Ortiz v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 15

STIPULATION and ORDER to Extend Time for Defendant to File Opposition to Plaintiff's Opening Brief: extended from 1/12/09 to 2/11/2009. signed by Judge Sandra M. Snyder on 1/5/2009. (Herman, H)

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX Social Security Administration SARAH RYAN, State Bar of Texas #17479500 Special Assistant United States Attorney 333 Market Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FRESNO DIVISION

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The parties, through their respective counsel, stipulate that the time for filing defendant's opposition to plaintiff's opening brief be extended from January 12, 2009, to February 11, 2009. This is defendant's first request for an extension of time to file a response to plaintiff's opening brief. Defendant needs the additional time because the undersigned attorney of record for Defendant, Commissioner of Social Security in this case, must fly to Texas for a family medical emergency on January 1, 2009, and is expected to be away for at least ten days or longer. Thus, she will not be able to GUADALUPE ORTIZ, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) Commissioner of ) Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________)

CIVIL NO. 1:08-CV-00598 SMS STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO FILE OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S OPENING BRIEF

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prepare Defendant's response in this case. Due to the fact that a number of colleagues of the undersigned attorney have taken leave during this holiday season and are expected to face a backlog of work and heavy caseload when they return after the first of the year 2009, said attorney and her supervisor believe there are no other attorneys in Defendant's office who will be available within the next few days who could substitute for said attorney and prepare Defendant's response in place of said attorney. Therefore, Defendant requests that an extension of thirty days be granted for Defendant to file his response and supporting authority. Respectfully submitted, Dated: December 31, 2008. /s/ Young Cho on behalf of Laura Krank (As authorized) LAURA KRANK Attorney for Plaintiff McGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX Social Security Administration /s/ Sarah Ryan SARAH RYAN Special Assistant U.S. Attorney IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: December 31, 2008.

Dated: 1/5/2009 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder THE HONORABLE SANDRA M. SNYDER United States Magistrate Judge

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