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Parties Involved:
Michelle L. Buchet
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

ASIM H. MODI 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Social Security Administration 

160 Spear Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415-977-8952 

Facsimile: 415-744-0134 

Email: Asim.Modi@ssa.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

MICHELLE L. BUCHET, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CAROLYN W. COLVIN 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:15-cv-2431-CMK 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, to 

extend Defendant’s time to file her cross-motion for summary judgment with the Court by 30 

days to September 28, 2016, and that all other scheduling dates set forth in the Court’s Case 

Management Order shall be extended accordingly. This is Defendant’s second request for an 

extension of time in this matter1

, and she requests it in good faith and without any intent to 

prolong proceedings unduly. 

 

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 On April 26, 2016, the Commissioner filed a stipulation for an extension of 45 days to prepare 

the certified administrative record and file an answer to Plaintiff’s complaint (CR 10). However, 

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There is good cause for this extension request. First, a 30-day extension is necessary 

because counsel for Defendant was (or will be) out of the office for significant portions of the 

period between August 15 and 29, 2016, and requires additional time to adequately research and 

analyze the factual record and Plaintiff’s legal claims. Second, counsel for Defendant has 

workload issues that preclude filing the summary judgment motion by August 29, 2016. 

Specifically, in addition to the work-related travel and personal leave referenced above, counsel 

for Defendant is responsible for drafting various pleadings before the district courts within the 

Ninth Circuit, drafting an appellate pleading in a Social Security matter before the Ninth Circuit, 

and negotiating or litigating attorney fee matters pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. 

Counsel for Defendant is also currently responsible for conducting discovery and drafting briefs 

personnel litigation before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Merit Systems 

Protection Board. 

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to Plaintiff and the Court for any inconvenience caused 

by this delay. 

 

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: August 26, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. 

 ROHLFING 

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Monica Perales* 

MONICA PERALES 

*Authorized by email on August 26, 2016 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Date: August 26, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX 

Social Security Administration 

 

this is the Commissioner’s first request for an extension of time to file her summary judgment 

motion. 

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By: /s/ Asim H. Modi 

ASIM H. MODI 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER 

 

 APPROVED AND SO ORDERED 

 

 Dated: August 30, 2016 

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