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Parties Involved:
Colleen Marie Bens
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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Monica Perales 

Attorney at Law: 297739 

12631 East Imperial Highway, Suite C-115 

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 

Tel: (562)437-7006 

Fax: (562)432-2935 

E-Mail: rohlfing.office@rohlfinglaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

COLLEEN MARIE BENS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

COLLEEN MARIE BENS 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

ANDREW SAUL, 

Commissioner of Social Security, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: 2:19-cv-01672-AC 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME 

TO FILE OPENING BRIEF 

(SECOND REQUEST) 

 

Plaintiff Colleen Marie Bens and Defendant Andrew Saul, Commissioner of 

Social Security, through their undersigned attorneys, stipulate, subject to this 

court’s approval, to extend the time February 25, 2020 to March 26, 2020 for 

Plaintiff to file an Opening Brief, with all other dates in the Court’s scheduling 

order extended accordingly. This is Plaintiff's second 

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request for an extension. This request is made at the request of Plaintiff’s counsel 

to allow additional time to fully research the issues presented. As the court is aware 

Counsel has been dealt with a high-risk pregnancy with multiple complications that 

has resulted in unscheduled medical leave during the months of July through 

November of 2019. As a result of the high-risk pregnancy, premature newborn 

birth, subsequent hospitalization and prior family health illness Counsel continues 

to have heaving briefing/ motions schedule and hearing calendar. Counsel had to 

take unscheduled leave at the beginning of February due to Counsel son falling ill 

with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. Counsel firm has hired a 

new attorney to help ease Counsel’s workload. Counsel respectfully makes this 

request in good faith. 

DATE: February 28, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 

 LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING 

 /s/ Monica Perales

 BY: _______________________ Monica Perales Attorney for plaintiff Colleen Marie Bens 

 

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DATE: February 28, 2020 

 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL 

Regional Chief Counsel 

Social Security Administration 

 /s/ Michael K. Marriott

 BY: ____________________________ Michael K. Marriott 

Special Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for defendant Andrew Saul 

Commissioner of Social Security |*authorized by e-mail| 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: March 3, 2020 

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