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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Emily Suzzan Williams
Plaintiff

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ASIM H. MODI, NY SBN 4692018

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

EMILY SUZZAN WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-1775-BAM

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 response to Plaintiff’s opening brief by 35 days to 

September 9, 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.

There is good cause for this extension request. First, a 35-day extension is necessary 

because counsel for Defendant requires additional time to adequately research and analyze 

Plaintiff’s legal claims. Second, counsel for Defendant has workload issues that preclude filing 

the answering brief by August 5, 2016. Specifically, counsel for Defendant is responsible for 

drafting various pleadings before the district courts within the Ninth Circuit, drafting an appellate 

pleading before the Ninth Circuit, and negotiating or litigating attorney fee matters pursuant to 

the Equal Access to Justice Act. Counsel for Defendant is also responsible for conducting 

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discovery and preparing substantive motions in personnel litigation before the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission and Merit Systems Protection Board. Accordingly, 

Defendant needs additional time to prepare her responsive brief.

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to the Court for any inconvenience caused by this 

delay.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: August 3, 2016 PENA & BROMBERG, PLC

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Jonathan O. Pena*

JONATHAN O. PENA

*Authorized by email on August 3, 2016

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: August 3, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi

ASIM H. MODI

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of the parties, and for cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED, that Defendant shall have a 35-day extension, or until September 9, 2016, in which 

to file an Opposition to Plaintiff’s Opening Brief; and that all other deadlines set forth in the 

Case Management Order shall be extended accordingly

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 3, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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