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Parties Involved:
Narciso Cuaresma, Jr.
Plaintiff
Farmers Group Disability Income Plan, an ERISA Plan
Defendant
Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
Defendant

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4827-9668-2304.1 STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING ASIDE BILL OF 

COSTS AND ORDER TAXING COSTS

CASE NO. 2:P15-CV-02191

PAMELA E. COGAN (SBN 105089)

ROBERT M. FORNI, JR. (SBN 180841) 

ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

1001 Marshall Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94063-2052 

Telephone: (650) 364-8200 

Facsimile: (650) 780-1701 

Email: pamela.cogan@rmkb.com; robert.forni@rmkb.com

Attorneys for Defendants, FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY INCOME 

PLAN, and LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON 

LAURENCE F. PADWAY (SBN 89314) 

LAW OFFICES OF LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

1516 Oak Street, Suite 109 

Alameda, California 94501 

Telephone: (510)814-6100 

Facsimile : (510)814-0650 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, NARCISO CUARESMA, JR. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NARCISO CUARESMA, JR.,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY INCOME 

PLAN, an ERISA Plan, and LIBERTY LIFE 

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:15-CV-2192-JAM-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING 

ASIDE BILL OF COSTS AND ORDER 

TAXING COSTS 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Narciso Cuaresma and 

Defendants Farmers Group Disability Income Plan and Liberty Life Assurance Company of 

Boston, by and through their respective attorneys of record, that the cost bill filed by Defendants 

on October 20, 2016 (Docket No. 29) and the order taxing costs in amount of $163.60 against 

Plaintiff that was filed by the clerk on November 1, 2016 (Docket No. 33) are hereby set aside, 

without prejudice to Defendants’ right to recover the same costs taxed or additional costs as a 

prevailing party in connection with Plaintiff’s appeal from the Judgment entered in this action on 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER SETTING ASIDE BILL OF 

COSTS AND ORDER TAXING COSTS

CASE NO. 2:P15-CV-02191

October 20, 2016 (Ninth Circuit Case Number 16-16946). No party shall recover costs at this 

time. Plaintiff’s Motion to Strike Defendants’ Cost Bill (Docket No. 34) is therefore denied as 

moot, and the hearing thereon, currently set for February 7, 2017, is vacated. 

All signatories to this Stipulation, and on whose behalf the filing is submitted, concur in 

the Stipulation’s content and have authorized its filing. 

Dated: January 20, 2017 LAW OFFICES OF LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

By: /s/ Laurence F. Padway

LAURENCE F. PADWAY 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

NARCISIO CUARESMA, JR.

Dated: January 20, 2017 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY 

By: /s/ Robert M. Forni, Jr. 

PAMELA E. COGAN 

ROBERT M. FORNI, JR. 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

FARMERS GROUP DISABILITY 

INCOME PLAN, and LIBERTY LIFE 

ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO THE PARTIES’ STIPULATION, the cost bill filed on October 20, 

2016 (Docket No. 29) and the order taxing costs in amount of $163.60 against Plaintiff that was 

filed by the clerk on November 1, 2016 (Docket No. 33) are hereby set aside, without prejudice to 

Defendants’ right to recover the same costs taxed or additional costs as a prevailing party in 

connection with Plaintiff’s appeal from the Judgment entered in this action on October 19, 2016 

(Ninth Circuit Case Number 16-16946). No party shall recover costs at this time. Plaintiff’s 

Motion to Strike Defendants’ Cost Bill (Docket No. 34) is therefore denied as moot, and the 

hearing thereon, currently set for February 7, 2017, is vacated. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 1/20/2017 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 Hon. John A. Mendez 

 United States District Court Judge 

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