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Parties Involved:
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
Defendant
Hadar Meiri
Plaintiff

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LA #4852-6475-5008 v1 - 1 - 

CASE NO. 3:16-CV-00103-JST 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE MOTION 

BRIEFING DATES 

Rebecca Grey (SBN 194940) 

E-mail: grey@greylaw-sf.com

Kate Rozenvasser (State Bar No. 251403) 

Email: ksr@greylaw-sf.com 

THE GREY LAW FIRM, P.C. 

235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1101 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Tel: (415) 262-9926 Fax: (415) 262-9981 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hadar Meiri 

Melissa M. Cowan, (SBN 175326)

E-mail: mcowan@bwslaw.com 

Keiko J. Kojima (SBN 206595) 

E-mail: kkojima@bwslaw.com 

BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP 

444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953 

Tel: 213.236.0600 Fax: 213.236.2700 

Attorneys for Defendant Hartford Life and Accident 

Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

HADAR MEIRI, an individual,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:16-cv-00103-JST

STIPULATION FOR TWO-WEEK 

CONTINUANCE FOR REMAINING 

BRIEFING FOR CROSS -MOTION 

FOR JUDGMENT AND HEARING 

DATE; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

Complaint Filed: January 7, 2016 

For the reasons set forth below, the parties respectfully request that the Court 

permit a continuance of the following briefing schedule deadline and corresponding 

change in the hearing date: 

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LA #4852-6475-5008 v1 - 2 - 

CASE NO. 3:16-CV-00103-JST 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE MOTION 

BRIEFING DATES 

By and through their counsel of record, Plaintiff Hadar Meiri (“Meiri”) and 

Defendant Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (“Hartford”), hereby 

stipulate and respectfully request that the Court permit a two-week continuance of 

the remaining briefing schedule deadlines with a corresponding change in the 

hearing date. Good cause exists as follows: 

Whereas in this ERISA case, the Court set a briefing schedule for the parties’ 

respective Cross-motions for Judgment under FRCP Rule 52. (Doc. 19) Plaintiff 

Meiri filed her Motion for Judgment on October 19, 2016. Defendant Hartford 

filed its Motion for Judgment on November 9, 2016. 

Whereas the parties requested a continuance of the responsive motion 

deadlines and trial due to the medical leave and rehabilitation of Plaintiff’s counsel, 

Rebecca Grey, in late October, as well as limited availability of legal staff and 

conflicts from winter holidays. The Court set the following dates: Plaintiff’s 

responsive brief extended from November 30, 3016 to January 5, 2017; 

Defendant’s responsive brief extended from December 21, 2016 to February 2, 

2017; and the Motion hearing moved from January 12, 2017 to February 16, 2017, 

at 2:00 p.m. 

Since that time, in late November, Defendant’s counsel, Melissa M. Cowan, 

had a trial set for January 30, 2016, in the United States District Court, Northern 

District of California, in Arlene Tom v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance 

Company, Case No. 16-cv-01067. The pre-trial conference in that case is set for 

January 18, 2017, and the district court has already confirmed trial will proceed as 

scheduled. Ms. Cowan is the only attorney handling the Meiri case, such that the 

January 30th trial will affect her ability to prepare and complete Hartford’s 

responsive brief which is due that same week. Ms. Cowan’s husband is also 

scheduled for surgery on January 25, 2017, and it cannot be moved. 

Plaintiff filed her responsive brief on January 5, 2017, which included a 

motion to strike a prior declaration filed by Defendant’s counsel. The parties met 

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CASE NO. 3:16-CV-00103-JST 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE MOTION 

BRIEFING DATES 

and conferred and propose the following new schedule to accommodate these 

unavoidable issues. 

• Defendant’s opposition to Plaintiff’s motion to strike, currently due on 

January 19, 2017, shall be extended to February 7, 2017. 

• Plaintiff’s reply for the motion to strike shall be extended to February 16, 

2017 

• Defendant’s responsive brief for the cross-Motion for Judgment, currently 

due on February 2, 2017, shall be extended to February 16, 2017. 

• The parties request that the hearing date for both the cross-Motions for 

Judgment and the Motion to Strike be moved from February 16, 2017 at 

2:00 p.m., to March 9, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. The court’s website reflects that 

the Court is not available for hearings on March 2. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED 

Dated: January 13, 2017 The Grey Law Firm, P.C. 

Rebecca Grey 

Kate Rozenvasser 

By: /s/ Rebecca Grey [as authorized 

on 1/13/17] 

Rebecca Grey 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hadar Meiri

Dated: January 13, 2017 Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP 

Melissa M. Cowan 

Keiko J. Kojima 

By: /s/ Melissa M. Cowan 

Melissa M. Cowan 

Attorneys Defendant Hartford Life 

and Accident Insurance Company

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CASE NO. 3:16-CV-00103-JST 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE MOTION 

BRIEFING DATES 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED: January 18, 2017 __________________________________ 

 Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

 United States District Court Judge 

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