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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Kong Peng Lee
Plaintiff

Document Text:

Stipulation for an Extension of Time; 1:15-cv-01859-BAM 1

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

DEBORAH LEE STACHEL

Acting Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX

Social Security Administration

CAROLYN B. CHEN, CSBN 256628

Special Assistant United States Attorney

160 Spear Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 977-8956

Facsimile: (415) 744-0134

E-Mail: Carolyn.Chen@ssa.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

KONG PENG LEE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-01859-BAM

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR AN 

EXTENSION OF TIME OF 30 DAYS FOR 

DEFENDANT’S RESPONSE TO 

PLAINTIFF’S LETTER BRIEF

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective 

counsel of record, that Defendant shall have an extension of time of an additional 30 days to 

respond to Plaintiff’s letter brief dated June 27, 2016. This is the first continuance sought by 

Defendant. The current due date is August 1, 2016. The new due date will be August 31, 2016. 

There is good cause for this request. Defendant is seeking this extension to further 

explore the possibility of voluntary remand. Defendant seeks additional time for the client to 

review the case and make a determination regarding settlement. The review process is a multistep, multi-component process including the Appeals Council, which gets a high volume of 

requests, and could take an additional three weeks. 

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In addition, Defendant, through her counsel, made diligent efforts to prepare her response 

to Plaintiff’s letter brief timely. However, due to Defendant’s counsel pre-approved leave and a 

crowded briefing schedule in her district court and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC) cases in the last month, she was not able to make the request for extension until today 

and apologizes for the inconvenience. 

Defendant requests additional time of 30 days for Defendant to fully review the 

administrative record and research the issues presented by Plaintiff’s letter brief and consider 

settlement, or to continue litigating the case should the parties decide to not settle.

This request is made in good faith with no intention to unduly delay the proceedings. 

The parties further stipulate that the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified 

accordingly.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: August 1, 2016 PEÑA & BROMBERG, ATTORNEYS AT LAW

s/ Leo Robert for Jonathan O. Peña by C.Chen* 

(As authorized by e-mail on 8/1/2016)

JONATHAN O. PEÑA

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Date: August 1, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

 By s/ Carolyn B. Chen 

CAROLYN B. CHEN

Special Assistant U. S. 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 August 31, 2016, in which to 

file a response to Plaintiff’s confidential letter brief; and that all other deadlines set forth in the 

December 11, 2015 Case Management Order shall be extended accordingly.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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