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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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SF/2580223v1 1 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR FURTHER CASE HANDLING

SEDGWICK LLP 

REBECCA A. HULL Bar No. 99802 

rebecca.hull@sedgwicklaw.com 

MARK J. HANCOCK Bar No. 160662 

mark.hancock@sedgwicklaw.com 

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 781-7900 

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CATHY A. REYNOLDS 2008 REVOCABLE 

TRUST; R.W. “SKIP” REYNOLDS, 

TRUSTEE OF CATHY A. REYNOLDS 2008 

REVOCABLE TRUST; RHYS HOSKINS, 

Beneficiary of Cathy A. Reynolds 2008 

Revocable Trust and heir of Cathy A. Reynolds, 

Decedent; MELORIA HOSKINS, Beneficiary 

of Cathy A. Reynolds 2008 Revocable Trust 

and heir of Cathy A. Reynolds, Decedent; 

ESTATE OF CATHY A. REYNOLDS; R. W. 

“SKIP” REYNOLDS as Executor of the Estate 

of Cathy A. Reynolds; and R. W. “SKIP” 

REYNOLDS as Conservator of the Estate of 

Cathy A. Reynolds, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:12-cv-00417 JAM-DAD 

JOINT STATUS STATEMENT AND 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

FURTHER CASE HANDLING

 

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SF/2580223v1 2 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR FURTHER CASE HANDLING

This is a joint status statement submitted by plaintiffs and defendant Metropolitan Life 

Insurance Company (“MetLife”). 

The parties had contemplated going to mediation in this case, but realized that certain 

records needed to be obtained from a third-party insurance agent before the parties could assess 

whether the case was suitable for mediation. MetLife sought to obtain that third-party 

information but there were delays in the process. However, MetLife now believes that it will be 

able to obtain and produce the records to plaintiffs within the next week or two. 

 The parties continue to cooperate with respect to the handling of the case. The parties 

plan to review the records and then meet and confer as to what the next steps in the case should 

be in order to move it toward resolution. The parties propose that that they be directed to submit 

a further joint status statement within approximately 60 days, by January 27, 2014. 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between Plaintiffs and 

Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company by and through their respective attorneys of 

record, that the parties be given until January 27, 2014, to submit a further joint status report on 

the handling of the case. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: November __, 2013 HELLER & HIBBERT 

 By: /s/ Steven M. Heller (as authorized on )

 Steven M. Heller 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: November __, 2013 SEDGWICK LLP 

 By: /s/ Mark J. Hancock Rebecca A. Hull 

 Mark J. Hancock 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR FURTHER CASE HANDLING

ORDER 

Good cause appearing and pursuant to the above joint status statement and stipulation, it 

is HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall have until January 27, 2014 to submit a further 

joint status statement. 

Date: 11/26/2013 

 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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