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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1132 E.R.I.S.A.

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Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley 

A Professional Corporation 

Redwood City 

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4838-0707-7950.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO STRIKE BILL OF COSTS 

CASE NO. 2:15-CV-02192-JAM-EFB

PAMELA E. COGAN (SBN 105089)

ROBERT M. FORNI, JR. (SBN 180841) 

BLAKE J. RUSSUM (SBN 258031) 

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

1001 Marshall Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94063-2052 

Telephone: (650) 364-8200 

Facsimile: (650) 780-1701 

Email: pamela.cogan@rmkb.com; robert.forni@rmkb.com 

blake.russum@rmkb.com

Attorneys for Defendants, FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY INCOME 

PLAN, and LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON 

LAURENCE F. PADWAY (SBN 89314) 

LAW OFFICES OF LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

1516 Oak Street, Suite 109 

Alameda, California 94501 

Telephone: (510)814-6100 

Facsimile: (510)814-0650 

DAVID J. LINDEN (SBN 41221) 

Attorney at Law 

Post Office Box 5780 

Napa, California 94581 

Telephone: (707) 252-7007 

Facsimile: (707) 252-7883 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR.,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY INCOME 

PLAN, an ERISA Plan, and LIBERTY LIFE 

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:15-cv-02192-JAM-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

CONTINUE HEARING AND BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE RE PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO STRIKE BILL OF COSTS 

[DOCUMENT NO. 34] 

WHEREAS, due to a bench trial in another matter venued before the Central District of 

California on January 10, 2017, counsel for Defendants FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY 

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INCOME PLAN and LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON (“Defendants”) 

is unavailable to attend the hearing on Plaintiff NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR.’s Motion to Strike 

Bill of Costs (Document No. 34), currently set to be heard on January 10, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Order of the deputy clerk for the Ninth Circuit Court of 

Appeals entered on November 23, 2016 (Docket Entry 4), the parties are actively engaged in 

discussions with a Circuit Mediator to determine whether this case is suitable for mediation, and 

prefer to devote their resources to exhausting settlement discussions before further litigating 

Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Bill of Costs; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR., 

and Defendants FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY INCOME PLAN and LIBERTY LIFE 

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, by and through their respective attorneys of record, 

that the following hearing and briefing schedule on Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Bill of Costs be 

adopted by the Court: 

January 24, 2017: Last Day to File Defendants’ Opposition to Motion 

January 31, 2017: Last Day to File Plaintiff’s Reply in Support of Motion 

February 7, 2017: Hearing on the Motion to Strike Bill of Costs 

All signatories to this Stipulation, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in 

the Stipulation’s content and have authorized its filing. 

Dated: December 27, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

By: /s/ David J. Linden

LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

DAVID J. LINDEN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR.

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Dated: December 27, 2016 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

By: /s/ Robert M. Forni, Jr. 

PAMELA E. COGAN 

ROBERT M. FORNI, JR. 

BLAKE J. RUSSUM 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY 

INCOME PLAN, and LIBERTY LIFE 

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON

ORDER 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The following briefing and 

hearing schedule on Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Bill of Costs and is hereby adopted: 

January 24, 2017: Last Day to File Defendants’ Opposition to Motion 

January 31, 2017: Last Day to File Plaintiff’s Reply in Support of Motion 

February 7, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.: Hearing on the Motion to Strike Bill of Costs 

Dated: 12/27/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 Hon. John A. Mendez 

 United States District Court Judge 

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