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Parties Involved:
Citigroup Long Term Disability Plan
Defendant
Eric Ivary
Mediator
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Defendant
Nuela Tan
Plaintiff

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 C-05-00929 WHA 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 

(415) 434-2800 

J. Russell Stedman (117130) 

William Lee (148652) 

Kathleen E. Dyer (227216) 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 California Street, 9th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: (415) 434-2800 

Facsimile: (415) 434-2533 

Attorneys for Defendants 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

and CITIGROUP LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

Constantin V. Roboostoff (69328) 

ROBOOSTOFF & KALKIN 

369 Pine Street, Suite 610 

Telephone: (415) 732-0282 

Facsimile: (415) 732-0287 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NUELA TAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NUELA TAN, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

CITIGROUP LONG TERM DISABILITY 

PLAN, METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY 

Defendants.

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CASE NO.: C-05-0929 WHA 

STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

MEDIATION DEADLINE 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 

(415) 434-2800 

Plaintiff Nuela Tan (“Plaintiff”), together with Defendants Metropolitan Life Insurance 

Company and Citigroup Long Term Disability Plan (collectively “Defendants”), by and through 

their counsel of record, hereby stipulate to the following: 

1. The initial Case Management Conference for the above-referenced matter was held 

on July 21, 2005. At the Case Management Conference and in the subsequent Case Management 

Order (filed July 21, 2005) the Court referred this case to the ADR Unit for Mediation. In the same 

Case Management Order the Court ordered Defendants to file their Motion for Summary Judgment 

on or before August 25, 2005 and set the hearing date for the Motion for Summary for September 

29, 2005.

2. The Notice of Appointment of Mediator assigning this case to Mediator Eric Ivary 

was filed on July 26, 2005. On August 19, 2005, counsel for all parties and the court-appointed 

Mediator participated in a joint phone conference in accordance with ADR L.R. 6-6. During the 

telephone conference the parties agreed that mediation efforts should be postponed in light of the 

upcoming Motion for Summary Judgment deadlines and hearing date. The Mediator agreed and the 

parties agreed to contact the Mediator to proceed with mediation efforts after a ruling on 

Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment was entered. 

3. The hearing on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment was held on September 

29, 2005. The Court took the matter under submission and entered its Order Granting Limited 

Discovery on Potential Conflict of Interest on October 6, 2005.

4. On October 7, 2005 the Court entered its First Amended Case Management Order in 

which further case deadlines were set. The further case deadlines for this matter set by the Case 

Management Order range from June 30, 2006 (the non-expert discovery cut-off) through November 

6, 2006 (the bench trial).

5. Immediately after the Court’s order on Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment 

was entered the parties conferred regarding mediation efforts and collaborated to determine a 

mediation date that was agreeable to the Mediator, all parties and the parties’ counsel of record. 

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND MEDIATION DEADLINE 

BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

650 CALIFORNIA STREET 

NINTH FLOOR 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108 

(415) 434-2800 

The earliest mediation date agreeable to all parties is December 8, 2005. As such, the mediation 

for this matter is currently set for December 8, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. 

6. Pending the Court’s approval, the parties agree to extend the deadline to complete 

the court-sponsored mediation of this matter to December 8, 2005. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 19, 2005, San Francisco, CA BARGER & WOLEN LLP 

By /s/ Kathleen E. Dyer _______

 J. Russell Stedman 

William Lee 

 Kathleen E. Dyer 

Attorney for Defendant 

METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY and 

CITIBANK LONG TERM 

DISABILITY GROUP PLAN 

Dated: October 19, 2005, San Francisco, CA ROBOOSTOFF & KALKIN 

By /s/ Constantin V. Roboostoff___

 Constantin V. Roboostoff 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

NUELA TAN 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 19, 2005 

HONORABLE WILLIAM ALSUP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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