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Parties Involved:
AIG Benefit Solutions
Defendant
AIS Affinity Insurance Agency, Inc.
Defendant
Delia Beers
Plaintiff
Nurses Service Organization
Defendant
United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York
Defendant

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Case 2:16-cv-02166-WBS-KJN 1

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE DISPOSITIONAL DOCUMENTS AND TO EXCUSE 

FILING OF JOINT STATUS REPORT; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Jodi K. Swick No. 228634

Charan M. Higbee No. 148293

EDISON, McDOWELL & HETHERINGTON LLP

1 Kaiser Plaza, Suite 340

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: 510.628.2145 

Facsimile: 510.628.2146

Email: jodi.swick@emhllp.com

charan.higbee@emhllp.com

Attorneys for Defendants

THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF INCORRECTLY

NAMED AIG BENEFIT SOLUTIONS

Eric Ratinoff No. 166204

Marla C. Strain No. 132142

ERIC RATINOFF LAW CORP

401 Watt Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95864

Telephone: 916-970-9100

Facsimile 916-246-1696

Email: eratinoff@ericratinoff.com

mstrain@ericratinoff.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DELIA BEERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DELIA BEERS,

Plaintiff,

v.

AIG BENEFIT SOLUTIONS; THE UNITED 

STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK; NURSES 

SERVICE ORGANIZATION; AIS 

AFFINITY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. 

and DOES I through 50, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case 2:16-cv-02166-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE 

TO FILE DISPOSITIONAL DOCUMENTS

AND TO EXCUSE FILING OF JOINT 

STATUS REPORT; AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

Removal Filed: September 9, 2016

Status Conference: January 17, 2017

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Courtroom: 5

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between plaintiff Delia Beers and Defendants 

The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York for itself and on behalf of 

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Case 2:16-cv-02166-WBS-KJN 2

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE DISPOSITIONAL DOCUMENTS AND TO EXCUSE 

FILING OF JOINT STATUS REPORT; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

incorrectly named AIG Benefit Solutions (“US Life”), through their attorneys of record, as 

follows:

1. The parties have settled this action and filed a Joint Notice of Settlement on 

November 23, 2016 [Doc. No. 12]; 

2. Pursuant to a Minute Order entered on November 23, 2016, the Court ordered that 

dispositional documents be filed in this action no later than December 14, 2016;

3. On December 13, 2016, the parties filed a Stipulation to Extend Deadline to File 

Dispositional Documents and Proposed Order [Doc. No. 14];

4. On December 14, 2016, the Court entered an Order extending the deadline to file 

dispositional documents to January 4, 2017 [Doc. No. 15];

5. A Status Conference currently is scheduled in this case for January 17, 2017 and 

the Joint Status Report currently is due on January 3, 2017;

6. Plaintiff has executed a Confidential Settlement Agreement and Release and 

returned a copy of the executed agreement to counsel for US Life; 

7. US Life currently is processing the settlement check and anticipates that the 

settlement check will be delivered to counsel for plaintiff on or before January 6, 2017;

8. After plaintiff receives the settlement check, a Stipulation To Dismiss Entire 

Action With Prejudice And Proposed Order, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, will be 

filed with the Court;

9. The parties reasonably do not expect that the settlement will be finalized or that 

they will be able to file a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice in this action on or before 

January 4, 2017;

10. For this reason, the parties agree and stipulate that the deadline to file dispositional 

documents in this action should be extended from January 4, 2017 to January 16, 2017;

11. The parties also do not believe that it will be necessary to hold a status conference 

in this case, because it has settled and they anticipate filing the dispositional documents before 

January 17, 2017;

12. The parties therefore further agree and stipulate that this Stipulation should be 

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Case 2:16-cv-02166-WBS-KJN 3

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE DISPOSITIONAL DOCUMENTS AND TO EXCUSE 

FILING OF JOINT STATUS REPORT; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

deemed a Joint Status Report to the Court and that they be excused from filing a separate Joint 

Status Report prior to the January 17, 2017 Status Conference; and

13. This stipulation is made in good faith and not for the purposes of delay or 

obstruction, and is based on good cause as set forth above.

Dated: January 3, 2017 EDISON, McDOWELL & HETHERINGTON LLP

By: /s/ Jodi K. Swick (w/permission)

Jodi K. Swick

Attorneys for Defendants

THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF 

INCORRECTLY NAMED AIG BENEFIT 

SOLUTIONS

Dated: January 3, 2017 ERIC RATINOFF LAW CORP

By: /s/ Marla C. Strain 

Marla C. Strain

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DELIA BEERS

ORDER

Having read the parties’ stipulation and good cause appearing therefore, it is hereby 

ordered as follows:

1. The deadline to file dispositional documents in this action hereby is extended from 

January 4, 2017 to January 16, 2017; and

2. The above stipulation shall be deemed the parties’ Joint Status Report and the 

parties hereby are excused from filing a separate Joint Status Report prior to the January 30, 

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Case 2:16-cv-02166-WBS-KJN 4

STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE DISPOSITIONAL DOCUMENTS AND TO EXCUSE 

FILING OF JOINT STATUS REPORT; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

2017 Status Conference.

3. The Status Conference is continued to January 30, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. pending 

submission of the dispositional documents.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2017

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