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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1335 Interpleader Action

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR DISCHARGE AND FOR FEES AND COSTS

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SEDGWI CK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

REBECCA A. HULL Bar No. 99802 

SHAWN M. WROBEL Bar No. 230030 

One Mar ket Pl aza 

St euar t Tower , 8t h Fl oor 

San Fr anci sco, Cal i f or ni a 94105 

Tel ephone: ( 415) 781- 7900 

Facsi mi l e: ( 415) 781- 2635 

At t or neys f or Pl ai nt i f f 

Met r opol i t an Li f e I nsur ance Company 

UNI TED STATES DI STRI CT COURT 

EASTERN DI STRI CT OF CALI FORNI A 

The Cour t havi ng car ef ul l y consi der ed t he br i ef s and ar gument s of 

counsel , and good cause appear i ng, I T I S HEREBY ORDERED t hat : 

1. Pl ai nt i f f ’s Mot i on f or Di schar ge of St akehol der i n I nt er pl eader 

Act i on be, and her eby i s, GRANTED. 

2. Met r opol i t an Li f e I nsur ance Company ( “Met Li f e”) shal l deposi t t he 

benef i t s payabl e under t he t er ms of t he Met Li f e Opt i ons and Choi ce Pl an ( “Pl an 

benef i t s”) as a r esul t of t he deat h of Rober t J. Willmon, i ncl udi ng any 

appl i cabl e i nt er est , wi t h t he Cour t wi t hi n 20 cour t days of t he ent r y of t hi s 

Or der , pur suant t o Local Rul e 67- 150( a) . Upon maki ng such deposi t , Met Li f e, 

pur suant t o 28 U. S. C. § 2361, shal l be and her eby i s di schar ged f r om any 

f ur t her l i abi l i t y t o any or al l of t he def endant s her ei n wi t h r egar d t o t he 

METROPOLI TAN LI FE I NSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Pl ai nt i f f , 

v. 

ARLENE K. CAFFEY, an i ndi vi dual ; 

KAS A. WI LLMON, an i ndi vi dual , 

Def endant s. 

 CASE NO. 2: 07- cv- 00920- LKK- KJM

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR DISCHARGE OF 

STAKEHOLDER IN INTERPLEADER 

ACTION AND FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

AND COSTS 

Dat e: December 7, 2007 

Ti me: 10: 00 a. m. Judge: Hon. Lawr ence K. Kar l t on 

 

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Pl an benef i t s. 

3. Met Li f e f ur t her shal l be and her eby i s di schar ged and r el i eved of 

f ur t her r esponsi bi l i t y i n t hi s act i on, and t he def endant s, and each of t hem, 

ar e her eby per manent l y enj oi ned f r om t he f ur t her asser t i on of cl ai ms r el at i ng 

t o t he Pl an benef i t s t hat became payabl e under t he t er ms of t he Met Li f e 

Opt i ons and Choi ce Pl an as a r esul t of t he deat h of Rober t J. Willmon, except 

by i nt er pl eader and asser t i on of such cl ai ms i n t hi s act i on. 

4. I T I S FURTHER ORDERED t hat Met Li f e shal l be awar ded i t s f ees and 

cost s i ncur r ed i n br i ngi ng t hi s mot i on, i n an amount t o be det er mi ned. 

Met Li f e shal l make i t s pr oof of t he amount t o be so awar ded, by a decl ar at i on 

of counsel set t i ng f or t h t he amount of at t or neys’ f ees i ncur r ed i n t he 

pr epar at i on of and hear i ng on i t s mot i on f or di schar ge accompani ed by a 

pr oposed f or m of or der awar di ng at t or neys’ f ees. Such amount shal l be pai d t o 

Met Li f e f r om t he i nt er pl eaded f und no l at er t han 20 cour t days af t er Met Li f e 

makes i t s deposi t wi t h t he Cour t , pur suant t o f ur t her or der of t he Cour t . 

I T I S SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 29, 2007. 

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