Tennison v. Aetna Life Insurance Company et al

Filing 34

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 32 Stipulation, filed by Arthur Andersen LLP Long Term Disability Plan, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Renee Tennison, ORDER Setting Hearing on Motion 32 Stipulation, : Motion Hearing set for 1/10/2012 01:00 PM before Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong.. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 7/29/11. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/4/2011)

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KANTOR & KANTOR LLP
ALAN E. KASSAN, SBN 113864
[e-mail]
PETER S. SESSIONS, SBN 193301
[e-mail]
19839 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California 91324
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
RENEE TENNISON

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GORDON & REES LLP
TAD A. DEVLIN, SBN 190355
[e-mail]
TAMAR KARAGUEZIAN, SBN 216233
[e-mail]
275 Battery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RENEE TENNISON,

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Plaintiff,
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AETNA LIFE INSURANCE
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COMPANY; ARTHUR ANDERSEN
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LLP LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, )
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Defendants.
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The parties hereby stipulate as follows:

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Judge:

Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong

WHEREAS the parties have agreed to mediation and tentatively scheduled an August 4,

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2011 date for mediation with JAMS neutral Michael Loeb, Esq., via the Court’s Alternative

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Resolution Department;
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WHEREAS the parties understand that Mr. Loeb never received this Court’s executed

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order on the parties’ Stipulation selecting ADR mediation and therefore has indicated he is not

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authorized to proceed under the court sponsored ADR program;

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WHEREAS the parties agree to, and request the Court, continue the trial and pretrial

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deadlines to allow time for the Court’s re-execution of the ADR Stipulation to be provided to

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Mr. Loeb to enable the parties to complete mediation before preparing briefs under the currently

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set trial briefing schedule. The parties apologize for any inconvenience to the Court. The parties

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will concurrently file, for this Court’s execution, a second Stipulation of Selection of the ADR

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Process, which will then be delivered to Mr. Loeb at JAMS by counsel.

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The parties, through their counsel, agree and propose the following dates, if convenient

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with the Court:

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August 25, 2011 to October 25, 2011;

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The deadline for parties to file their reply briefs (if necessary) be
continued from September 26, 2011 to November 30, 2011;

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The deadline for the parties to file their opposition briefs be continued
from September 12, 2011 to November 14, 2011;

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The deadline for the parties to file their opening briefs be continued from

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The hearing on the cross-motions to be continued from November 2, 2011
to December 8, 2011.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.
DATED: July 28, 2011

By: ____/s/ Peter S. Sessions ______________________
Alan E. Kassan
Peter S. Sessions
Attorneys for Plaintiff
RENEE TENNISON

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KANTOR & KANTOR LLP

DATED: July 28, 2011

GORDON & REES LLP
By: __/s/ Tad A. Devlin________ __________________
Tad A. Devlin
Tamar Karaguezian
Attorneys for Defendants
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and the
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP LONG TERM
DISABILITY PLAN

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IT IS SO ORDERED that the above schedule of dates stipulated by the parties is
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approved as modified below:
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The date to mediate with JAMS neutral Michael Loeb, Esq., via the

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Court’s Alternative Resolution Department, is continued from mid-July to
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August 4, 2011;
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The deadline for the parties to file their opening briefs with regard to their

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cross-motions for summary judgment is continued from August 25, 2011
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to October 25, 2011;
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The deadline for the parties to file their opposition briefs is continued

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from September 12, 2011 to November 8, 2011;
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The deadline for parties to file their reply briefs (if necessary) is continued

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from September 26, 2011 to November 15, 2011;
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The hearing on the cross-motions to be continued from November 2, 2011

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to January 10, 2012. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 78(b)
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and Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), the Court, in its discretion, may resolve the
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motion without oral argument. The parties are advised to check the
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Court’s website to determine whether a court appearance is required.
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DATED: 7/29/11

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Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong

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AETNA/1065182/9839136v.1

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