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Nature of Suit Code: 863
Nature of Suit: Social Security - DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
Cause of Action: 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC)

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

CAROL S. CLARK, MOBN 42670

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8975

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Carol.S.Clark@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

JAMES B. KIRTLEY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-01062-EPG

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AN 

EXTENSION OF TIME

(ECF No. 10)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective 

counsel of record, subject to the approval of the Court, that the time for Defendant to respond to 

Plaintiff’s Confidential Letter Brief shall be extended by 30 days, from February 10, 2020, to 

March 11, 2020. This is Defendant’s first request for an extension of time to respond to 

Plaintiff’s Confidential Letter Brief. Counsel for Defendant states that she was assigned this and 

three other pending cases on February 6, 2020, following the resignation of the previouslyassigned attorney from the Social Security Administration’s Office of General Counsel. Counsel 

for Defendant has reviewed Plaintiff’s confidential letter brief and the case file, but is unable to 

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investigate the unique issues raised prior to the current due date. Therefore, Counsel for 

Defendant respectfully requests this additional time to research issues raised in Plaintiff’s letter 

brief. 

The parties further stipulate that the other deadlines in the Court’s Scheduling Order shall 

be modified accordingly. 

Counsel apologizes to the Court for any inconvenience caused by this delay.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: February 6, 2020 /s/_John Metsker_____

(*as authorized via email on February 6, 2020)

JOHN METSKER

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: February 6, 2020 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Carol S. Clark 

CAROL S. CLARK

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the Parties (ECF No. 10), IT IS ORDERED that the 

deadline for Defendant to respond to Plaintiff’s confidential letter brief is extended to March 11, 

2020. All other deadlines are extended accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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