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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PARTIES TO MEET AND CONFER 

AND SUBMIT RULE 26(f) JOINT STATUS REPORT 

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Richard J. Chivaro (SBN 124391) 

OFFICE OF THE STATE CONTROLLER 

300 Capitol Mall, Suite 1850 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 445-6854 

Facsimile: (916) 322-1220 

Email: rchivaro@sco.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant, JOHN CHIANG, 

in his official capacity as CONTROLLER OF 

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

FIDELITY & GUARANTY 

 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

JOHN CHIANG, in his official 

capacity as CONTROLLER OF 

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:13-cv-02317-JAM-CKD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PARTIES 

TO MEET AND CONFER AND 

SUBMIT RULE 26(f) JOINT STATUS 

REPORT 

Exempt from Fees 

(Gov. Code § 6103) 

Complaint Filed: November 6, 2013 

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Plaintiff Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company (“Plaintiff” or “FGL”) and Defendant 

John Chiang, in his official capacity as Controller of the State of California (“Defendant” or the 

“Controller”), by and through their counsel, stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing its Complaint on November 6, 2013; 

WHEREAS, Defendant was served with the Complaint on November 7, 2013; 

WHEREAS, the Court entered an Order Requiring Joint Status Report (Docket No. 5, the 

“Status Report Order”) on November 7, 2013; 

WHEREAS, the Status Report Order requires the parties to prepare and submit to the Court a 

joint status report that includes their Rule 26(f) discovery plan within sixty (60) days of service of 

the Complaint; 

WHEREAS, in this case, the parties’ joint status report is due on or before January 7, 2014; 

WHEREAS, Defendant has obtained approval from the California Attorney General to retain 

outside counsel to represent the Controller in this case pursuant to California Government Code § 

11040; 

WHEREAS, the Controller needed additional time to respond to the Complaint, whether 

through his preferred counsel or otherwise; 

WHEREAS, FGL and the Controller stipulated to a continuance of the Controller’s deadline 

to respond to the Complaint, continuing the deadline to January 15, 2014 by way of written 

stipulation filed with the Court on November 26, 2013 (Docket No. 15, the “First Stipulation”); 

WHEREAS, the Court approved the First Stipulation by its Order entered on November 27, 

2013 (Docket No. 16); 

WHEREAS, an issue regarding an alleged conflict of interest regarding the Controller’s 

counsel of choice arose and remains the subject of ongoing discussion between the parties; 

WHEREAS, the parties determined that the ongoing discussions necessitated another 

extension of time for the Controller to respond to the Complaint; 

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WHEREAS, on December 19, 2013, the parties executed and filed a joint stipulation 

providing Defendant an extension to and including March 14, 2014 to file a response to the 

Complaint (Docket No. 17, the “Second Stipulation”); 

WHEREAS, the Court approved the Second Stipulation by its Order entered on December 

20, 2013 (Docket No. 18) 

WHEREAS, because the discussions regarding an alleged conflict are ongoing, the 

Controller has not yet been able to retain his counsel of choice; 

WHEREAS, because the discussions regarding the alleged conflict involving the Controller’s 

counsel of choice are ongoing, the parties agree that additional time is needed for analysis and 

evaluation before the Controller can make a decision regarding his choice of counsel in this matter; 

WHEREAS, in light of the above, and subject to the Court’s approval, the parties have 

agreed to a continuance of the deadline imposed by the Status Report Order; and 

WHEREAS, this is the parties’ first request for a continuance of the deadline imposed by the 

Status Report Order: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, subject to the Court’s approval, that the parties shall have 

until March 28, 2014 to submit the joint status report required by the Status Report Order. In so 

stipulating, the parties understand and acknowledge that the Controller preserves all rights, remedies, 

and defenses that he has at this time, including, without limitation, his rights under the United States 

Constitution (including, without limitation, the Tenth and Eleventh Amendments), the Constitution 

of the State of California, sovereign immunity and federalism principles, and any and all other 

applicable law. 

 

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Dated: January 2, 2014 By: /s/Richard J. Chivaro 

Richard J. Chivaro (SBN 124391) 

OFFICE OF THE STATE CONTROLLER 

300 Capitol Mall, Suite 1850 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 445-6854 

Facsimile: (916) 322-1220 

Email: rchivaro@sco.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant, JOHN CHIANG, 

in his official capacity as CONTROLLER OF 

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

Dated: January 2, 2014 By: /s/David L. Sasseville 

 David L. Sasseville 

LINDQUIST & VENNUM LLP 

4200 IDS Center 

80 South Eighth Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55402 

Telephone: (612) 371-3211 

Facsimile: (612) 371-3207 

E-mail: dsasseville@lindquist.com 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation between Plaintiff and Defendant, the parties shall have until 

March 28, 2014 to submit their joint status report required by the Status Report Order. IT IS SO 

ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2014 /s/ John A. Mendez___________ 

 Honorable John A. Mendez 

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