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Parties Involved:
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Defendant
Cynthia Sullivan
Plaintiff
The Home Depot Long Term Disability Plan
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; PROPOSED ORDER

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KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

ALAN E. KASSAN, State Bar No. 113864

akassan@kantorlaw.net

PETER S. SESSIONS, State Bar No. 193301

psessions@kantorlaw.net

19839 Nordhoff Street

Northridge, California 91324

Telephone: (818) 886-2525

Facsimile: (818) 350-6272

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Cynthia Sullivan

SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP

REBECCA A. HULL, State Bar No. 99802

rebecca.hull@sdma.com

One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 8th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 781-7900

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635

Attorneys for Defendants

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Home Depot

Welfare Benefits Plan, incorrectly sued as

The Home Depot Long Term Disability Plan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – OAKLAND DIVISION

CYNTHIA SULLIVAN,

Plaintiff,

vs.

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY; THE HOME DEPOT LONG

TERM DISABILITY PLAN,

Defendants.

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Case No. C 09-03718 PJH

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

CMC Currently Scheduled For:

Date: February 25, 2010

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Location: Ctrm. of the Hon. Phyllis J.

Hamilton

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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; PROPOSED ORDER

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

attorneys of record, that the case management conference in the above-captioned matter, currently

scheduled for February 25, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., be continued to May 20, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., or to the

nearest date and time convenient for the Court, for the following reasons:

1. In preparation for the initial case management conference, the parties first learned

about, and discussed, their dispute regarding whether plaintiff had exhausted her administrative

remedies in this ERISA matter by submitting an appeal to defendants.

2. At the initial case management conference, which took place on November 19, 2009,

the Court discussed this dispute with counsel, and ruled as follows: “The court will allow the appeal

to go forward. The case is stayed pending adjudication of the appeal. A further case management

conference is set for 2/25/10 at 2:00 p.m. A joint case management conference statement shall be

filed by 2/18/10.”

3. Plaintiff’s counsel represents that his office is, and has been, in the process of

collecting supplemental information in support of Ms. Sullivan’s appeal.

4. Plaintiff’s counsel has been able to obtain information regarding Ms. Sullivan’s

award of Social Security benefits, which has already been forwarded to defense counsel.

5. However, much of the remaining supporting information consists of medical records,

and obtaining those records has taken longer than originally expected due to delays in the responses

of Ms. Sullivan’s medical providers.

6. Plaintiff’s counsel anticipates that his office will be able to complete its investigation

and submit Ms. Sullivan’s appeal to defendants within the next two weeks. However, defendants

will require time to process this submission and render a decision on Ms. Sullivan’s appeal.

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7. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate that the case management conference,

currently set for February 25, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., be continued to May 20, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., or to the

nearest date and time convenient for the Court, in order to permit the parties adequate time to

complete the administrative appeal process.

DATED: February 18, 2010 KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP

By: /s/ Peter S. Sessions 

Alan E. Kassan

Peter S. Sessions

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Cynthia Sullivan

DATED: February 18, 2010 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD

LLP

By: /s/ Rebecca A. Hull 

Rebecca A. Hull

Attorney for Defendants

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and

Home Depot Welfare Benefits Plan, incorrectly

sued as The Home Depot Long Term Disability

Plan

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The case management conference

in this matter is continued from February 25, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. to May 20, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. A joint

case management conference statement shall be filed by May 13, 2010.

Date: ________________ __________________________________________

HONORABLE PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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