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Parties Involved:
William Cullifer
Defendant
Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Thu Tiet Nguyen
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE AN ANSWER

JONATHAN SAUL & ASSOCIATES

JONATHAN A. SAUL, ESQ. (SBN: 189271)

4020 Lennane Drive, Suite 102

Sacramento, California 95834

Telephone: (916) 929-4400

Facsimile: (916) 929-4466

Attorneys for Defendant

THU TIET NGUYEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

THU NGUYEN, WILLIAM CULLIFER,

Defendants.

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CASE NO.: 2:14-cv-02532-TLN-AC

STIPULATION AND ORDER GRANTING

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE AN 

ANSWER

STIPULATION

Defendant Thu Nguyen and Plaintiff Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company hereby 

Request this Court grant an extension of time for Defendant Thu Nguyen to file an Answer in 

this action, for the reasons expressed below.

This case stems from an underlying action wherein Ms. Nguyen was sued by William 

Cullifer, a person who claimed to be the son of Ms. Nguyen’s deceased husband. Liberty 

Mutual has asked this Court to determine whether or not it owes a defense and/or indemnity to 

Ms. Nguyen, it’s insured, regarding the lawsuit filed against Ms. Nguyen by Mr. Cullifer. Just 

last week, evidence was presented in the form of Mr. Cullifer’s birth certificate. The birth 

certificate clearly illustrates Mr. Cullifer is not the surviving son of Ms. Nguyen’s deceased

husband. Counsel assigned to defend Ms. Nguyen and counsel herein for Ms. Nguyen have 

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both written to counsel for Mr. Cullifer to demand immediate dismissal of the underlying 

action filed by Mr. Cullifer. To date, no response has been forthcoming.

It appears Mr. Cullifer will have to dismiss his Complaint against Ms. Nguyen, for lack

of standing. He cannot present a claim for wrongful death damages related to the death of a 

person who he was not related to. This would make the instant action moot. In the 

alternative, Mr. Cullifer will somehow be able to overcome the birth certificate and will 

continue his pursuit of the underlying action. If that occurs, counsel for Ms. Nguyen and 

counsel for Liberty Mutual have already began discussing the likelihood of a stipulation that 

would obviate the need to litigate this case and would save important judicial resources.

For the reasons stated above, the parties respectfully request this Court grant Defendant 

Thu Nguyen a further extension to file her Answer, until April 17, 2015.

DATED: February 11, 2015 JONATHAN SAUL & ASSOCIATES

By /s/ 

Jonathan Saul - SBN 189271

Attorneys for Defendant

THU NGUYEN

DATED: February 11, 2015 ROPERS MAJESKI KOHN & BENTLEY

By /s/ 

Norman Lau - SBN 253690

Attorneys for Plaintiff

 LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: February 12, 2015

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