Tennison v. Aetna Life Insurance Company et al

Filing 42

THIRD STIPULATION AND ORDER, Set/Reset Deadlines as to Opening brief due 1/23/12. Responses due by 2/14/2012. Replies due by 2/29/2012. Motion Hearing set for 3/20/2012 01:00 PM before Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong.. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 10/21/11. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/24/2011)

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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,
vs.
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY;
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP LONG
TERM DISABILITY PLAN,

Case No. 10-CV-03671 SBA
THIRD STIPULATION AND ORDER
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Judge:

Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong

Defendants.

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The parties hereby stipulate as follows:

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WHEREAS the parties have agreed to mediation using the Court’s Alternative Dispute

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Resolution (“ADR”) Program;

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WHEREAS Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. was appointed as mediator by the Court’s ADR Program;

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WHEREAS due to potential conflicts disclosed by Mr. Lewis, Aetna respectfully
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declined Mr. Lewis’s assignment and requested reassignment to a new mediator;
WHEREAS the Court’s Alternative Resolution Department is currently reassigning a
mediator on this matter;

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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 Alternative Resolution Department to reassign the matter to a

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new mediator and to enable the parties to complete mediation before preparing briefs under the

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

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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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The deadline to complete mediation shall be December 27, 2011;

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The deadline for the parties to file their opening briefs be continued from
October 25, 2011 to January 23, 2012;

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from November 8, 2011 to February 14, 2012;

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The deadline for parties to file their reply briefs (if necessary) be
continued from November 15, 2011 to February 29, 2012;

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The deadline for the parties to file their opposition briefs be continued

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The hearing on the cross-motions to be continued from January 10, 2012

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to March 5, 2012.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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DATED: September 27, 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: September 27, 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 approved with

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the following modification: The hearing on the motion shall be held on March 20, 2012 at 1:00

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p.m.

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DATED: 10/21/11

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Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong

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AETNA/1065182/10806806v.1

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