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Parties Involved:
Karen Proksel
Plaintiff
Snap-On Incorporated
Defendant
Snap-On Incorporated Disability Income Program for Exempt Employees
Defendant

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 1 CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01830-AWI DLB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE ETC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAREN PROKSEL,

Plaintiff,

vs.

SNAP-ON INCORPORATED

DISABILITY INCOME PROGRAM

FOR EXEMPT EMPLOYEES, SNAPON INCORPORATED, IN ITS

CAPACITY AS PLAN

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SNAPON INCORPORATED DISABILITY

INCOME PROGRAM FOR EXEMPT

EMPLOYEES,

Defendants.

 

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Case No.: 1:06-CV-01830-AWI

DLB

[The Honorable Anthony W. Ishii

presiding]

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO

CONTINUE BRIEFING,

HEARING AND TRIAL DATES

SET FORTH IN 11/29/07 ORDER

AND MAGISTRATE BECK’S

8/9/07 TRIAL SETTING ORDER

Plaintiff Karen Proksel ("Plaintiff") and Defendant Snap-On Incorporated

Disability Income Program for Exempt Employees ("the Plan") hereby request that

the briefing and hearing schedule outlined in the Court's November 29, 2007

Order be continued by approximately one to two weeks as follows, with a

commensurate continuance of the trial briefing schedule and date outlined in

Magistrate Beck's August 9, 2007 Order:

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 2 CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01830-AWI DLB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE ETC.

Deadline for filing (a)

briefs re: whether

Plaintiff has exhausted

her administrative

remedies, and (b)

supplemental briefs

regarding which entity

made benefit decisions in

relation to Plaintiff's

Motion on the Standard

of Review.

December 14, 2007 December 21, 2007

Deadline for filing

responsive briefs

regarding (a) exhaustion,

and (b) identity of who

made benefit decisions.

January7, 2008 January 22, 2008

Deadline for filing

responses to any

objections for additional

evidence submitted on

either brief.

January 14, 2008 January 28, 2008

Hearing on (a)

exhaustion issue; and (b)

Plaintiff's Motion on

Standard of Review.

January 22, 2008,

1:30 p.m.

February 4, 2008

1:30 p.m.

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 3 CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01830-AWI DLB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE ETC.

Good cause exists for this continuance. Both counsel currently have

pre-planned vacations scheduled during the briefing schedule set by the Court in

the November 27, 2007 Order; Plaintiff's counsel will be unavailable in late

December and early January, and Defendant's counsel will be unavailable on the

hearing date of January 22, 2008. Because of the upcoming holiday and

anticipated vacation schedules, Defendant Plan also needs additional time to

obtain the evidence specifically requested by the Court for the supplemental

briefing on the identity of the decision-makers.

Additional time is likewise necessary because the parties are meeting and

conferring regarding the scope of the Administrative Record to present to the

Court with regard to the exhaustion issue.

With the added briefing requirements, a continuance of the trial briefing and

date is appropriate. Because the current issues at stake significantly impact the

need for a trial and/or the issues to be tried, the parties request a continuance of

the trial schedule as follows:

Event Current Date Requested Date

Deadline for filing

opening trial briefs

February 15, 2008 March 24, 2008

Deadline for filing

responsive trial briefs

February 29, 2008 April 7, 2008

Trial (half-day) March 18, 2008

9:00 a.m.

May 5 or 6, 2008

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE ETC.

The parties therefore request that the Court grant these short continuances

of the briefing and hearing schedules outlined in its November 29, 2007 Order and

Magistrate Beck's August 9, 2007 Order. 

Dated: November 30, 2007 Law Offices of Tracy Collins

By:/s/ Tracy Collins 

Tracy Collins

Attorneys for Plaintiff Karen Proksel

Dated: November 30, 2007 Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

Melissa M. Cowan

Keiko J. Kojima

By:/s/ Melissa M. Cowan 

Melissa M. Cowan

Attorneys for Defendant Snap-On Incorporated

Disability Income Program for Exempt Employees

Only

ORDER

It is hereby ordered that the briefing and hearing schedule set forth in the

Court's November 27, 2007 Order and Magistrate Judge Beck's August 9, 2007

Order be amended as follows:

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE ETC.

Event Current Date Ordered Date

Deadline for filing (a)

briefs re: whether

Plaintiff has exhausted

her administrative

remedies, and (b)

supplemental briefs

regarding which entity

made benefit decisions in

relation to Plaintiff's

Motion on the Standard

of Review.

December 14, 2007 December 21, 2007

Deadline for filing

responsive briefs

regarding (a) exhaustion,

and (b) identity of who

made benefit decisions.

January 7, 2008 January 22, 2008

Deadline for filing

responses to any

objections for additional

evidence submitted on

either brief.

January 14, 2008 January 28, 2008

Hearing on (a)

exhaustion issue; and (b)

Plaintiff's Motion on

Standard of Review.

January 22, 2008

1:30 p.m.

February 4, 2008

1:30 p.m.

Deadline for filing

opening trial briefs.

February 15, 2008 March 24, 2008

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Event Current Date Ordered Date

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONTINUE ETC.

Deadline for filing

responsive trial briefs.

February 29, 2008 April 7, 2008

Trial (half-day) March 18, 2008 May 6, 2008

9:00 a.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 5, 2007 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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