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Parties Involved:
Leslie A. Chapman
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE, WSBA 32245

Associate General Counsel

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

MICHELLE A. PAVELEK, CSBN No. 300642

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (510) 970-4862 

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

Michelle.A.Pavelek@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LESLIE A. CHAPMAN,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 2:24-cv-01010-DMC

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME 

Pending the Court’s approval, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the 

parties, through their respective counsel of record, that the time for Defendant to respond to 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment be extended thirty-three (33) days from December 26, 

2024, up to and including January 31, 2025. This is the Defendant’s first extension request. 

This case along with several others was just assigned to the undersigned counsel. 

Defendant requests this extension in order to accommodate the intervening holidays; review the 

record; evaluate the issues raised in Plaintiff’s brief; determine whether options exist for 

settlement; and if not, to prepare Defendant’s response to Plaintiff’s motion. Defendant’s 

counsel will endeavor to complete these tasks as soon as possible. This request is made in good 

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faith and with no intention to unduly delay the proceedings, and counsel apologizes for any 

inconvenience.

The parties further stipulate that the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified 

accordingly. 

Respectfully submitted,

WEEMS LAW OFFICES 

Dated: January 2, 2025 /s/ Robert Weems* 

(*as authorized via e-mail)

ROBERT WEEMS 

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: January 2, 2025 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE

Associate General Counsel

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Michelle A. Pavelek 

MICHELLE A. PAVELEK

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED that Defendant shall have an 

extension, up to and including January 31, 2025, to respond to Plaintiff’s Brief and Plaintiff’s 

optional reply brief will be extended to February 14, 2025.

Dated: January 2, 2025

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DENNIS M. COTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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