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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 12:635 Breach of Insurance Contract

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EX PARTE APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING/Case No. 1:05 CV 00874 REC SMS 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Peter E. Romo, Jr. (SBN 38925) 

E-mail: promo@seyfarth.com

Krista L. Mitzel (SBN 221002) 

E-mail: kmitzel@seyfarth.com

560 Mission Street, Suite 3100 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 397-2823 

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HARRY M. REYNOLDS AND REBECCA J. 

REYNOLDS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

AND DOES 1 THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 1:05-CV-00874-REC-SMS 

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO 

EXTEND TIME TO FILE 

RESPONSIVE PLEADING AND 

ORDER 

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(c), Defendant ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY (“Allstate”) submits this Ex Parte Application to Extend Time to File Responsive 

Pleading. Allstate requests that the time in which it may file a responsive pleading be extended 

from January 5, 2006 to February 6, 2006. 

On December 16, 2005, Plaintiffs Harry M. Reynolds and Rebecca J. Reynolds filed a 

First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) pursuant to this Court’s order. Allstate’s response to the 

FAC would be due on January 5, 2006. Local Rule 6-144(a) allows the parties to stipulate to a 

30-day extension for a party to respond to a complaint, cross-claim or counterclaim. On 

Wednesday, December 21, 2005, Allstate contacted Plaintiff’s counsel, Harry M. Reynolds, to 

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EX PARTE APPLICATION TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE RESPONSIVE PLEADING/Case No. 1:05 CV 00874 REC SMS 

request a joint stipulation to allow Allstate an extension to file its responsive pleading. However, 

on Thursday, December 22, 2005, it was discovered that Mr. Reynolds would not be in the office 

as he was taking a vacation to Mexico. Because of the holidays, it was not possible to submit a 

joint stipulation. Therefore, Allstate requests that this Court grant its request for an extension to 

file its pleading in response to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint from January 5, 2006 to 

February 6, 2006.. 

DATED: December 27, 2005 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

By _______________ ________________

Peter E. Romo, Jr. 

Krista L. Mitzel 

Attorneys for Defendant 

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a responsive pleading in this matter will be filed by 

Allstate no later than February 6, 2006. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ___December 29, 2005 /s/ ROBERT E. COYLE

Judge Robert E. Coyle 

United States District Court 

SF1 28227069.1 

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