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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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Case No.: 4:19-cv-03254-HSG 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED 

DEADLINES; ORDER 

Lorraine P. Ocheltree (SBN 151791) 

Anjuli M. Cargain (SBN 270546) 

DUANE MORRIS LLP

Spear Tower 

One Market Plaza, Suite 2200 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1127 

Telephone: +1 415 957 3000 

Facsimile: +1 415 957 3001 

E-mail: lpocheltree@duanemorris.com

amcargain@duanemorris.com 

Lawrence I. Davidson (appearance pro hac vice) 

DUANE MORRIS LLP

190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700 

Chicago, IL 60603-3433 

Telephone: +1 312 499 6700 

Facsimile: +1 312 499 6701 

E-mail: lidavidson@duanemorris.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

DPR CONSTRUCTION, a General Partnership 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(OAKLAND DIVISION) 

BRENDA MARTIN and ESTATE OF BERNARD 

MARTIN, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

DPR CONSTRUCTION a GENERAL 

PARTNERSHIP; and LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 4:19-cv-03254-HSG 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND 

RELATED DEADLINES; ORDER 

Date: September 17, 2019 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Dept: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

District Judge: Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

Complaint Filed: June 10, 2019

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2 Case No.: 4:19-cv-03254-HSG 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES; ORDER 

STIPULATION 

Plaintiffs BRENDA MARTIN and ESTATE OF BERNARD MARTIN (“Plaintiffs”) and 

Defendants DPR CONSTRUCTION, a GENERAL PARTNERSHIP (“DPR Construction”) and 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA (“LINA”) (collectively “the Parties”) 

stipulate as follows through their respective counsel: 

1. The Parties seek permission from the Court to continue the initial Case Management

Conference (“CMC”) set for September 17, 2019, and the related deadlines, including the meet and 

confer deadline, the joint case management statement deadline, and the deadline to exchange initial 

disclosures. 

2. On August 19, 2019, Defendants DPR Construction and Jorinne Jackson filed a

motion to dismiss Plaintiffs’ complaint (“Motion”). (Docket No. 23.) 

3. On August 26, 2019, Plaintiffs informed all parties that they intended to file a first

amended complaint by August 30, 2019. 

4. On August 30, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint. Jorinne Jackson is

not named as a defendant in the amended complaint. (Docket No. 33). 

5. The first amended complaint renders the Motion moot.

6. Defendants have not fully evaluated Plaintiffs’ first amended complaint. DPR

Construction believes a second motion to dismiss may be necessary. DPR Construction intends to 

request the January 16, 2020, hearing date for that purpose, if possible. 

7. The Parties agree that additional time is needed for case management planning at the

CMC. 

8. Likewise, counsel for Plaintiffs is unavailable on September 17, 2019.

9. The Parties request that the Court issue an order: (1) continuing the CMC for 30 days

to allow for sufficient time to file, evaluate and possibly move to dismiss the first amended 

complaint; (2) extending the time to meet and confer and submit the joint statement in advance of 

the CMC based upon the new CMC date; and (3) extending the FRCP Rule 26(a) initial disclosure 

deadline until 14 days after the new CMC date. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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3 Case No.: 4:19-cv-03254-HSG 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES; ORDER 

Dated: September 3, 2019 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 

By: /s/ Susan Lynn Meter

Glenn R. Kantor 

Susan Lynn Meter 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

BRENDA MARTIN and 

ESTATE OF BERNARD MARTIN 

Dated: September 3, 2019 LAMBERT COFFIN

By: /s/ Andrew S. Davis

Andrew S. Davis 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

BRENDA MARTIN and 

ESTATE OF BERNARD MARTIN 

Dated: September 3, 2019 DUANE MORRIS LLP

By: /s/ Anjuli M. Cargain

Lorraine P. Ocheltree 

Anjuli M. Cargain 

Lawrence I. Davidson 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JORINNE JACKSON, an Individual, and 

DPR CONSTRUCTION, a General Partnership 

Dated: September 3, 2019 MESERVE, MUMPER & HUGHES LLP

By: /s/ Anna Maria Martin

Anna Maria Martin 

Kristin Kyle de Bautista 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH 

AMERICA 

ATTESTATION 

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4 Case No.: 4:19-cv-03254-HSG 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES; ORDER 

Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1.(i), I hereby attest that counsel for Plaintiff BRENDA MARTIN 

and ESTATE OF BERNARD MARTIN and Defendant LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

NORTH AMERICA have concurred in the filing of the Stipulation Requesting Continuance of the 

CMC and related deadlines filed concurrently herewith. 

Dated: September 3, 2019 DUANE MORRIS LLP

By: /s/ Anjuli M. Cargain

Anjuli M. Cargain 

Attorneys for Defendant 

DPR CONSTRUCTION, a General Partnership 

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5 Case No.: 4:19-cv-03254-HSG 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES; ORDER 

ORDER 

The Court, having considered the Stipulation of the Parties to Continue the Initial Case 

Management Conference (“CMC”) and Related Deadlines, hereby ORDERS as follows: 

1. The Stipulation to Continue the Initial CMC is GRANTED.

2. The CMC currently scheduled for September 17, 2019 is hereby continued to October

22, 2019, at 2:00 pm in Courtroom 2, 4th Floor.

3. All related CMC deadlines are continued in accordance with the new CMC date.

4. Initial disclosures must be exchanged by November 5, 2019.

5. The Order to Show Cause, Dkt. No. 34, is DISCHARGED in light of Defense

counsel’s explanation that Plaintiff’s amended complaint moots the motion to

dismiss, see Dkt. No. 35.

6. Defendant’s pending motion to dismiss, Dkt. No. 23, is terminated as MOOT in light

of the amended complaint.

7. Should Defendant file a second motion to dismiss, the hearing shall be set for January

16, 2020, at 2:00 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 4, 2019 By: 

The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

United States District Court Judge 

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