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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY; ORDER THEREON CASE NO. CIV. S-04-2725 FCD DAD

MARK A. MILLER SBN 216831

DONALD SIMONDS SBN 215790

EL DORADO HILLS LAW GROUP

Law Office of MILLER & SIMONDS

4944 Windplay Drive, Suite 114

El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

Telephone: (916) 941-6513

Facsimile: (916) 941-9527

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GINGER Y. SEITLES

RIMAC & MARTIN, P.C.

JOSEPH M. RIMAC SBN. 72381

ANNA M. MARTIN SBN 154279

amartin@rimacmartin.com

1051 Divisadero Street 

San Francisco, California 94115

Telephone (415) 561-8440

Facsimile (415) 561-8430

Attorneys for Defendants

UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION and

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

GINGER Y. SEITLES,

Plaintiff,

vs.

UNUM PROVIDENT, UNUM LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. CIV. S-04-02725 FCD DAD

STIPULATION AND ORDER

EXTENDING STAY OF ACTION

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY; ORDER THEREON CASE NO. CIV. S-04-2725 FCD DAD

STIPULATION

Plaintiff GINGER Y. SEITLES (“plaintiff”) and defendants UNUM PROVIDENT and

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (“UNUM”) hereby stipulate and agree

as follows:

1. On March 24, 2005, the parties filed a stipulation to stay this proceeding pending

UNUM’s reassessment of plaintiff’s claim, as described in the stipulation, and the Court

approved the stay by its order entered March 28, 2005. (Stipulation and Order, Exh. A hereto.) 

The Court ordered the parties to submit a Joint Case Management Statement within six months

of the stay order.

2. UNUM makes the following representations to plaintiff and the Court: Many

California residents are among those UNUM insureds or claimants who have elected

reassessment. However, the California Department of Insurance and UnumProvident have an

understanding that these claims will be reassessed only after an agreement is reached between

them with respect to the California Market Conduct Exam, which agreement might include

modifications to the reassessment process currently outlined in the Multistate Regulatory

Settlement Agreement. In light of this fact and of the volume of claims being reconsidered,

UNUM currently estimates that reassessment of plaintiff’s claim may not be completed until

December 2006.

3. Accordingly, the parties jointly request that this Court grant a further extension of

the stay of these proceedings until the earliest of (1) UNUM’s notice to the Court that it has

completed the reassessment process; (2) December 31, 2006; or (3) 45 days from the date upon

which a Notice To Reopen Action is filed by either party with the Court and served upon

opposing counsel. The parties stipulate that such notice also will serve as a request to this Court

to schedule a case management conference at the earliest possible date after receiving notice..

Pursuant to local rules, this document is being electronically filed through the Court’s

ECF System. In this regard, counsel for defendant hereby attests that (1) the content of this

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND STAY; ORDER THEREON CASE NO. CIV. S-04-2725 FCD DAD

document is acceptable to all persons required to sign the document; (2) plaintiff’s counsel has

signed this document; and (3) the signed document is available for inspection upon request.

SO STIPULATED.

MILLER & SIMONDS

DATED: September 21, 2005 By: /s/ DONALD SIMONDS 

DONALD SIMONDS 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

GINGER SEITLES

RIMAC & MARTIN, P.C.

DATED: September 21, 2005 By: /s/ ANNA M. MARTIN 

ANNA M. MARTIN

Attorneys for Defendants

UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION and

UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF

AMERICA

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that the stay of this action shall continue until the earliest of

(1) UNUM’s notice to the Court that it has completed the reassessment process; (2) 

December 31, 2006; or (3) 45 days from the date upon which a Notice To Reopen Action is filed

by either party with the Court and served upon opposing counsel.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 21, 2005 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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