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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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Karen E. Wentzel (SBN 112179) 

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 

1717 Embarcadero Road 

Palo Alto, California 94303 

(650) 857-1717 : phone 

(650) 857-1288 : fax 

Email: efilingPA@dorsey.com 

wentzel.karen@dorsey.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NORTHWEST AIRLINES PENSION 

PLAN FOR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

WILLIE F. TICZON, 

Plaintiff, 

NORTHWEST AIRLINES PENSION PLAN 

FOR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO.: C 08-00676 RMW 

JOINT STATUS REPORT RE 

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

AND PROPOSED ORDER 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

DATE: SEPTEMBER 4,2008 

TIME: 10:30 A.M. 

PLACE: COURTROOM 4, 6 TH FLOOR 

WHEREAS Willie F. Ticzon has filed a complaint against the Northwest Airlines Pension 

Plan for Contract Employees ("the Plan") seeking disability pension benefits; 

WHEREAS the Court has previously, pursuant to the parties' stipulation, agreed to stay 

this action while the parties discuss potential alternative procedures for this matter; 

WHEREAS these alternative procedures would include an independent medical exam 

("IME") by a physician jointly agreed to by the parties; 

WHEREAS the parties have been working to find a mutually agreeable physician to 

conduct an IME; 

WHEREAS, Defendant is continuing to research a new medical group proposed by 

Plaintiff, and both parties are hopeful that a mutually agreeable physician can be found for an 

-i- JOINT STATUS REPORT RE ALTERNATIVE 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

CASE NO. C 08-00676 RMW xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx *E-FILED - 9/4/08*

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IME, which may forestall the need for further proceedings before this Court; 

WHEREAS counsel for Northwest contacted the Court's clerk earlier today (Sept. 4,2008) 

and represented that the parties would be amenable to another short (three-week) stay (and 

accompanying extension of the Case Management Conference) pending this review, which the 

Court's clerk indicated would be acceptable. 

NOW THEREFORE because of the ongoing discussions, the parties request that the 

Court's previously scheduled September 5,2008 Case Management Conference be moved to 

September 26, 2008, at which time the parties expect to have agreed upon a mutually acceptable 

physician. 

Dated: September 4, 2008 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 

By:_ J3L 

KAREN E. WENTZEL 

Attorneys for Defendant 

NORTHWEST AIRLINES PENSION PLAN FOR 

CONTRACT EMPLOYEES 

Dated: September 4, 2008 LAW OFFICES OF RUSSELL G. PETTI 

By:„ _M_ 

RUSSELL G. PETTI 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Willie Ticzon 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the Stipulation of the Parties, it is Hereby Ordered that the Case Management 

Conference currently set for September 5, 2008 be continued to September 26, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: 

HON. RONALD M. WHYTE, JUDGE 

JOINT STATUS REPORT RE ALTERNATIVE 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

CASE NO. C 08-00676 RMW 

xxxxxx 9/4/08

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NOTICE OF E-FILING 

I hereby certify that on this 4th day of September, 2008,1 electronically transmitted the attached 

document to the Clerk of the Court using the ECF System for filing and transmittal of a notice of 

electronic filing to the following parties. 

/s/ Mildred Schwam 

Mildred Schwam 

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