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Parties Involved:
Blue Shield of California
Defendant
California Physicians' Service
Defendant
Richard P. Wells
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NO. C05 1229 CRB

 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICHARD P. WELLS, For Himself 

And In His Representative Capacity 

As Administrator of the Estate of 

Marilyn Wells, Decedent, and As 

Guardian of His Minor Children, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' 

SERVICE, dba BLUE SHIELD OF 

CALIFORNIA, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 05 1229 CRB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Case Management Conference: 

Date: December 8, 2006 

Time: 8:30 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom 8 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiff Richard P. Wells, in 

his individual capacity, as administrator of the Estate of Marilyn Wells, decedent, 

and as guardian of his minor children (“Plaintiff”) and defendant California 

Physicians’ Service, dba Blue Shield of California’s (“Blue Shield”), through their 

respective counsel of record, as follows: 

WHEREAS, a Case Management Conference in the above-captioned matter 

is currently scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on December 8, 2006; 

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WHEREAS, all parties and their counsel participated in a Case Management 

Conference in this matter on October 20, 2006; 

WHEREAS, on October 17, 2006, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued 

an opinion in Glanton v. Advancepcs, Inc., 465 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2006), which 

addressed, among other things, the question of whether an ERISA plan participant 

who has suffered no injury in fact may maintain an action against the plan’s 

fiduciaries for injunctive relief under ERISA; 

WHEREAS, Defendant believes the holding in Glanton may be dispositive 

of Plaintiff’s remaining claims in this action; 

WHEREAS, the Court at the October 20, 2006 Case Management 

Conference continued all pending dates to permit Blue Shield to bring a motion for 

summary judgment under Glanton once that opinion becomes final; 

WHEREAS, the appellant in the Glanton action filed petitions for panel 

rehearing and for rehearing en banc on October 31, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the Ninth Circuit has not yet ruled on the Glanton appellant’s 

petitions for panel rehearing or for rehearing en banc; 

WHEREAS, Blue Shield intends to file a motion for summary judgment soon 

after the Glanton opinion is final; 

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff is currently under medical care for a heart 

condition and may need surgery in the near future; and 

WHEREAS, it will not be possible for Blue Shield’s motion for summary 

judgment to be heard until mid-February 2007 at the earliest; and 

WHEREAS, the parties will not be able to participate in a meaningful 

continued Case Management Conference until the Court has ruled on the 

applicability of Glanton to this action, 

NOW, THEREFORE, and based upon the above recitals, it is hereby agreed 

and stipulated by the parties hereto, through their respective attorneys of record, 

that: 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

CASE NO. C05 1229 CRB

1. The Case Management Conference presently scheduled for 8:30 a.m. 

on December 8, 2006 is continued to 8:30 a.m. on March 2, 2007. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP 

GREGORY N. PIMSTONE 

ADAM PINES 

TRAVIS A. CORDER 

Dated: December 4, 2006 By: s/ Adam Pines 

 Adam Pines 

Attorneys for Defendant

CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS' SERVICE, 

dba BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN LEGAL 

FOUNDATION 

Dated: December 4, 2006 By: s/ James B. Rhoads 

James B. Rhoads 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

RICHARD P. WELLS 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Adam Pines hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained. 

ORDER

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: United States District Judge 

41064767.1 

December 4, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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