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Parties Involved:
Gloria Miles
Plaintiff
Life Insurance Company of North America
Defendant

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Stip & [Prop] Order Extending Time For Discovery 

(2:06-CV-02577 GEB DAD) 

JOHN M. RIESTENBERG, State Bar No. 82668 

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN M. RIESTENBERG 

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 410 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Tel: 916.443.6300 

Fax: 916.329.3435 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

GLORIA MILES 

DONALD P. SULLIVAN, State Bar No. 191080 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: 415.442.1000 

Fax: 415.442.1001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH 

AMERICA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GLORIA MILES, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

NORTH AMERICA, and DOES 1 

through 20, Inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 2:06-CV-02577 GEB DAD 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING THE 

TIME FOR DISCOVERY BY THIRTY (30) 

DAYS TO ALLOW THE PARTIES TO 

COMPLETE PRIVATE MEDIATION 

SCHEDULED FOR MAY 12, 2008 

The Parties respectfully request that the Court extend the time to complete discovery by 

thirty (30) days from May 14, 2008 to June 14, 2008 so that the Parties can complete a private 

mediation scheduled for May 12, 2008 without expending resources that could be used toward 

settlement on completing discovery before the current cut-off date. The requested extension will 

not require changing any other dates set by the Court in its Pretrial Scheduling Order or delay the 

resolution of this case in any fashion. Indeed, it will promote the early resolution of this case. 

The date for completing discovery is currently May 14, 2008. The last hearing date for 

motions is July 14, 2008. The Parties have scheduled a mediation before Ramsey “Buzz” 

Wiesenfeld for May 12, 2008. Granting the Parties’ request will allow them to complete the 

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DEFENDANT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH 

AMERICA’ S SUPPLEMENTAL RULE 26 INITIAL DISCLOSURE 

STATEMENT (2:06-CV-02577 GEB DAD)

mediation before they need to complete discovery, thereby saving resources that could be used 

towards settlement. It will also save the Court’s resources because the Court will not need to hear 

any discovery-related motions before the mediation or at all if the case settles at the mediation. 

In the unlikely event that the mediation is unsuccessful, the Parties will be able to 

complete discovery before the requested date, June 14, 2008, and have all motions heard on the 

date originally set by the Court for hearings in this case, July 14, 2008. The Parties’ request will 

not require changing any of the other dates previously set by the Court. 

Good cause exists for granting the Parties’ request. The Parties have engaged in discovery 

and preliminary settlement negotiations, and they are in a position to mediate the merits of this 

case. The Parties have used Mr. Wiesenfeld in the past and are confident in his abilities to settle 

cases like this case. The Parties tried to schedule the mediation for an earlier date, but the May 

12, 2008 date was the first date available for all of the Parties who are required to attend the 

mediation and a mutually-agreeable mediator. For these reasons, good cause exists to extend the 

last day for completion of discovery by thirty (30) days from May 14, 2008 to June 14, 2008. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: April 10, 2008 LAW OFFICE OF JOHN M. RIESTENBERG 

 By: ____________________________

John M. Riestenberg 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

GLORIA MILES 

Dated: April 10, 2008 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

 By: ____________________________

Donald P. Sullivan 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 

NORTH AMERICA 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

For good cause shown, the last day for discovery to be completed in Miles v. Life 

Insurance Company of North America, Case No. 06-CV-02577 GEB DAD, shall be extended by 

thirty (30) days from May 14, 2008 to June 14, 2008. No other modifications to the Court’s PreTrial Scheduling Order shall be made. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: April 10, 2008 The Hon. Garland E. Burrell, Jr. 

 U.S. District Judge 

1-SF/7689760.1 

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