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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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LAW OFFICES OF STEPHENSON, ACQUISTO & COLMAN, INC.

MELANIE JOY STEPHENSON-LAWS, ESQ., (SBN 113755)

BARRY SULLIVAN, ESQ. (SBN 136571)

RICHARD A. LOVICH, ESQ. (SBN 113472)

KARLENE J. ROGERS-ABERMAN, ESQ. (SBN 237883)

MICHAEL S. ROBINSON, ESQ. (SNB 217190)

303 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Suite 700

Burbank, CA 91502

Telephone: (818) 559-4477

Facsimile: (818) 559-5484

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 

ASSOCIATION, a California non-profit 

public benefit corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

TIGER LINES, LLC, a California 

limited liability company; GROUP & 

PENSION ADMINISTRATORS, INC., 

a Texas corporation; and DOES 1 

THROUGH 25, INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:15-cv-00319-MCE-KJN

1. STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND 

RULE 26F DISCOVERY PLAN

DEADLINES PENDING THE 

COURT'S RULING ON 

DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO 

DISMISS AND PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR REMAND; AND

2. ORDER.

TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD:

WHEREAS, the complaint in this lawsuit was filed on December 22, 

2014 in the San Joaquin County Superior Court and removed to the United States 

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District Court, Eastern District of California on February 6, 2015;

WHEREAS Defendants Tiger Lines, LLC and Group & Pension 

Administrators, Inc. filed a Motion To Dismiss on February 13, 2015, in response 

to which Plaintiff filed an Opposition and concurrent Motion for Remand, with the

Motion scheduled to be heard on April 2, 2015;

WHEREAS on March 20, 2015 the Court issued a Minute Order 

deeming the Motion to Dismiss submitted without appearance and without 

argument pursuant to Local Rule 230(g);

WHEREAS according to the Order Requiring Joint Status Report 

issued by the Court, the parties must confer and prepare and submit a Joint Status 

Report, including a Rule 26(f) discovery plan, within 60 days of the date of 

removal—i.e., by April 7, 2015;

WHEREAS the Court has not yet issued a ruling on Defendant's 

Motion To Dismiss or Plaintiff’s Motion for Remand;

WHEREAS the parties believe that an effective Rule 26(f) conference 

and discovery plan must await the Court’s ruling on the potentially dispositive 

issues in this case. Until the Motions are decided, the parties are unaware of which 

matters remain at issue and are therefore unable to sufficiently prepare a Joint 

Status Report by the current deadline.

The parties therefore stipulate and agree, and respectfully request that 

the Court continue the dates for the parties to confer and submit a Joint Status 

Report and Rule 26(f) Discovery Plan until 30 days after the Court rules on the 

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pending Defendant's Motion To Dismiss and Plaintiff’s Motion for Remand.

THE FOREGOING IS SO STIPULATED

Dated: April 6, 2015

STEPHENSON, ACQUISTO & COLMAN

/s/ Michael S. Robinson

MICHAEL S. ROBINSON

Attorneys for

LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 

ASSOCIATION

Dated: April 6, 2015

LEWIS BRISBOIS BISGAARD

& SMITH LLP

/s/ Elise D. Klein

ELISE D. KLEIN

Attorneys for

TIGER LINES, LLC and GROUP & 

PENSION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.

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ORDER

Good cause appearing therefore, the Court hereby orders that the

deadlines for the parties to confer and submit their Joint Status Report are hereby 

continued pending the Court’s ruling on Defendant's Motion To Dismiss and 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Remand. 

The Court will set new dates, if appropriate, for the parties to confer 

and submit a Joint Status Report upon issuing its ruling on the pending motions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 9, 2015

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