Opinion
CANDICE L. FIELDS, SBN 172174, CANDICE FIELDS LAW, Sacramento, California, Attorneys for Defendant A.M., a minor; INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M.
KATHERINE L. KETTLER, MILLER LAW GROUP, Attorneys for Plaintiff, THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
Andrea Morgan, IN PRO PER, ORIGINAL SIGNATURE RETAINED BY ATTORNEY KATHERINE KETTLER).
JOINT REQUEST TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR FILING OF JOINT STATUS CONFERENCE STATEMENT AND TO EXTEND DEFENDANT MORGAN'S DEADLINE TO FILE A RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT; ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
Plaintiff, The Prudential Insurance Company Of America ("Plaintiff"), Defendant Ingerlisha Martinez, as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M. ("Defendant Martinez), and Defendant Andrea Morgan ("Defendant Morgan") on her own behalf (collectively "the parties"), through their respective attorneys, hereby stipulate as follows:
WHEREAS, on April 26, 2013, Plaintiff filed an Interpleader Complaint naming the
Defendant Martinez, as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M., as a Defendant/Claimant. (ECF 1.)
WHEREAS, the Interpleader Complaint names Andrea Morgan, both in her personal capacity, and in her capacity as mother and next friend of the minor child D.P., as a Defendant/Claimant ("Defendant Morgan").
WHEREAS, the Interpleader Complaint names Defendant Martinez, only in her capacity as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M., as a defendant.
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2013, Defendant Martinez, as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M., filed an Answer to the Interpleader Complaint. (ECF 14.)
WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendant Morgan stipulated to an extension permitting Defendant Morgan to file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint on or before September 24, 2013. (ECF 17.)
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2013, Defendant Morgan contacted the parties to communicate her intent to waive her personal claim to the insurance proceeds at issue in this action.
WHEREAS, Plaintiff requests an extension permitting Defendant Morgan to file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint on or before November 1, 2013.
WHEREAS, the parties' Joint Status Conference Statement is currently due on September 30, 2013. (ECF 19.)
WHEREAS, the parties jointly request that the deadline for filing the Joint Status Conference Statement be extended to permit the parties to 1) settle the action as to Defendant Morgan, 2) move for the appointment of guardians ad litem for the minor children A.M. and D.P., and 3) settle the entire action subject to the court's approval.
The undersigned parties therefore jointly request that the deadline file a Joint Status Conference Report be extended to December 6, 2013.
ORDER
Based on the reasons set forth in the Joint Request of the parties filed on September 27, 2013, and good cause appearing therefrom, the Court grants the Request of the parties in its entirety. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadline for Defendant Andrea Morgan to file a Response to the Interpleader Complaint is extended from September 24, 2013 to November 1, 2013; the parties' deadline to file a Joint Status Conference Statement is extended from September 30, 2013, to