Opinion
3:22-cv-00248-CLB
12-05-2022
MICHAEL DAVID BURT, Plaintiff, v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
JASON M. FRIERSON UNITED STATES ATTORNEY MARGARET BRANICK-ABILLA SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
JASON M. FRIERSON UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
MARGARET BRANICK-ABILLA SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (FIRST REQUEST)
Defendant Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (the “Commissioner”), through her undersigned counsel, hereby requests a 60 day extension of time, from December 7, 2022 to February 5, 2023, to file her Cross-Motion to Affirm and Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Reversal and Remand in this case.
This is the Commissioner's first request for an extension. Due to ongoing staffing fluctuations and organizational changes, the undersigned counsel for the Commissioner has been tasked with handling additional cases, delivering attorney training, overseeing other attorneys, and serving as a jurisdictional coordinator. The undersigned is also responsible for over 90 District Court or Ninth Circuit cases, several of which require imminent briefing. Additionally, the undersigned will be serving as caretaker for an aged parent during the holidays. The Commissioner's counsel therefore needs additional time in the instant case to review the administrative record, to consider the issues that Plaintiff has raised, and to prepare the Commissioner's Cross-Motion to Affirm and Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Reversal and Remand.
The undersigned counsel for the Commissioner conferred with Plaintiff's counsel, who advised on December 5, 2022 that Plaintiff does not oppose the Commissioner's request.
WHEREFORE, Defendant requests until February 5, 2023, to file her Cross-Motion to Affirm and Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Reversal and Remand.
IT IS SO ORDERED.