STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

JON S. TIGAR, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff JANE DOE ("Plaintiff") and Defendant METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ("Defendant") (collectively "the Parties"), through their counsel stipulate as follows:

RECITALS

1. Plaintiff filed the Complaint initiating this action on April 27, 2016, alleging that Defendant had improperly determined that she was not entitled to continuing long term disability ("LTD") benefits and failed to make a timely decision on her appeal of that adverse benefits determination.

2. The Court set an Initial Case Management Conference for August 3, 2016, with a Joint Case Management Statement due on July 27, 2016.

3. Defendant is in the process of completing an administrative review of Plaintiff's LTD appeal and expects to issue a determination in the next 30 to 45 days, which could materially impact the status of this case and what issues, if any, may proceed.

4. Accordingly, the Parties agree that continuing the Initial Case Management Conference to September 7, 2016 is appropriate in order to avoid unnecessary fees and cost, and to give the parties an opportunity to better understand the issues involved and to advise the Court of the issues to be presented.

STIPULATION

The Parties hereby stipulate pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-1(b) that the Initial Case Management Conference is continued from August 3, 2016 to September 7, 2016, or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the Court. The Parties further stipulate that their deadline to file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement will be August 31, 2016.

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The Initial Case Management Conference be continued from August 3, 2016 to September 7, 2016; and

2. The Parties deadline to file a Joint Case Management Conference Statement be extended to August 31, 2016.