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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Michael Phillip Esparza
Plaintiff

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ASIM H. MODI, NY SBN 4692018

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415-977-8952

Facsimile: 415-744-0134

Email: Asim.Modi@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

MICHAEL PHILLIP ESPARZA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-0748-SKO

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, to 

extend Defendant’s time to file her response to Plaintiff’s opening brief by 30 days to June 8, 

2016, and that all other scheduling dates set forth in the Court’s Case Management Order shall 

be extended accordingly. This is Defendant’s first request for an extension of time in this matter.

There is good cause for this extension because counsel for Defendant is responsible for 

drafting various pleadings before the district courts within the Ninth Circuit, negotiating or 

litigating attorney fee matters pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, conducting discovery 

and drafting substantive pleadings in personnel-related litigation pending before the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, and preparing for a hearing in personnel litigation 

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pending before the Merit Systems Protection Board. Accordingly, Defendant needs additional 

time to prepare her responsive brief.

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to the Court for any inconvenience caused by this 

delay.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: May 9, 2016 NEWEL LAW

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Melissa Newel*

MELISSA NEWEL

*Authorized by email on May 9, 2016

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: May 9, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi

ASIM H. MODI

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Based on the above stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant is granted an extension of time, up and including June 8, 2016, to file a 

responsive brief; and 

2. Plaintiff may file an optional reply brief on or before June 27, 2016.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 10, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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