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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING APPLICABLE STANDARD OF REVIEW – CASE 4:14-CV-02911 DM

KATHRYN C. CURRY (SBN 157099)

TRACY M. TIERNEY (SBN 200537)

GCA LAW PARTNERS LLP

2570 W. El Camino Real, Ste. 510

Mountain View, CA 94040

Telephone: (650) 428-3900

Facsimile: (650) 428-3901

Email: kcurry@gcalaw.com

ttierney@gcalaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOAN GURASICH

Mitchell F. Boomer (State Bar No. 121441)

Alka Ramchandani (State Bar No. 262172)

JACKSON LEWIS P.C.

50 California Street, 9th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-4615

Telephone: (415) 394-9400

Facsimile: (415) 394-9401

E-mail: BoomerM@jacksonlewis.com

Alka.Ramchandani@jacksonlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendants

IBM RETIREMENT PLAN and 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

MACHINES CORPORATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

JOAN GURASICH,

Plaintiff,

v.

IBM RETIREMENT PLAN; 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

MACHINES CORPORATION,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 4:14-cv-02911-DMR

STIPULATION REGARDING 

APPLICABLE STANDARD OF 

REVIEW; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Complaint Filed: June 24, 2014

WHEREAS, this action is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 

1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. (“ERISA”);

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING APPLICABLE STANDARD OF REVIEW – CASE 4:14-CV-02911 DM

WHEREAS, the Civil Conference Minute Order dated November 11, 2014, provides that 

Motions regarding the Applicable Standard of Review are to be filed by April 30, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and agreed to the applicable standards of 

review to be applied to Plaintiff’s four causes of action;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND THROUGH THE PARTIES’ RESPECTIVE 

COUNSEL OF RECORD THAT:

1. The applicable standard of review to be applied by the Court with respect to 

Plaintiff’s First Cause of Action for Recovery of Pension Plan Benefits is an abuse of discretion. 

2. The applicable standard of review to be applied by the Court with respect to 

Plaintiff’s Second Cause of Action for Breach of Fiduciary Duties, Third Cause of Action for 

Equitable Relief, and Fourth Cause of Action Failure to Provide Plan Documents is de novo.

Dated: April 30, 2015 GCA LAW PARTNERS LLP

By: /s/ Kathryn C. Curry*

KATHRYN C. CURRY

TRACY M. TIERNEY

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOAN GURASICH

*Counsel for Plaintiff, Kathryn C. Curry, 

authorized submission of her e-signature on 

this document in writing, by e-mail dated 

4/28/2015; 3:08 p.m.

Dated: April 30, 2015 JACKSON LEWIS P.C.

By: _/s/ Alka Ramchandani___________

Mitchell F. Boomer

Alka Ramchandani

Attorneys for Defendants 

IBM RETIREMENT PLAN and 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

MACHINES CORPORATION

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING APPLICABLE STANDARD OF REVIEW – CASE 4:14-CV-02911 DM

ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, 

The applicable standard of review to be applied by the Court with respect to Plaintiff’s 

First Cause of Action for Recovery of Pension Plan Benefits is an abuse of discretion. 

The applicable standard of review to be applied by the Court with respect to Plaintiff’s 

Second Cause of Action for Breach of Fiduciary Duties, Third Cause of Action for Equitable 

Relief, and Fourth Cause of Action Failure to Provide Plan Documents is de novo.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April _____, 2015

HON. DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

4829-8318-9539, v. 1

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