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Parties Involved:
Gilbert Marquez Acosta
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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Steven G. Rosales

Attorney at Law: 222224

Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing

12631 East Imperial Highway, Suite C-115

Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Tel.: (562)868-5886

Fax: (562)868-5491

E-mail _steven.rosales@rohlfinglaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff GILBERT MARQUEZ ACOSTA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GILBERT MARQUEZ ACOSTA,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN COLVIN, Acting Commissioner 

of Social Security,

Defendant

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-01765-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

TO THE HONORABLE BARBARA A. MCAULIFFE, MAGISTRATE JUDGE OF 

THE DISTRICT COURT:

Plaintiff Gilbert Marquez Acosta (“Plaintiff”) and defendant Carolyn Colvin, Acting 

Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant”), through their undersigned counsel of record, 

hereby stipulate, pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order, to extend the time for Plaintiff to file 

Plaintiff’s Opening Brief to November 4, 2016; and that Defendant shall have until December 5, 

2016, to file her opposition, if any is forthcoming. Any reply by plaintiff will be due December 

20, 2016. 

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A second extension of time for plaintiff is needed in order to properly address the issues 

within the administrative record in this matter as well as the demands arising from complications 

related to Counsel Spouse’s terminal illness which has unexpectedly worsened in the last few 

weeks. Subsequent to a surgical procedure on July 6, 2016 to remove tumors in the spine/hip as 

a result of stage 4 breast cancer, Counsel’s spouse was not discharged until July 9, 2016 and then 

Counsel’s spouse was re-admitted to the hospital for 5 days on July 15, 2016 due to 

complications arising from the July 6th surgery. Counsel’s spouse was also admitted on August 

1, 2016 and then discharged on August 5, 2016, to provide treatment for intractable pain related 

to the terminal illness. Upon discharge from the hospital, due to a deterioration in her condition 

in the last few weeks, Counsel‘s spouse now requires in home medical assistance 24 hours a day 

and Counsel has been required to devout time to planning and managing the transition to end of 

life care. Counsel required time to deal with this change in condition and has taken steps to 

secure the at home hospice level care which his spouse now requires in order to better allow him 

to attend to his professional obligations. 

Counsel sincerely apologizes to the court for any inconvenience this may have had upon 

it or its staff.

DATE: September 28, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. ROHLFING

/s/ Steven G. Rosales

 BY: _________________________ 

 Steven G. Rosales

 Attorney for plaintiff

DATE: September 29, 2016 BENJAMIN WAGNER

United States Attorney 

Donna L. Calvert

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

*/S/- Timothy R. Bolin

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Timothy R. Bolin

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Defendant

[*Via email authorization]

 

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff may have an extension of time, to and 

including November 4, 2016, in which to file Plaintiff’s Opening Brief; Defendant may have an 

extension of time to December 5, 2016 to file his opposition, if any is forthcoming. Any reply 

by Plaintiff will be due December 20, 2016. The Court will be accommodating to Counsel’s 

further requests in light of the medical condition.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 30, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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