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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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LITTLE R ME NDE LSO N 

A PR O F E S S ION A L C O RP O R AT IO N

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DEF’S REQUEST TO STRIKE PLTFF’S 

OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT, ET AL. 

KENNETH R. O'BRIEN, Bar No. 072128 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

2520 Venture Oaks Way, Suite 390 

Sacramento, CA 95833.4227 

Telephone: 916.830.7200 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN AIRLINES LONG TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN FOR FLIGHT 

ATTENDANTS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRIAN HAGERTY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

AMERICAN AIRLINES LONG TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN, 

Defendant. 

Case No. CV 09 3299 BZ 

DEFENDANT’S REQUEST TO STRIKE 

PLAINTIFF’S PAPERS IN OPPOSITION 

TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND 

ALTERNATIVE REQUEST FOR 

ADDITIONAL TIME TO FILE REPLY 

PAPERS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR 

SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF CLAIMS 

Date: August 31, 2010 

Time: 1:30 p.m. 

Ctrm: G, 15th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Bernard Zimmerman 

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DEF’S REQUEST TO STRIKE PLTFF’S 

OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT, ET AL. 

Pursuant to the Court’s Order Scheduling Court Trial and Pretrial Matters, filed on 

February 2, 2010 (Dock. # 34), the last day for the hearing of dispositive motions was established as 

August 25, 2010. (Dock. # 34, p. 1.) Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment was filed on 

July 21, 2010 noticing the hearing thereon for August 25, 2010. (Dock. # 37, p. 1.) On the same 

day, the Clerk issued its Clerk’s Notice Continuing Hearing Date of Defendant’s Motion for 

Summary Judgment to August 31, 2010, and specifically ordered in bold lettering that “the briefing 

schedule shall remain the same.”1

 Accordingly, the last date on which Plaintiff’s Opposition to the 

Motion for Summary Judgment, if any, could have been filed was August 4, 2010. (Local Rule 7-

3(a). Plaintiff failed to file any opposition on August 4, 2010. 

Instead, Plaintiff filed his numerous and lengthy opposition papers on August 9, 2010 

after 5:00 p.m.. 

Under the current scheduling deadlines, Defendant’s Reply Papers in support of its 

motion would have to be filed by Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Due to Plaintiff’s late filing of his 

opposition papers, Defendant has been deprived of the full time it would otherwise have to analyze 

Plaintiff’s Opposition and reply thereto. Accordingly, Defendant respectfully requests the Court to 

STRIKE Plaintiff’s Opposition papers in their entirety, and ALTERNATIVELY requests that the 

Court grant Defendant additional time to file its Reply papers in support of the motion up through 

and including August 17, 2010, which will be two weeks before the Court’s hearing on said motion. 

Dated: August 10, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Kenneth R. O’Brien

KENNETH R. O'BRIEN 

LITTLER MENDELSON 

A Professional Corporation 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN AIRLINES LONG TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN 

 

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 The Court’s Local Rules specifically contemplate that an order continuing a hearing date on a motion may also retain 

the briefing schedule already in effect. (Local Rule 7-7(d).) 

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DEF’S REQUEST TO STRIKE PLTFF’S 

OPPOSITION TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT, ET AL.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Plaintiff’s Opposition Papers to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment are 

STRICKEN as untimely filed; 

[ALTERNATIVELY] 

Defendant may have up through and including August 17, 2010 to file its Reply 

papers. 

Dated: August ___, 2010 

_________________________________________ 

HON. BERNARD ZIMMERMAN 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

Plaintiff's position is not well taken. In the interests of 

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