STIPULATION FOR PERMISSION FOR PLAINTIFF TO FILE REPLY BRIEF IN EXCESS OF 10 PAGES

VINCE CHHABRIA, District Judge.

The parties, by and through their respective attorneys, hereby submit the following Stipulation to the Court:

On October 17, 2014, the Court issued an Order Re Discovery and Case Management [Docket No. 20]. In this Order the parties were directed to file briefs on the issue of whether the Court should review de novo Metropolitan Life's decision to deny benefit. The Court issued the following page limits on the briefs:

That same day Metropolitan Life provided documents identified as its initial disclosures. On October 22, 2014, Metropolitan Life produced additional documents.

In accordance with the Court's Order, Plaintiff filed her opening brief on October 27, 2014. Plaintiff's brief was based on the documents that Metropolitan Life had produced to that date.

On October 28, 2014, Metropolitan Life produced an additional 317 pages of documents. Metropolitan Life's counsel described the documents as the Summary Plan Description and the Umbrella Plan Document.

Considering the hundreds of pages of additional documents that were produced after Plaintiff's primary brief, Plaintiff's counsel requested a stipulation from Metropolitan Life's counsel to seek leave from the Court for a 15 page reply brief (rather than 10 pages).

Counsel for Metropolitan Life agreed to stipulate to Plaintiff having 15 pages for her reply brief.

Based on the foregoing, the parties request the Court grant their stipulation to allow Plaintiff to file a reply brief that shall not exceed 15 pages.

PROPOSED ORDER

Having read and considered the parties' Stipulation and good cause appearing therefor, it is hereby ordered:

Plaintiff may file a reply brief that shall not exceed 15 pages.