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Parties Involved:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Defendant
Seton Medical Center
Plaintiff

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VON BEHREN

& HUNTER LLP

William E. von Behren, State Bar No. 106642

bvonbehren@vbhlaw.com

Joann V. Lee, State Bar No. 251653

jlee@vbhlaw.com

VON BEHREN & HUNTER LLP

2041 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 367

El Segundo, CA 90245

Telephone: (310) 607-9111

Facsimile: (310) 615-3006

Attorneys for Defendant

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH

CAROLINA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SETON MEDICAL CENTER, a California

non-profit religious corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF

NORTH CAROLINA, a North Carolina

non-profit corporation; and DOES 1

THROUGH 25, INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

Case No.

STIPULATION TO EXTEND

DEFENDANT BLUE CROSS AND BLUE

SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA’S

TIME TO ANSWER, MOVE OR

OTHERWISE RESPOND TO

PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1(a), Defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North

Carolina (“BCBSNC”), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate

as follows:

Seton Medical Center (“Seton”) served its state court Complaint on November 25,

2015;

BCBSNC removed this civil action, Case No. CIV536368, from the Superior Court

of the State of California, for the County of San Mateo, to the United States District Court,

for the Northern District of California, based upon diversity on December 29, 2015;

A responsive pleading to the Complaint is due to be filed and served on behalf of

BCBSNC on or before January 5, 2016;

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VON BEHREN

& HUNTER LLP

BCBSNC has requested and Plaintiff has granted an extension of time of an

additional 27 days to and including February 1, 2016 for BCBSNC to answer, move or

otherwise respond to the Complaint;

An additional 27 days for BCBSNC answer or respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint will

not alter the date of any event or any deadline already fixed by Court order since there have

been no Court orders to date;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff and BCBSNC, by and

through their respective attorneys of record, that BCBSNC shall answer, move or otherwise

respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint on or before February 1, 2016.

Dated: December 29, 2015 STEPHENSON, ACQUISTO & COLMAN

Melanie Joy Stephenson

Barry Sullivan

Richard A. Lovich

Karlene J. Rogers Aberman

Christine V. Nitoff

By: /s/ Christine V. Nitoff

Christine V. Nitoff

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SETON MEDICAL CENTER

Dated: December 29, 2015 VON BEHREN & HUNTER LLP

William E. von Behren

Joann Lee

By: /s/ Joann Lee

Joann Lee

Attorneys for Defendant

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD

OF NORTH CAROLINA

DATED: 1/7/16

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Joseph C. Spero

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