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Parties Involved:
Richard Lawrence Buzen
Plaintiff
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
Defendant
Wachovia Corporation
Defendant

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STIP. AND ORDER EXTENDING THE TIME FOR DEF.S TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S AMENDED COMPLAINT 

DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

DEBBIE J. VOROUS (Bar No. 166884) 

JAMES P. LUCAS (Bar No. 229550) 

555 Capitol Mall, Tenth Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4686 

Telephone: (916) 444-1000 

Facsimile: (916) 444-2100 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RICHARD LAWRENCE BUZEN 

Stacey Zartler (Bar No. 160859) 

FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 

One Embarcardero Center 

Suite 2340 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3712 

Telephone: 415-490-9000 

Facsimile: 415-490-9001 

Attorneys for Defendants 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION and 

LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF 

BOSTON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICHARD LAWRENCE BUZEN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

WACHOVIA CORPORATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-CV-00480-FCD-DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING THE TIME FOR 

DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO 

PLAINTIFF’S AMENDED COMPLAINT, 

AND FOR FILING SECOND JOINT 

STATUS REPORT 

Plaintiff Richard Lawrence Buzen and Defendants Wachovia Corporation and Liberty 

Life Assurance Company of Boston, have twice stipulated to a 30-day extension of time for 

Defendants to file and serve an Answer or otherwise move with respect to Plaintiff’s First 

Amended Complaint. Based on those stipulations, the current due date for Defendants’ response 

is September 17, 2007. 

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STIP. AND ORDER EXTENDING THE TIME FOR DEF.S TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants currently are continuing to discuss settlement 

opportunities of this action and are optimistic that the case will be resolved. The parties have 

made considerable progress during the month since their last stipulation was filed. Presently, the 

parties are largely in agreement as to the goals of the anticipated settlement, and are primarily 

focused on solving certain logistical issues that have arisen in conjunction with finalizing the 

settlement. Thus, pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(a), the parties ask the Court to extend the time in 

which Defendants may file their Answer or otherwise move with respect to Plaintiff's First 

Amended Complaint by an additional 30 days, up to and including October 17, 2007. 

The parties filed a Joint Status Report, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

section 26(f), on April 23, 2007. The parties note that the Court, in conjunction with the transfer 

of this matter to Judge Damrell, issued a Notice dated July 10, 2007. That Notice instructed the 

parties to file another joint status report within 60 days of the Notice, i.e., no later than 

September 7, 2007. For the reasons stated above, and to conserve the time and resources of the 

parties and the Court, the parties ask the Court to extend the time for filing of their second joint 

status report by an additional 30 days, up to and including October 7, 2007. 

DATED: September 7, 2007 DOWNEY BRAND LLP 

By: /s/ Debbie J. Vorous 

 DEBBIE J. VOROUS 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 RICHARD LAWRENCE BUZEN 

DATED: September 7, 2007 FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 

By: /s/ Stacey Zartler 

 STACEY ZARTLER 

 Attorney for Defendants 

 WACHOVIA CORPORATION and 

 LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 

 OF BOSTON 

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STIP. AND ORDER EXTENDING THE TIME FOR DEF.S TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S AMENDED COMPLAINT 

ORDER 

Defendants may file their Answer or otherwise move with respect to Plaintiff's First 

Amended Complaint by an additional 30 days, up to and including October 17, 2007. 

Additionally, the parties shall have an additional 30 days, up to and including 

October 7, 2007 for the filing of their second joint status report. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED: September 10, 2007 

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