Disability Claimant Provided Final Opportunity To File Summary Judgment Response

Mealey's (September 20, 2019, 10:42 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge on Sept. 17 denied a disability insurer’s motion to grant summary judgment on a disability claimant’s remaining claims based on the claimant’s failure to file a response to the insurer’s motion and allowed the claimant one final opportunity to file a response after determining that an extension is warranted based on the claimant’s pro se status (Jerome Clay v. AT&T Umbrella Benefit Plan No. 3, No. 17-749, E.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 159246)....