Whitendale v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 16

STIPULATION and ORDER 15 signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 6/8/2011. (Timken, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX Social Security Administration ELIZABETH FIRER Special Assistant United States Attorney 333 Market Street, Suite 1500 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 977-8937 Facsimile: (415) 744-0134 E-Mail: Elizabeth.Firer@ssa.gov Attorneys for Defendant 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRESNO DIVISION 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ROSEMARIE WHITENDALE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ) Commissioner of ) Social Security, ) ) Defendant. ) _________________________________) CIVIL NO. 1:10-cv-01561 SKO STIPULATION AND ORDER 18 19 The parties hereby stipulate by counsel, with the Court’s approval as indicated by issuance of the 20 attached Order, that Defendant shall have a FIRST extension of 30 days to respond to Plaintiff’s motion for 21 summary judgment. The current due date is June 9, 2011, the new due date will be July 11, 2011 (day 30 22 falls on a Saturday). 23 This extension is being sought because the undersigned counsel for the Commissioner has and has 24 had a very heaving briefing and reviewing schedule for the months of May and June 2011 and has also been 25 recovering from a knee surgery that has been more complicated and resulted in more lost work time than 26 expected. From May 31 to June 10, 2011, Counsel has or had 7 district court briefs due and she has had to 27 review the Ninth Circuit briefs for two of her colleagues, which is work that cannot be extended without 28 impacting the schedules of three attorneys in the Commissioner’s office as well as the United States 1 Attorney’s Office. During the remainder of June and through July 8, 2011, Counsel has an additional 10 2 district court briefs due, plus an appellate brief of her own due and four more appellate briefs to review for 3 her colleagues. Given this work load, Counsel was unable to complete the Commissioner’s brief by June 4 9, 2011 and respectfully requests an additional 30 days. The parties further stipulate that the Court’s Scheduling Order shall be modified accordingly. 5 Respectfully submitted, 6 7 Dated: June 8, 2011 /s/ Shanny J. Lee (As authorized via email) SHANNY J. LEE Attorney for Plaintiff Dated: June 8, 2011 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER United States Attorney LUCILLE GONZALES MEIS Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX Social Security Administration 8 9 10 11 12 13 /s/ Elizabeth Firer ELIZABETH FIRER Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 14 15 Attorneys for Defendant 16 17 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 Dated: ie14hj June 8, 2011 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 - Stip & Order Extending Def's Time

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