Mason v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 16

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 10/4/2017 ORDERING that defendant's time for responding to plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is EXTENDED from 10/4/2017 to 11/20/2017. (Zignago, K.)

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney
DEBORAH LEE STACHEL
Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX
Social Security Administration
BEATRICE NA, CSBN 303390
Special Assistant United States Attorney
Social Security Administration
Office of the General Counsel
160 Spear St Ste 800
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SACRAMENTO DIVISION

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ERICK A. MASON,

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Plaintiff,
vs.
NANCY A. BERRYHILL,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Defendant.

) Case No. 2:16-cv-02734-CKD
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) JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties, through their respective

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counsel of record, that Defendant’s time for responding to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary

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Judgment be extended from October 4, 2017 to November 20, 2017. This is Defendant’s first

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request for an extension of time to respond to Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment.

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Defendant requests this extension due to her counsel’s heavy workload. Defendant’s

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counsel is currently responsible for conducting discovery in a personnel-related litigation

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pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including conducting

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deposition of Complainant, and responding to an Information Request in an upcoming personnel-

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related arbitration hearing. Defendant’s counsel is also responsible for a Social Security appeal

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before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and over 40 district court cases in

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variety of stages, including 8 other cases that require imminent briefing.

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Defendant’s counsel respectfully requests this additional time to expend the necessary

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time to review the record and to evaluate the issues Plaintiff raised, and to submit Defendant’s

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response for review by this Court.

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The parties further stipulate that all subsequent deadlines set forth in the Court’s
Scheduling Order shall be extended accordingly.
The parties stipulate in good faith, with no intent to prolong proceedings unduly.

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Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: October 2, 2017

/s/ Robert C. Weems*
(* As authorized via email on October 2, 2017)
ROBERT C. WEEMS

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Attorney for Plaintiff

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Dated: October 2, 2017

PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney

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By:

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/s/ Beatrice Na
BEATRICE NA
Special Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for Defendant

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ORDER

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APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.
Dated:

October 4, 2017

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE