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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

BARGER & WOLEN LLP

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

NINTH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

J. Russell Stedman (117130)

Jordan S. Altura (209431)

BARGER & WOLEN LLP

650 California Street, 9th Floor

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 434-2800

Facsimile: (415) 434-2533

Attorneys for Defendants

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

AND VISA HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES, INC. 

LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFIT PLAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREA STOWERS,

Plaintiff,

vs.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY and VISA HUMAN RESOURCE 

SERVICES, INC. LONG TERM 

DISABILITY BENEFIT PLAN,

Defendants.

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CASE NO.: C-05-00478-CW

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

DISMISSAL OF ACTION WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 

41(a)(2)

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

BARGER & WOLEN LLP

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

NINTH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

Due to the fact that Defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) has 

resumed making regular disability payments to Plaintiff, Plaintiff and Defendants, by and through 

their respective counsel of record, do hereby stipulate that this action be dismissed in its entirety 

without prejudice pursuant to F.R.C.P. 41(a)(2), each party to bear its own costs of suit and 

attorney’s fees.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATE: May 31, 2005

BARGER & WOLEN LLP

By: 

J. RUSSELL STEDMAN

JORDAN S. ALTURA 

Attorneys for Defendants

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY and VISA HUMAN 

RESOURCE SERVICES, INC. LONG 

TERM DISABILITY BENEFIT PLAN

DATE: May 31, 2005

PILLSBURY & LEVINSON

By: 

ARNOLD LEVINSON

RICHARD SHIVELY

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ANDREA STOWERS

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

BARGER & WOLEN LLP

650 CALIFORNIA STREET

NINTH FLOOR

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108

(415) 434-2800

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, IT IS SO ORDERED that this action is 

dismissed without prejudice in its entirety, pursuant to F.R.C.P. 41(a)(2).

DATE: June 1, 2005 By: /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN

The Honorable Claudia Wilken

United States District Judge

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