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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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STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS THE PLAN & PROPOSED ORDER

Jillian R. O’Brien, CA Bar No. 251311 

jillian.obrien@ogletree.com

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C. 

Two Monument Square 

Suite 703 

Portland, Maine 04101 

Telephone: 207.387.2960 

Facsimile: 207.387.2986 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

YURI CARDENAS,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT 

INSURANCE COMPANY and 

BITTORRENT, INC. LONG TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 4:19-CV-00272-HSG

STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS THE 

PLAN; PROPOSED ORDER 

Complaint Filed: January 16, 2019 

Trial Date: None Set 

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 21, Defendants Group Long Term Disability and Life Plan for 

Employees of BitTorrent, Inc. (“the BitTorrent Plan”) and Hartford Life and Accident Insurance 

Company and Plaintiff Yuri Cardenas stipulate to the dismissal of named Defendant the BitTorrent 

Plan, without prejudice, in the above-referenced matter. As grounds for this stipulated motion to 

dismiss, the parties agree that the long-term disability benefits at issue in this case are fully insured 

by Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”) pursuant to a long-term 

disability insurance policy issued to BitTorrent, Inc., (“the Policy”), and that Hartford is responsible 

for payment of all sums that may be due to Plaintiff under the Policy. The parties 

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further agree that Hartford will not assert failure to name the BitTorrent Plan as a defense in this 

matter. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: February 26, 2019 FEINBERG, JACKSON, WORTHMAN & 

WASOW, LLP 

By: /s/ Nina Wasow 

Nina Wasow 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Yuri Cardenas

DATED: February 26, 2019 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & 

STEWART, P.C. 

By: /s/ Jillian R. O’Brien 

Jillian R. O’Brien 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company 

DATED: February 26, 2019 TRUCKER HUSS, APC

By: /s/ Angel Garrett 

Angel Garrett 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Group Long Term Disability and Life Plan for 

Employees of BitTorrent, Inc. 

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Certification Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3) 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I, Jillian R. O’Brien, do attest that all signatories listed, 

and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in this filing’s content and have authorized the 

filing. 

Dated: February 26, 2019 By: /s/ Jillian R. O’Brien 

 Jillian R. O’Brien 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Defendant Group Long Term Disability and Life Plan for Employees of BitTorrent, Inc. 

(erroneously named BitTorrent, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan) (“the BitTorrent Plan”) is hereby 

dismissed from this action without prejudice. 

Dated: February _____, 2019 ____________________________ 

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam 

United States District Judge 

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