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”) involves 

26 Plaintiff’s claims for recovery of denied health benefits; 

27 2. After cooperative discussions between counsel, it has been determined that

28 the ERISA Plan responsible for paying benefits is self-funded rather than 

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1 insured. As such the current Defendant, Cigna, only acted as the 

2 administrator for the Plan, and is not the proper defendant here; 

3 3. The parties to this lawsuit therefore stipulate to the filing of the First 

4 Amended Complaint, which is attached to this Stipulation as Exhibit A. 

5 This First Amended Complaint removes Cigna as the defendant, and adds 

6 the Visa Inc. Cigna Network POS Plan (the “Visa Plan”); 

7 4. The First Amended Complaint will have to be served on the Visa Plan, and 

8 Cigna’s present counsel is uncertain whether he will be retained to represent 

9 the Visa Plan. As such, the Parties submit that it would be prudent to 

10 continue the Case Management Conference, currently set for November 24, 

11 2015, for four weeks to allow for new counsel to appear and become 

12 sufficiently familiar with this matter to participate in the CMC. 

13 It is So Stipulated

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15 DATED: November 16, 2015 

16 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

LAW OFFICES OF RUSSELL G. 

17 PETTI

18 BY: S/Russell G. Petti

Russell G. Petti

19 Attorney for Plaintiff

Lillyth Quillan 

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DATED: November 16, 2015 

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, 

SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. 

BY: S/Sean P. Nalty Sean P. Nalty

Attorney for Defendant

Cigna Healthcare of California, 

Inc.

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23 PROPOSED ORDER

24 PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES and for Good 

25 Cause shown, the following is hereby Ordered: 

26 1. That the First Amended Complaint attached to this Stipulation as Exhibit A 

27 is hereby filed; and 

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1 2. The Case Management Conference currently set for November 24, 2015 is 

2 reset for December , 2015 at . The Parties are further Ordered to

3 file a Case Management Statement no later than seven days prior to the new

4 Case Management Conference date. 

5 IT IS SO ORDERED

6 Date: November , 2015 

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The Honorable Edward M. Chen

9 United States District Judge

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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