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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Connie Lynne Gummeson
Plaintiff

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

CAROLYN B. CHEN, CSBN 256628

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8956

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Carolyn.Chen@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CONNIE LYNNE GUMMESON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 2:16-cv-01611-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AN 

EXTENSION OF TIME OF 15 DAYS FOR 

DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE TO 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective 

counsel of record, that Defendant shall have an extension of time of an additional 15 days to 

respond to Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. This is the first continuance sought by 

Defendant. The current due date is February 16, 2017. The new due date will be March 3, 2017. 

There is good cause for this request. At around the time of the filing of Plaintiff’s Motion 

for Summary Judgment, Defendant’s counsel was recovering from two medical emergencies that 

necessitated her being on leave for multiple weeks. The first medical emergency occurred in late 

October 2016, that necessitated her being on leave and addressing her workload deadlines that 

were postponed due to her leave, as well as her regular workload, when she returned to work in 

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November. In addition, on December 9, 2016, Defendant’s counsel was rear-ended in a car 

accident caused by another driver. Between the December accident and the current date, 

Defendant’s counsel had taken about three weeks of leave to recover and rest, and returned to the 

office on January 9, 2017. In addition to her existing workload when she returned, new 

emergency assignments had been assigned to Defendant’s counsel that could not be reassigned to 

another attorney and prevent Defendant’s counsel from meeting the original deadline of February 

16, 2017.

Because of the factors described above, Defendant is requesting additional time up to and 

including March 3, 2017, to fully review the record and research the issues presented by 

Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, as Defendant’s counsel continues to recover and 

address her workload. This request is made in good faith with no intention to unduly delay the 

proceedings. 

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

accordingly.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: February 13, 2017 PEÑA & BROMBERG, PLC

s/ Jonathan O. Peña by C.Chen* 

(As authorized by e-mail on 2/13/2017)

JONATHAN O. PEÑA, ESQ.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: February 13, 2017 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

 By s/ Carolyn B. Chen 

CAROLYN B. CHEN

Special Assistant U. S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED:

Dated: February 15, 2017

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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