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Parties Involved:
Amanda Paige Gorham
Plaintiff
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
Defendant
Massachusetts Mutual Long Term Disability Plan
Defendant

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Linda M. Lawson (Bar No. 77130) 

LLawson@mmhllp.com

Russell G. Gomm (Bar No. 231056) 

RGomm@mmhllp.com

MESERVE, MUMPER & HUGHES LLP 

300 South Grand Avenue, 24th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90071-3185 

Telephone: (213) 620-0300 

Facsimile: (213) 625-1930 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LONG TERM 

DISABILITY PLAN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMANDA PAIGE GORHAM, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE 

COMPANY OF BOSTON; 

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LONG 

TERM DISABILITY PLAN, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:06-CV-1713-MCE-DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER, 

PLEAD OR OTHERWISE 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Complaint Filed: August 3, 2006 

WHEREAS, plaintiff AMANDA PAIGE GORHAM (“Plaintiff”) served 

upon defendant MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LONG TERM DISABILITY 

PLAN (“LTD Plan”) a Complaint in this action on August 15, 2006; 

WHEREAS, for good cause, the parties previously stipulated to extend the 

time within which a responsive pleading to the Complaint must be filed and served 

by thirty (30) days, to October 5, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties are currently engaged in discussions regarding a 

possible early resolution to this matter; 

WHEREAS, the parties have been proceeding diligently and in good faith and 

believe that the requested extension of time will promote judicial economy; 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff and the LTD Plan, 

by and through their respective attorneys of record, that the time within which the 

LTD Plan must file and serve a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s Complaint is 

extended by thirty (30) days to November 6, 2006. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 2, 2006 MESERVE, MUMPER & HUGHES LLP 

Linda M. Lawson 

Russell G. Gomm 

By: /s/ Russell G. Gomm 

Russell G. Gomm 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL 

LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN 

Dated: October ____, 2006 SHERNOFF BIDART & DARRAS, LLP 

Frank N. Darras 

Michael B. Horrow 

By: 

Frank N. Darras 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

AMANDA PAIGE GORHAM 

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, for good cause shown, defendant 

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN must file and 

serve a responsive pleading to Plaintiff's Complaint on or before November 6, 2006. 

DATE: October 12, 2006

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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