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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Ignacio Murguia
Plaintiff

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

ASIM H. MODI

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Social Security Administration

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415-977-8952

Facsimile: 415-744-0134

Email: Asim.Modi@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

IGNACIO MURGUIA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:16-cv-0452-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, to 

extend Defendant’s time to file her responsive brief with the Court by 30 days to February 6, 

2017, and that all other scheduling dates set forth in the Court’s Case Management Order shall 

be extended accordingly. This is Defendant’s first request for an extension of time in this matter, 

and she requests it in good faith and without any intent to prolong proceedings unduly.

There is good cause for this extension request. First, a 30-day extension is necessary 

because counsel for Defendant will be out of the office on scheduled leave from December 26, 

2016, through January 10, 2017, and requires additional time to adequately research and analyze 

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the factual record and Plaintiff’s legal claims. Second, counsel for Defendant has workload 

issues that preclude filing the responsive brief by January 5, 2017. Specifically, in addition to 

the scheduled leave referenced above, counsel for Defendant is currently responsible for drafting 

substantive pleadings before the district courts within the Seventh and Ninth Circuit, drafting 

appellate briefs in three Social Security matters before the Ninth Circuit, and negotiating or 

litigating attorney fee matters pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. Counsel for 

Defendant is also currently responsible for conducting discovery and preparing for a hearing in 

personnel litigation pending before the Merit Systems Protection Board. 

Counsel for Defendant apologizes to Plaintiff and the Court for any inconvenience caused 

by this delay.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: December 20, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF LAWRENCE D. 

ROHLFING

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi for Monica Perales*

MONICA PERALES

*Authorized by email on December 20, 2016

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: December 20, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

By: /s/ Asim H. Modi

ASIM H. MODI

Special Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of the parties, and for cause shown, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that Defendant shall have a 30-day extension, or until February 6, 2017, in which to 

file a response to Plaintiff’s Opening Brief; and that all other deadlines set forth in the Case 

Management Order shall be extended accordingly. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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