Free Declination to Proceed Before a U.S. Magistrate Judge - District Court of California - California

Case 3:08-cv-03672-PJH

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Filed 08/21/2008

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RIMAC & MARTIN A Professional Corporation JOSEPH M. RIMAC, ESQ. - SBN 72381 ANNA M. MARTIN, ESQ. - SBN 154279 1051 Divisadero Street San Francisco, CA 94115 Telephone: (415) 561-8440 Facsimile: (415) 561-8430 Attorneys for Defendants UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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) ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) ) HEALTH INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH, ) RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE ) COMPANY, UNUM LIFE INSURANCE ) COMPANY OF AMERICA, and DOES 1 ) through 20. ) ) Defendants. JANET SHALWITZ, CASE NO. CV 08 3672 DEFENDANT UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA'S DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE A UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

TO THE HONORABLE COURT AND THE INTERESTED PARTIES HERETO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that defendants UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA respectfully decline to proceed before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in this proceeding and request the matter be assigned to an United States District Court Judge.

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DECLINATION TO PROCEED BEFORE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

By:

/s/ ANNA M. MARTIN Attorneys for Defendants UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

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CASE NO. CV 08 3672