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Parties Involved:
Lorraine Marie Avila
Plaintiff
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ASIM H. MODI

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415-977-8952

Facsimile: 415-744-0134

Email: Asim.Modi@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

LORRAINE MARIE AVILA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 2:16-cv-0413-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, to 

extend Defendant’s time to file her cross-motion for summary judgment with the Court by 30

days to September 30, 2016, and that all other scheduling dates set forth in the Court’s Case 

Management Order shall be extended accordingly. This is Defendant’s first request for an 

extension of time in this matter, and she requests it in good faith and without any intent to 

prolong proceedings unduly.

There is good cause for this extension request. First, a 30-day extension is necessary 

because counsel for Defendant was (or will be) out of the office for significant portions of the 

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period between August 15 and 29, 2016, and requires additional time to adequately research and 

analyze the factual record and Plaintiff’s legal claims. Second, counsel for Defendant has 

workload issues that preclude filing the summary judgment motion by August 31, 2016. 

Specifically, in addition to the work-related travel and personal leave referenced above, counsel 

for Defendant is responsible for drafting various pleadings before the district courts within the 

Ninth Circuit, drafting an appellate pleading in a Social Security matter before the Ninth Circuit, 

and negotiating or litigating attorney fee matters pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. 

Counsel for Defendant is also currently responsible for conducting discovery and drafting briefs

personnel litigation before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Merit Systems 

Protection Board. 

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to Plaintiff and the Court for any inconvenience caused 

by this delay.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: August 26, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. 

ROHLFING

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Cyrus Safa*

CYRUS SAFA

*Authorized by email on August 26, 2016

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: August 26, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi

ASIM H. MODI

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED. All other case deadlines are adjusted accordingly.

 

Dated: August 30, 2016

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