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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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AMENDED STIPULATION AND ORDER ALLOWING THE PARTIES TO UTILIZE 

PRIVATE ADR

LAW OFFICES OF P. RANDALL NOAH

P. RANDALL NOAH Bar No. 136452

pnoah@ix.netcome.com

21 Orinda Way, Suite C, #316

Orinda, CA 94563

Telephone: (925) 253-5540

Facsimile: (925) 253-5542

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LAVERN ABDI

SEDGWICK LLP

MARK J. HANCOCK Bar No. 160662

mark.hancock@sedgwicklaw.com

REBECCA A. HULL Bar No .99802

rebecca.hull@sedgwicklaw.com

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104-2834

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendant

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAVERNE ABDI,

Plaintiff,

v.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-02103 HSG

AMENDED STIPULATION FOR ORDER 

ALLOWING THE PARTIES TO 

UTILIZE PRIVATE ADR; ORDER

Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

The parties originally agreed to mediate this case through the Court's ADR program, 

and the court issued an order to that effect. (ECF 20, 22.) However, the parties have since 

conferred and changed their minds, now preferring to try to resolve this case through private 

mediation. On that basis, the parties respectfully request that the Court issue an order 

removing this case from the Court's ADR program and referring it to private ADR. The parties 

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PRIVATE ADR

will complete private mediation by the existing ADR-completion deadline of October 22, 

2015.

DATED: September 14, 2015 LAW OFFICES OF P. RANDALL NOAH

By: /s/ P. Randall Noah (as authorized on 9/14/2015)

P. Randall Noah

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LAVERN ABDI

DATED: September 14, 2015 SEDGWICK LLP

By: /s/ Mark J. Hancock

Mark J. Hancock

Attorneys for Defendant

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case shall be

removed from the Court's ADR program and referred to Private ADR. The parties shall complete 

private mediation by October 22, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 9/15/2015 

HONORABLE HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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