Davis v. Bank of America Group Benefits Program et al

Filing 30

STIPULATION AND ORDER, Case referred to mediation.. Signed by Judge ARMSTRONG on 8/30/11. (lrc, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/30/2011)

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DOROTHY D. GUILLORY
Attorney at Law
[e-mail]
1701 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorney for Plaintiff
MaryElla Davis

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GORDON & REES LLP
RONALD K. ALBERTS Bar No. 100017
[e-mail]
LISA K. GARNER Bar No. 155554
[e-mail]
633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendant
Aetna Life Insurance Company
(erroneously sued and served as AETNA, Inc.)

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SEDGWICK LLP
REBECCA HULL Bar No. 99802
[e-mail]
ERIN CORNELL Bar No. 227135
[e-mail]
One Market Plaza
Steuart Tower, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-1008
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
Bank of America Group Benefits Program; Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MARYELLA DAVIS,
Plaintiff,

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v.

Case No. 4:10-cv-05199-SBA
STIPULATION AND ORDER
REFERRING PARTIES TO COURT’S
MEDIATION PROGRAM

BANK OF AMERICA GROUP BENEFITS
PROGRAM; METROPOLITAN LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY; AETNA, INC.,
Defendants.

SF/2349275v1

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REFERRING TO ADR PROGRAM

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Plaintiff MaryElla Davis and defendants Aetna Life Insurance Company (erroneously

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sued and served as Aetna, Inc.), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and Bank of America

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Group Benefits Program, through their counsel of record herein, hereby stipulate and

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respectfully request that the court refer the parties to the court’s ADR Program. The parties

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request to participate in mediation pursuant to ADR Local Rule 6, with a mediator who has

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experience with ERISA.

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DATED: August 29, 2011

DOROTHY GUILLORY

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By: /s/ Dorothy Guillory (as authorized on 8/29/2011)
Dorothy Guillory
Attorney for Plaintiff
MaryElla Davis

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DATED: August 29, 2011

GORDON & REES LLP

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By: /s/ Lisa K. Garner (as authorized on 8/24/2011)
Ronal K. Alberts
Lisa K. Garner
Attorneys for Defendants
Aetna Life Insurance Company

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DATED: August 29, 2011

SEDGWICK LLP

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By: /s/ Rebecca A. Hull
Rebecca A. Hull
Erin A. Cornell
Attorneys for Defendants
BANK OF AMERICA GROUP BENEFITS
PROGRAM; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY

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ORDER

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties are referred to the court’s mediation
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program pursuant to ADR Local Rule 6, with a mediator who has ERISA experience.
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SF/2349275v1

DATED: 8/30/11
Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REFERRING TO ADR PROGRAM