Free Motion to Continue - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-00202-H-NLS

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Glenn R. Kantor, Esq. State Bar No. 122643 Elizabeth K. Green, Esq. State Bar No. 199634 Email: [email protected] KANTOR & KANTOR, LLP 19839 Nordhoff Street Northridge, CA 91324 Telephone: (818) 886-2525 Facsimile: (818) 350-6272 Attorneys for Plaintiff Bruce Talley Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Stephen H. Galton, (SBN 046732) [email protected] 444 South Flower Street, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2953 Telephone: 213.236.0600 Facsimile: 213.236.2700 Attorneys for Defendants Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company and U.S. Bancorp Long Term Disability Plan UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BRUCE TALLEY, Plaintiff, v. PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY; U.S. BANCORP LONG TERM DISABILITY PLAN, Defendants. JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE HEARING DATE ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE COUNTERCLAIM Case No. 08 CV 0202 H NLS

Plaintiff Bruce Talley and Defendants Provident Life and Accident Company and U.S. Bancorp Long Term Disability Plan ("Defendants"), by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 1. Defendants filed a Motion for Leave to File Counterclaim, scheduled for hearing on September 2, 2008.
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JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE HEARING DATE ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE COUNTERCLAIM

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Plaintiff and Defendants hereby stipulate and agree to continue the hearing date on Defendants' Motion for two weeks to permit the parties the opportunity to discuss settlement prior to Plaintiff filing his opposition brief and prior to Defendants' preparation of their reply brief. The parties request a new hearing date of September 16, 2008.

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Good cause exists for the continuance because the parties seek to engage in good faith settlement discussions before incurring additional time and expense in litigating the matter.

The Court is respectfully requested to grant the extension. SO STIPULATED. Dated: August 15, 2008 Kantor & Kantor, LLP

By: /s/ Elizabeth K. Green Elizabeth K. Green Attorneys for Plaintiff Bruce Talley Dated: August 15, 2008 Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

By: /s/ Stephen H. Galton Stephen H. Galton Attorneys for Defendants Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company and U.S. Bancorp Long Term Disability Plan

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