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Parties Involved:
A. M.
Defendant
Ingerlisha Martinez
Defendant
Andrea Morgan
Defendant
D. P.
Defendant
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Plaintiff

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Jennifer A. Shy (SBN 131065) 

 jas@millerlawgroup.com 

MILLER LAW GROUP 

A Professional Corporation 

111 Sutter Street, Suite 700 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Tel. (415) 464-4300 

Fax (415) 464-4336 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA 

CANDICE L. FIELDS (SBN 172174) 

CANDICE FIELDS LAW 

 cfields@candicefieldslaw.com 

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 350 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 414-8050 

Facsimile: (916) 790-9450 

Attorneys for Defendant 

INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, as mother 

and next friend of the minor child A.M. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

A.M, a minor; D.P., a minor; ANDREA 

MORGAN in her personal capacity; 

INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, as mother and next 

friend of the minor child A.M.; and ANDREA 

MORGAN, in her capacity as mother and next 

friend of the minor child D.P.; 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: Case 2:13-cv-00820-MCE-AC

JOINT REQUEST FOR FURTHER 

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR ANDREA 

MORGAN TO FILE A RESPONSE TO 

COMPLAINT; ORDER 

Complaint Filed: April 26, 2013 

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Pursuant to LR 144(d), Plaintiff The Prudential Insurance Company of America 

(“Plaintiff”), by and through its undersigned attorneys, and Defendant Ingerlisha Martinez, as 

mother and next friend of the minor child A.M. (“Martinez”), by and through her undersigned 

attorneys (collectively “the parties”), hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, on April 26, 2013, Plaintiff filed an Interpleader Complaint. 

WHEREAS, on July 1, 2013, Defendant Martinez, as mother and next friend of 

the minor child A.M., filed an Answer to the Interpleader Complaint. (Docket No. 14.) 

WHEREAS, the parties jointly obtained an extension from the Court permitting 

Defendant Andrea Morgan (“Morgan”) to file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint on 

or before January 17, 2014. (Docket Nos. 17, 21 & 28.) 

WHEREAS, the parties are finalizing a Joint Motion to Appoint Andrea Morgan 

as Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor, D.P., Approve Minor Settlement and Enter Judgment 

that will be filed within thirty (30) days. 

WHEREAS, a Petition for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor, 

A.M., is on file and pending with the Court. (Docket No. 29.) 

WHEREAS, the parties require additional reasonable time to finalize their Joint 

Motion, as described above. 

WHEREAS, to facilitate the efficient resolution of this action the parties have 

met and conferred regarding a further brief extension of time for Morgan to file her response 

to Interpleader Complaint in order to give the parties time to finalize the settlement process 

that the parties have undertaken, and to permit the efficient resolution and dismissal with 

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prejudice of, this Interpleader action as to all parties, without incurring any unnecessary 

expense and cost to the parties and to this Court. 

WHEREAS, a brief Joint Status Report is being filed concurrently with the 

Court. 

IT IS HEREBY JOINTLY AGREED AND REQUESTED, by and between the 

undersigned parties, that Andrea Morgan’s last day to file her response to the Interpleader 

Complaint with the Court shall be extended from January 17, 2014 to February 28, 2014. 

Dated: January 16, 2014 MILLER LAW GROUP 

By: /s/Jennifer A. Shy 

JENNIFER A. SHY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

Dated: January 17, 2014 

 By: /s/ Andrea Morgan 

Andrea Morgan 

In Pro Per 

(original signature retained by attorney 

Jennifer A. Shy) 

Dated: January 16, 2014 CANDICE FIELDS LAW 

By: /s/ Candice L. Fields 

CANDICE L. FIELDS 

Attorney for Defendant INGERLISHA 

MARTINEZ, As Mother And Next Friend 

Of The Minor Child A.M. 

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ORDER 

 

Based on the reasons set forth in the Joint Request of the parties filed on January 

17, 2014, and good cause appearing therefrom, the Court grants the Request of the parties 

in its entirety. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadline for Defendant Andrea Morgan to 

file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint shall be extended to February 28, 2014. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2014 

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