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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Steven Pierce
Plaintiff

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

SHARON LAHEY

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: 415-977-8963

Facsimile: 415-744-0134

E-mail: Sharon.Lahey@ssa.gov

Attorneys for DEFENDANT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION

STEVEN PIERCE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

 Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:14-CV-01687-BAM

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE 

Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner) hereby 

responds to the Court’s April 18, 2016 order requiring the Commissioner to show cause as to 

why she did not file her opposition to Plaintiff’s Brief on or before the April 4, 2016 deadline set 

by the Court (Docket Nos. 21 & 23). Defense counsel in advertently scheduled the deadline to 

respond to Plaintiff’s Brief as May 4, 2016, one month off from the correct April 4, 2016 

deadline, as set forth in the Declaration of Sharon Lahey filed herewith. Defense counsel 

understands that the procedural history in the above-captioned case has not complied with the 

Court’s scheduling order, resulting in delay and inconvenience to the Court. Defense counsel 

further understands that the proper procedure is to request an extension of time from the Court

prior to the deadline. Defense counsel will make every effort to ensure that this does not happen

in the future and respectfully requests that the Court discharge the April 18, 2016 Order to Show

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Cause and extend the time for Defendant to respond to Plaintiff’s Brief from April 4, 2016 to

April 22, 2016, nunc pro tunc.

Dated: April 18, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Sharon Lahey

SHARON LAHEY

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

On April 18, 2016, this Court issued an Order to Show Cause for Defendant's failure to 

file a timely response brief. (Doc. 23). That same day, Defendant filed the above response 

stating that she miscalendered the due date for the response brief. (Doc. 24). Having considered 

counsel’s response, the Court DISCHARGES the Order to Show Cause and extends the briefing 

schedule nunc pro tunc.

Defendant shall file her response to Plaintiff’s Brief on or before April 22, 2016. Any 

reply thereto shall be filed on or before May 6, 2016. The parties are on notice that the Court 

will not grant any further continuances of the briefing schedule in this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 20, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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