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Parties Involved:
Allstate Insurance Long Term Disability Benefits Plan
Defendant
William Baker
Plaintiff
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Defendant

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_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Lawrence E. Butler (SBN 111043) 

Alfred L. Sanderson, Jr. (SBN 186071) 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

400 Capitol Mall 

Suite 2350 

Sacramento, California 95814-4428 

Telephone: (916) 448-0159 

Facsimile: (916) 558-4839 

Attorneys for Defendants 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

WILLIAM BAKER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY; ALLSTATE INSURANCE 

LONG TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS 

PLAN; and DOES 1 thru 10 inclusive, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:05-CV-0249 MCE KJM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DISPOSITIVE MOTION 

CUTOFF DATE 

Pursuant to the Pretrial Scheduling Order in this matter, the dispositive motion cutoff date 

in the above-entitled matter is June 16, 2006. On May 12, 2006, counsel for Defendants 

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Long Term Disability Benefits 

Plan (“Defendants”) contacted the clerk for the above-entitled Court to reserve a hearing date for 

a motion for summary judgment, and were told the only available hearing date on or before June 

16, 2006 was June 5, 2006. The clerk advised counsel for Defendants that Defendants either 

could file a motion for order shortening time to have the motion heard on June 5, 2006, or obtain 

opposing counsel’s agreement to continue the dispositive motion cutoff date. 

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Hearing dates currently available for this Court include June 5, 2006, June 19, 2006, July 

17, 2006 and August 7, 2006. Counsel have calendar conflicts on June 19, 2006 and July 17, 

2006, and therefore request to have dispositive motions heard on August 7, 2006. 

Given the above, the parties hereby stipulate to request the Court to continue the 

dispositive motion cutoff date in this matter to August 7, 2006. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: May 15, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY C. METZGER 

By _________________________________ 

Jeffrey C. Metzger 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

WILLIAM BAKER 

DATED: May 15, 2006 SEYFARTH SHAW, LLP 

By __________________________________ 

Alfred L. Sanderson Jr. 

Attorneys for Defendants 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY; ALLSTATE INSURANCE LONG 

TERM DISABILITY BENEFITS PLAN 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The last day to hear dispositive motion is continued to August 7, 2006. The current 

pretrial conference date of August 14, 2006, is continued to October 23, 2006 at 02:30 p.m. The 

joint pretrial statement is due on or before August 7, 2006. 

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The bench trial of October 18, 2006 is continued to December 13, 2006 at 09:00 a.m. 

All other dates on the Pretrial Status (Scheduling) Order shall remain the same. 

DATED: May 22, 2006 

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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