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Parties Involved:
Barbara Ekno
Plaintiff
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER EXTENDING 

PLAINTIFF’S TIME TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL AND 

EXTENDING DEFENDANT‘S TIME TO FILE A MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES 1

DANIEL S. GLASS SBN 140819

ATTORNEY AT LAW

1006 Fourth St. Tenth Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 447-5697

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF 

BARBARA EKNO

ANDREW M. ALTSCHUL SBN 226008

BUCHANAN, ANGELI ALTSCHUL, LLP

321 S.W. 4 Ave., Ste. 600

th

Portland, Oregon 97204

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARBARA EKNO CASE NO. 2:06 CV 02148 RRB EFB 

 

Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR 

ORDER EXTENDING PLAINTIFF’S 

v. TIME TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL 

AND EXTENDING DEFENDANT’S TIME

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE TO FILE A MOTION FOR ATTORNEY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, FEES

Defendants.

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Plaintiff BARBARA EKNO and defendant NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY respectfully submit the following Stipulation and seek an Order

from the court extending plaintiff’s time to file a Notice of Appeal for 30 days and

defendant’s time to file a Motion for Attorney Fees for 30 days.

RECITALS

1) On March 20, 2008 the above captioned court rendered a Memorandum of

Opinion and Orderregarding the above captioned matter. The conclusion of the Order was

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STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER EXTENDING 

PLAINTIFF’S TIME TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL AND 

EXTENDING DEFENDANT‘S TIME TO FILE A MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES 2

that the court denied plaintiff’s motion for summary adjudication and granted defendant

NWML’s motion for summary judgment. 

2) On March 20, 2008 the court entered a Judgment in a Civil Case in accordance

with the court’s order of March 20, 2008.

3) Rule 54(d)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require that a Motion for

Attorney Fees be filed and served 14 days after judgment. However, Local Rule 54-293(a)

of the Rules for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

provides that application and/or motion for attorneys’ fees to a prevailing party shall be filed

not later than 30 days after entry of final judgment.

4) Rule 4(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provide for the filing

of the notice of appeal in a district court within 30 days after judgment. However, Rule

4(a)(5) provides that the district court may extend the time to file a notice of appeal if a

party moves for such an extension within 30 days and that party shows good cause.

5) If no stipulation and/order is executed, defendant is required to file its motion for

attorney fees and plaintiff is required to file a notice of appeal, no later than April 20, 2008.

STIPULATION

1) The parties to the above captioned matter, by and through their attorneys of

record, have discussed a potential resolution of this matter. 

2) If the resolution discussed by counsel is agreed to by their respective clients,

there will be no desire by plaintiff to file and prosecute an appeal in this matter. 

3) In addition, if the resolution discussed by counsel is agreed to by their respective

clients, there will be no desire by defendant to pursue its attorneys’ fees from plaintiff.

4) Plaintiff has requested additional time to evaluate the potential resolution

proposed by defendants in this matter.

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STIPULATION AND REQUEST FOR ORDER EXTENDING 

PLAINTIFF’S TIME TO FILE A NOTICE OF APPEAL AND 

EXTENDING DEFENDANT‘S TIME TO FILE A MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES 3

5) Defendant is agreeable to give plaintiff additional time to evaluate the potential

resolution proposed and, as long as it is not precluded from bringing its motion for attorney

fees at a later time if plaintiff does not accept the proposed resolution.

6) The undersigned counsel believe that the Local Rules for the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

permit the parties, by and through their counsel, to enter into a binding stipulation which

would extend plaintiff’s time to file a notice of appeal to a date which is no more than 30

days beyond April 20, 2008. 

7) The undersigned counsel believe that the Local Rules for the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,

permit the parties, by and through their counsel, to enter into a binding stipulation which

would extend defendant’s time to file a motion for attorney fees to a date which is no more

than 30 days beyond April 20, 2008. 

8) Based on the preceding recitals, the undersigned counsel believe that good

cause exists for the parties to mutually extend the time for their respective clients to file

either a notice of appeal and/or a motion for attorney fees.

9) By executing this Stipulation, counsel, on behalf of their respective clients, agree

and stipulate that defendant NWML shall have up through and including May 20, 2008 to

file and serve a motion for attorney fees, should such a motion be necessary; and

10) By executing this Stipulation, counsel, on behalf of their respective clients,

agree and stipulate that plaintiff Barbara Ekno, shall have up through and including May

20, 2008 to file a notice of appeal, should it be necessary. 

11) The parties agree that this Stipulation shall not become effective unless and

until it is approved by the court. 

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Dated: Buchanan Angeli Altschul, LLP

By 

Andrew Altschul, Esq. 

Attorneys for defendant NWML

Dated: Law Office of Daniel S. Glass

By _______/s/ Daniel S. Glass________

Daniel S. Glass, Esq., 

Attorney for plaintiff Barbara Ekno

IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: April 15, 2008

By /s/ Ralph R. Beistline 

Hon. Ralph R. Beistline

United States District Judge

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