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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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SEAN P. NALTY (SBN 121253) 

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 

EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

525 Market Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

T: (415) 433-0990 

F: (415) 434-1370 

Attorneys for Defendants 

BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA AND 

GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN E. ABERLE, 

 Plaintiff, 

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THE GUARIDAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, a New York 

Corporation, Berkshire Life Insurance a 

Tennessee Corporation 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: 2:06-CV-1736 MCE-PAN 

DEFENDANTS BERKSHIRE LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 

AND GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA’S 

RETROACTIVE APPLICATION TO FILE 

A BRIEF BEYOND THE 20-PAGE LIMIT 

IN THE COURT’S SCHEDULING ORDER

Courtroom: 3 

Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 

 Defendants Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America (“Berkshire”) and Guardian Life 

Insurance Company of America (“Guardian”) (collectively “defendants”) filed in this matter on 

July 9, 2007 a memorandum of points and authorities in support of their motion for summary 

judgment, or in the alternative, summary adjudication of issues, that was 29 pages in length. The 

hearing on this motion orginally was August 17, 2007 but has now been moved, pursuant to the 

stipulation of the parties, to August 31, 2007. The last day to bring dispositive motions in this 

matter is September 4, 2007. 

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Prior to filing this brief, counsel for defendants reviewed the local rules and also researched 

the Court’s website to determine if there were any standing orders with regards to the page limit for 

briefs in support of a motion. Counsel was unable to locate any page limit requirements. 

Defendants did comply with the requirments in the local rules for briefs over twenty pages. 

 Mistakenly, counsel failed to review this Court’s amended pretrial status scheduling order. 

Yesterday evening, Counsel for defendants realized that there are page limit requirements within 

this order limiting to 20 the number of pages for a memorandum in support of a motion. Counsel 

for defendants simply did not realize this limitation at the time defendants’ filed the motion for 

summary judgment in this matter on July 9, 2007. For this, counsel apologizes to the Court and 

now is promptly taking steps to correct the mistake. 

 Defendants believe that the brief of 29 pages, filed in this matter on July 9, 2007, addresses 

complex issues and numerous case law that are important for the Court in the consideration of this 

motion. Accordingly, defendants respectfully request that the Court grant retroactive leave to 

defendants to file the 29-page memorandum in support of their motion. 

In the event that the Court does not grant leave, defendants will immediately file an edited 

brief that complies with the Court’s pretrial status scheduling order with regards to page limits. 

Dated: July 20, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 

 By__________________________________ 

 Sean P. Nalty 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

 BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

 AMERICA AND GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE 

 COMPANY OF AMERICA 

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ORDER

 Based on defendants’ application, the Court hereby grants defendants retroactive leave to 

file a brief of 29 pages in support of defendants’ motion for summary judgment. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: July 23, 2007 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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