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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:205 Denial Social Security Benefits

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ELIZABETH FIRER

Special Assistant United States Attorney

333 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8943

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Elizabeth.Firer@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

DIANE L. STALLINGS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, )

Acting Commissioner of )

Social Security, )

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Defendant. )

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CIVIL NO. 2:07-CV-01723-CMK

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND

TIME

The parties hereby stipulate by counsel, with the Court’s approval as indicated by issuance of the

attached Order, that Defendant shall have an additional of 30 days to respond to Plaintiff’s motion for

summary judgment, up to and including March 27, 2008. The additional time is necessary because the

Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Commissioner has experienced a dramatic increase in

her workload due, in part, to a staffing shortage in the Commissioner’s San Francisco regional office. 

From December through the third week of February, three-to-four full time attorneys are or have been

out on extended leave for medical, professional, bereavement and military purposes, which has resulted

in many case reassignments and additional work for the attorneys in the office. In addition, during the

month of February, the Commissioner’s attorney has had to prepare for a Ninth Circuit oral argument

and prepare an appeal recommendation, which involved a very short and unpredictable time frame.

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The parties further stipulate that the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified accordingly.

Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Robert Webber

Dated February 26, 2008, _______________________

Robert Webber

(as authorized via telephone on February 26, 2008)

Black, Chapman, Webber, Stevens, Petersen & Lundblade 

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated February 26, 2008, McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By:

 /s/ Elizabeth Firer

_______________________

Elizabeth Firer 

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 28, 2008

______________________________________

CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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