Opinion
Case No. 2:07-CV-00480-FCD-DAD.
August 8, 2007
DOWNEY BRAND LLP, DEBBIE J. VOROUS (Bar No. 166884), JAMES P. LUCAS (Bar No. 229550), Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Plaintiff, RICHARD LAWRENCE BUZEN.
Stacey Zartler (Bar No. 160859), FISHER PHILLIPS LLP, San Francisco, CA, Attorneys for Defendants, WACHOVIA CORPORATION and LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON.
STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING THE TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED COMPLAINT
Plaintiff Richard Lawrence Buzen and Defendants Wachovia Corporation and Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston, previously stipulated to a 30-day extension of time for Defendants to file and serve an Answer or otherwise move with respect to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint. Based on that stipulation, the current due date for Defendants' response is August 17, 2007.
Counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants currently are discussing settlement opportunities of this action and are optimistic that the case will be resolved. Thus, pursuant to Local Rule 6-144(a), the parties ask the Court to extend the time in which Defendants may file their Answer or otherwise move with respect to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint by an additional 30 days, to and including September 17, 2007.
IT IS SO ORDERED: