(PS) Clay v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan No. 3
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEROME A. CLAY, No. 2:17-cv-0749 KJM KJN (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER AT&T UMBRELLA BENEFIT PLAN
NO. 3,
15 Defendant. 16 This case arises from allegations that Defendant failed to pay short term disability benefits to Plaintiff after an injury. (ECF No. 43.) Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, asserts three claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). (See ECF Nos. 52, 55.) On January 30, 2019, the parties informed the Court that they anticipated resolving the remaining claims on summary judgment, and so proposed a briefing schedule. (ECF No. 65.) The Court assented to this schedule and set a hearing for September 12, 2019. (ECF No. 67.) In June, the parties stipulated to extending the briefing schedule and resetting the hearing because Defendant required more time to prepare its brief and Plaintiff was then studying to take the July 2019 California bar exam. (ECF No. 70.) Finding good cause, the Court again…