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Parties Involved:
Kamies Elhouty
Plaintiff
Lincoln Benefit Life Company
Defendant

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STIPULATION TO ALLOW RULE 30(B)(6) DEPOSITION OF LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE 

COMPANY

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DAVID P. BEITCHMAN (SBN 198953)

dbeitchman@bzlegal.com

SHANI KOCHAV (SBN 273454)

skochav@bzlegal.com

BEITCHMAN & ZEKIAN, P.C.

16130 VENTURA BLVD., SUITE 570

ENCINO, CALIFORNIA 91436

TELEPHONE: (818) 986-9100

FACSIMILE: (818) 986-9119

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

KAMIES ELHOUTY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KAMIES ELHOUTY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY, 

a Nebraska corporation, and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00676-LJO-JLT

STIPULATION TO ALLOW RULE 

30(B)(6) DEPOSITION OF LINCOLN 

BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY

Action Filed: March 25, 2014

Trial Date: December 15, 2015

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STIPULATION

Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 29, Plaintiff 

KAMIES ELHOUTY (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE 

COMPANY (“Lincoln Benefit”), by and through their respective counsel, hereby 

stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, this action was filed on March 25, 2014 and removed to the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on May 7, 2014. On 

August January 28, 2014, the Court entered a Stipulation extending the non-expert 

discovery deadline to May 4, 2015 (D.E. 25);

WHEREAS, on April 7, 2015 Plaintiff issued a deposition notice pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6), seeking to take the deposition of one or 

more corporate representatives of Lincoln Benefit;

WHEREAS, pending the Court’s approval, the parties have agreed to take the 

deposition on August 6, 2015, which is outside the period ordered by the Court to 

conduct non-expert discovery;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Local Rule 144(a) and Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 29, Plaintiff and Lincoln Benefit stipulate that the Court allow Plaintiff to 

conduct the Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Lincoln Benefit on August 6, 2015. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: July 7, 2015 BEITCHMAN & ZEKIAN, P.C.

By /s/ David Beitchman

David P. Beitchman, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff

DATED: July 7, 2015 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH, LLP

By /s/ Katherine Villanueva

Katherine L. Villanueva, Esq.

Attorney for Defendant

ORDER

The stipulation of counsel is GRANTED. Absolutely no other modification 

to the scheduling order is authorized.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 9, 2015 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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