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Parties Involved:
Laura J. Chadwick
Plaintiff
Metlife
Defendant
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Defendant

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STIPULATION FOR FILING AMENDED COMPLAINT CASE NO. 2:06-cv-02245 FCD EFB

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SF/1370116v1 

DAVID ALLEN & ASSOCIATES 

JONATHAN A. HENDRICKS Bar No. 173482 

5230 Folsom Boulevard 

Sacramento, California 95819 

Telephone: (916) 455-4800 

Facsimile: (916) 451-5687 

jhendricks@davidallenlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Laura Chadwick 

SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

REBECCA A. HULL Bar No. 99802 

MICHAEL N. WESTHEIMER Bar No. 178938 

One Market Plaza 

Steuart Tower, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 781-7900 

Facsimile: (415) 781-2635 

rebecca.hull@sdma.com 

michael.westheimer@sdma.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WHEREAS, on August 8, 2006, plaintiff Laura Chadwick filed this action in California 

Superior Court, County of Sacramento, Case No. 06AS03367, pleading causes of action only 

under California state law; 

LAURA J. CHADWICK, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, aka MetLife, DOE 

INSURANCE AGENT and DOES 2 to 

100, 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 2:06-cv-02245 FCD EFB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR FILING 

OF AMENDED COMPLAINT UNDER 

ERISA 

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WHEREAS, on October 6, 2006, defendant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company filed a 

Notice of Removal removing the action to this Court on grounds that plaintiff’s causes of action 

all pertain to a claim for benefits under an employee welfare benefit plan and are preempted by 

the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. section 1001, et seq.; 

WHEREAS, the parties stipulated pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(a) to a 30-day extension 

of time for defendant to respond to the complaint, extending the due date for defendant’s 

responsive pleading to November 14, 2006; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that plaintiff’s causes of action under California state law 

are preempted by ERISA and wish to avoid the time and expense of a motion to dismiss under 

Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that plaintiff dismisses her 

causes of action under California state law and shall file an amended complaint under ERISA 

within three weeks, by December 5, 2006. The parties further stipulate and agree that defendant 

need not file a responsive pleading before plaintiff files her amended complaint, and shall file a 

responsive pleading within 20 days after its counsel is served with the amended complaint. 

DATED: November __, 2006 DAVID ALLEN & ASSOCIATES 

By: 

Jonathan A. Hendricks 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Laura Chadwick 

DATED: November __, 2006 SEDGWICK, DETERT, MORAN & ARNOLD LLP 

By: 

Rebecca A. Hull

Michael N. Westheimer 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 15, 2006 

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