Opinion
Case No. 4:10-cv-05199-SBA
10-20-2011
MARYELLA DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. BANK OF AMERICA GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AETNA, INC., Defendants.
DOROTHY GUILLORY Dorothy Guillory Attorney for Plaintiff MaryElla Davis GORDON & REES LLP Ronald K. Alberts Lisa K. Garner Attorneys for Defendants Aetna Life Insurance Company SEDGWICK LLP Rebecca A. Hull Erin A. Cornell Attorneys for Defendants BANK OF AMERICA GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DOROTHY D. GUILLORY
Attorney at Law
Attorney for Plaintiff
MaryElla Davis
GORDON & REES LLP
RONALD K. ALBERTS Bar No. 100017
LISA K. GARNER Bar No. 155554
Attorneys for Defendant
Aetna Life Insurance Company
(erroneously sued and served as AETNA, Inc.)
SEDGWICK LLP
REBECCA HULL Bar No. 99802
ERIN CORNELL Bar No. 227135
Attorneys for Defendants
Bank of America Group Benefits Program; Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER TO CONTINUE DATE TO
COMPLETE ADR
Plaintiff MaryElla Davis and defendants Bank of America Group Benefits Program, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Aetna Life Insurance Company (erroneously sued and served as AETNA, Inc.), by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby agree and stipulate as follows:
1. On August 30, 2011, the Court ordered that the parties participate in mediation through the Northern District of California's ADR Program. (ECF No. 30.) Pursuant to the timelines set forth in the ADR Local Rules, the parties are to complete mediation on or before November 28, 2011.
2. On October 12, 2011, Stephen Schrey was appointed as the parties' mediator. (ECF No. 40.) On October 12, 2011, Mr. Schrey contacted the parties' respective counsel to schedule a pre-mediation telephone conference. The first mutually available date for the telephone conference is October 27, 2011.
3. The parties and the mediator have conferred and concluded that based upon the recent appointment of Mr. Schrey as the mediator and the upcoming holidays, the parties will not be able to find a mutually available date for mediation before the November 28, 2011 mediation cut off.
WHEREFORE, the parties, by and through their respective counsel stipulate, and respectfully request that the Court order, as follows:
1. The parties agree to participate in mediation on or before January 31, 2012.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
DOROTHY GUILLORY
Dorothy Guillory
Attorney for Plaintiff
MaryElla Davis
GORDON & REES LLP
Ronald K. Alberts
Lisa K. Garner
Attorneys for Defendants
Aetna Life Insurance Company
SEDGWICK LLP
Rebecca A. Hull
Erin A. Cornell
Attorneys for Defendants
BANK OF AMERICA GROUP BENEFITS
PROGRAM; METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the last day for the parties to participate in mediation is continued to January 31, 2012.
Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong