Filed: Nov. 01, 2013
Latest Update: Nov. 01, 2013
Summary: Stipulation and Order Re. Extension of Time for the Acting Commissioner to File her Responsive Brief GARY S. AUSTIN, Magistrate Judge. IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and with the approval of the Court, that the schedule outlined in the Court's Case Scheduling Order will be extended by thirty (30) days. The Commissioner's Responsive Brief is currently due on October 31, 2013. After this extension, the Commissioner's Responsive Brief will now be due
Summary: Stipulation and Order Re. Extension of Time for the Acting Commissioner to File her Responsive Brief GARY S. AUSTIN, Magistrate Judge. IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and with the approval of the Court, that the schedule outlined in the Court's Case Scheduling Order will be extended by thirty (30) days. The Commissioner's Responsive Brief is currently due on October 31, 2013. After this extension, the Commissioner's Responsive Brief will now be due o..
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Stipulation and Order Re. Extension of Time for the Acting Commissioner to File her Responsive Brief
GARY S. AUSTIN, Magistrate Judge.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, and with the approval of the Court, that the schedule outlined in the Court's Case Scheduling Order will be extended by thirty (30) days. The Commissioner's Responsive Brief is currently due on October 31, 2013. After this extension, the Commissioner's Responsive Brief will now be due on December 2, 2013.
At the end of the day on September 30, 2013, the appropriation that had been funding the Department of Justice expired and the appropriations to the Department lapsed. The same was true for most Executive agencies, including the Social Security Administration. Effective October 17, 2013, funds were appropriated for the Department of Justice and the Social Security Administration, and attorneys in both office are resuming their usual civil litigation functions.
Notwithstanding the return of all attorneys, the Office of the General Counsel for the Social Security Administration has a substantial backlog of work as a result of this lapse in appropriations. The Office of the General Counsel is working diligently to prioritize and work through this backlog as efficiently as possible. As such, the Acting Commissioner requests a 30-day extension of time to provide Defendant's portions of the Joint Stipulation.
This is the Commissioner's first extension request and is requested in good faith.
ORDER
Based on the parties' stipulation set forth above, the Court grants an extension of time for the Acting Commissioner to file her Responsive Brief in this matter. The Acting Commissioner's Responsive Brief shall be filed no later than December 2, 2013. Any Reply Brief by Plaintiff Guadalupe Garcia shall be filed fifteen (15) days after service of the Acting Commissioner's Responsive Brief. All other deadlines contained in the Court's Scheduling Order in this matter (Doc. 6) shall remain in effect.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
