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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON BLUE SHIELD’S MOTION 

TO DISMISS AND TO CONTINUE THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

CASE NO. 3:16-CV-01773-WHO 

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

GREGORY N. PIMSTONE (CA Bar No. 150203) 

JOHN LEBLANC (CA Bar No. 155842) 

ILEANA M. HERNANDEZ (CA Bar No. 198906) 

LEAH R. ADAMS (CA Bar No. 266645) 

11355 West Olympic Boulevard 

Los Angeles, CA 90064-1614 

Telephone: (310) 312-4000 

Facsimile: (310) 312-4224 

Attorneys for Defendant

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS’ SERVICE dba 

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA 

KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

GLENN R. KANTOR (CA Bar No. 122643) 

TIMOTHY J. ROZELLE (CA Bar No. 298332) 

19839 Nordhoff Street 

Northridge, CA 91324 

Telephone: (818) 886-2525 

Facsimile: (818) 350-6272 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ADRIANA BARBOR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ADRIANA BARBOR,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS’ SERVICE 

dba BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:16-cv-01773-WHO

Honorable William H. Orrick 

STIPULATION AND 

ORDER TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

ON DEFENDANT CALIFORNIA 

PHYSICIANS’ SERVICE DBA BLUE 

SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA’S MOTION TO 

DISMISS AND TO CONTINUE THE 

INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

Complaint Filed: April 7, 2016 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON BLUE SHIELD’S MOTION TO DISMISS 

AND TO CONTINUE THE INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, 

CASE NO. 3:16-CV-01773-WHO 

Plaintiff Adriana Barbor (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant California Physicians’ Service dba 

Blue Shield of California (“Blue Shield” or “Defendant”) stipulate, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

6-2, as follows: 

1. Plaintiff filed this action against Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance 

Company (“Blue Shield Life”) on April 7, 2016. (Dkt. No. 1.) 

2. On May 20, 2016, Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). (Dkt. No. 

13.) 

3. On June 9, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation regarding the filing of an amended 

complaint and continuation of the case management conference initially set for July 19, 2016. 

(Dkt. No. 15.) On June 10, 2016, the Court entered the parties’ stipulation. (Dkt. No. 16.) 

Pursuant to the Court’s Order, Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) was due on June 

17, 2016, Defendant’s response was due on July 18, 2016, and the initial case management 

conference was continued to August 16, 2016. 

4. Plaintiff filed her SAC in this action on June 17, 2016. (Dkt. No. 17.) In the SAC, 

Plaintiff substituted Blue Shield for Blue Shield Life, which had been incorrectly named as the 

defendant in this case. 

5. On July 12, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation to further extend time for Blue 

Shield to respond to the SAC, due to the possibility that this case and Homampour v. California 

Physicians’ Service, Case No. 3:15-cv-05003-WHO, would be related upon filing of an 

Administrative Motion to relate the cases, and because Blue Shield intended to raise similar 

arguments in its motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s SAC as it has already raised in the pending motion 

to dismiss in Homampour. The parties also requested to continue the initial case management 

conference until after Blue Shield’s response deadline. (Dkt. No. 22.) 

6. On July 15, 2016, the Court entered an Order extending the deadline for Blue 

Shield to respond to the SAC until August 12, 2016. The Order further provided that, in the event 

that Blue Shield filed a motion to dismiss the SAC, the Court would vacate the initial case 

management conference set for August 16, 2016. (Dkt. No. 25.) 

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7. On July 21, 2016, this Court entered an order relating Barbor and Homampour. 

(Homampour Dkt. No. 36; Barbor Dkt. No. 26.) Barbor was therefore reassigned to this Court. 

The Court re-set the Barbor initial case management conference for August 16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. 

before Judge Orrick. (Dkt. No. 27.) 

8. On July 26, 2016, the parties entered into a stipulation to continue the initial case 

management conference to September 13, 2016 and to further extend the time for Blue Shield to 

respond to the SAC, to September 19, 2016. The parties agreed that, in the event the Court took 

the Homampour motion to dismiss under submission, the parties could file a stipulation seeking a 

further extension of time for Blue Shield to respond to the SAC. (Dkt. No. 29.) The Court entered 

its Order on the stipulation on July 27, 2016. (Dkt. No. 30.) 

9. The Homampour motion to dismiss was heard on August 10, 2016, and the motion 

was taken under submission. The Court indicated that it would grant the Homampour plaintiffs 

leave to file an amended complaint two weeks after the parties’ scheduled September 19, 2016 

mediation. (Homampour Dkt. No. 41.) 

10. On August 22, 2016, the parties entered into a stipulation to allow Plaintiff to also 

file a third amended complaint (“TAC”) within two weeks of the parties’ scheduled September 

19, 2016 mediation, by October 3, 2016. The parties also agreed to continue the initial case 

management conference to November 8, 2016. The parties further agreed that, in the event that 

Blue Shield files a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s TAC, the parties would file a stipulation to move 

the initial case management conference to the date of the hearing on Blue Shield’s motion. (Dkt. 

No. 31.) The Court entered its Order on the stipulation on August 23, 2016. (Dkt. No. 33.) 

11. On October 3, 2016, Plaintiff filed her TAC. (Dkt. No. 34.) 

12. On October 17, 2016, the parties met and conferred by telephone. Blue Shield’s 

counsel informed Plaintiff’s counsel that Blue Shield intends to file a motion to dismiss the TAC. 

13. The parties agreed that Blue Shield’s motion to dismiss will be heard on 

Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., or a date convenient to the Court. The parties also 

agreed to stipulate to a briefing schedule for Blue Shield’s motion to dismiss, due to the fact that 

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the parties will also be briefing a motion to dismiss in Homampour and because of the upcoming 

Thanksgiving holiday. 

14. The parties agreed upon the following briefing schedule: Plaintiff’s opposition will 

be due on November 14, 2016, and Blue Shield’s reply will be due on December 5, 2016. 

15. The parties also agreed to continue the initial case management conference to the 

same date and time as the hearing on the motion to dismiss, namely, Wednesday, December 14, 

2016, at 2:00 p.m. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 19, 2016 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

By: /s/ Timothy J. Rozelle 

Glenn R. Kantor 

Timothy J. Rozelle

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ADRIANA BARBOR 

Dated: October 19, 2016 MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP 

By: /s/ Ileana M. Hernandez 

Gregory N. Pimstone 

John LeBlanc 

Ileana M. Hernandez 

Leah R. Adams 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS’ SERVICE DBA 

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _____________, 2016 ___ 

Honorable William H. Orrick 

United States District Court Judge 

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