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Parties Involved:
Christin Kay Baer
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTIN KAY BAER,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-01358-SAB

ORDER RE STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

(ECF No. 16)

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

extend Defendant’s time to file her responsive brief with the Court by 30 days to September 28, 

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, 

and she requests it in good faith and without any intent to prolong proceedings unduly.

There is good cause for this extension request. First, a 30-day extension is necessary 

because counsel for Defendant was (or will be) out of the office for significant portions of the 

period between August 15 and 29, 2016, and requires additional time to adequately research and 

analyze the factual record and Plaintiff’s legal claims. Second, counsel for Defendant has 

workload issues that preclude filing the responsive brief by August 29, 2016. Specifically, in 

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addition to the work-related travel and personal leave referenced above, counsel for Defendant is 

responsible for drafting various pleadings before the district courts within the Ninth Circuit, 

drafting an appellate pleading in a Social Security matter before the Ninth Circuit, and 

negotiating or litigating attorney fee matters pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. 

Counsel for Defendant is also currently responsible for conducting discovery and drafting briefs

personnel litigation before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Merit Systems 

Protection Board. 

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to Plaintiff and the Court for any inconvenience caused 

by this delay.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: August 29, 2016 NEWEL LAW

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

Melissa Newel

*Authorized by email on August 29, 2016

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: August 29, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

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

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ stipulation for Defendant to 

receive an extension of time to September 28, 2016, to file her responsive brief, and for all other 

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scheduling dates set forth in the Court’s Case Management Order to be extended accordingly, is 

approved. However, the parties are advised that due to the impact of social security cases on the 

Court’s docket and the Court’s desire to have cases decided in an expedient manner, requests for 

modification of the briefing scheduling will not routinely be granted and will only be granted 

upon a showing of good cause. Further, requests to modify the briefing schedule that are made 

on the eve of a deadline will be looked upon with disfavor and may be denied absent good cause 

for the delay in seeking an extension. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 30, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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