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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Kuldip Singh
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Stip. for Ext.; 1:24-cv-00533-BAM-JLT 1

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE, WSBN 32245

Associate General Counsel

Office of Program Litigation, Office 7

Social Security Administration

JACOB PHILLIPS, WA Bar No. 43902

Special Assistant United States Attorney

6401 Security Boulevard

Baltimore, Maryland 21235

Telephone: 206-61502274

E-Mail: jacob.phillips@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KULDIP SINGH,

Plaintiff,

vs.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:24-cv-00533-JLT-BAM

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME 

Pending the Court’s approval, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the 

parties, through their respective counsel of record, that the time for Defendant to respond to 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment be extended thirty (42) days from December 16, 2024,

up to and including January 27, 2024. This is the Defendant’s first request for an extension. 

Plaintiff was previously granted a nunc pro tunc 45-day extension.

Defendant requests this extension because I, undersigned defense counsel, do not 

anticipate I will have sufficient time to consider the 1,400+ administrative and Plaintiff’s brief 

for potential settlement, or prepare a response. This case was reassigned to me on Friday, 

December 6, 2024. When this case was assigned, I had seven other Social Security briefing 

deadlines in December and three briefs due on or before the filing deadline in this matter, though 

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I have since received an extension in one of those matters. So far this week, I have completed 

and filed a brief in one Social Security matter that involved complicated issues and a record of 

more than 3,000 pages, and I have begun preparing a settlement memorandum in another Social 

Security matter. Additionally, I will be on planned leave to visit my family on the east coast and 

will be out of the office on December 13, and December 16, 2024. Given my circumstances, I 

have not had time, and do not anticipate I will have time, to adequately review and prepare a 

brief in this matter.

I typically do not request briefing extensions of longer than four weeks in my Social 

Security cases. However, I am taking leave in at the beginning of the new year, which will 

impact my efficiency in addressing my January deadlines. I will be out of the country beginning 

December 31st, and will be on planned, extended leave from January 2nd through January 12th, 

2025. Moreover, I have briefing deadlines in four other Social Security matters when I return 

from leave, with two briefs due January 17th, another due January 21st, and another due January 

24th. In light of my schedule and existing deadlines, I respectfully request a 42-day extension in 

this matter, to January 27, 2025.

The parties further stipulate that the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified 

accordingly. 

I reached out to opposing counsel on December 10, 2024, regarding this extension and 

received notice from counsel on December 12, 2024, that he has no objection to the proposed 

extension.

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Respectfully submitted,

Dated: December 12, 2024 /s/ Jonathan Pena* 

(*as authorized via e-mail on 12/12/2024)

Jonathan Pena

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: December 12, 2024 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

MATHEW W. PILE

Associate General Counsel

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Jacob Phillips

JACOB PHILLIPS

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED that Defendant shall have an 

extension, up to and including January 27, 2025, to respond to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment. All other dates in the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2024 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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