California Northern District Court
Judge:Maxine M Chesney
Case #: 3:25-cv-02061
Nature of Suit791 Labor - Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Cause29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.: Employee Benefits
Case Filed:Feb 27, 2025
Last checked: Sunday Apr 13, 2025 3:53 AM PDT
Defendant
Reliance Standard Insurance Company
Represented By
Michael Bernard Bernacchi
Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
contact info
Plaintiff
ANNA C BACHAND
Represented By
Nick Anthony Ortiz
Ortiz Law Firm
contact info


Docket last updated: 05/13/2025 11:59 PM PDT
Monday, April 28, 2025
15 15 oth_evt Clerk's Notice ~Util - Teleconference Zoom Mon 04/28 9:18 AM
CLERK'S NOTICE CONVERTING THE JUNE 20, 2025, AT 10:30 AM, INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE TO A ZOOM WEBINAR. Initial Case Management Conference set for 6/20/2025 at 10:30 AM in San Francisco, - Videoconference Only. This proceeding will be held via a Zoom webinar. Webinar Access: All counsel, members of the public, and media may access the webinar information at [LINK:https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/mmc] General Order 58. Persons granted access to court proceedings held by telephone or videoconference are reminded that photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings, including screenshots or other visual copying of a hearing, is absolutely prohibited. Zoom Guidance and Setup: [LINK:https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/zoom/] . Initial Case Management Conference set for 6/20/2025 at 10:30 AM in San Francisco, - Videoconference Only. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) ,. (tl, COURT STAFF)
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Monday, March 31, 2025
14 14 notice Certificate of Interested Entities, Corporate Disclosure Statement, or Rule 7.1 Disclosures Mon 03/31 3:01 PM
Certificate of Interested Entities by Reliance Standard Insurance Company identifying Corporate Parent Tokio Marine Holdings, LLP, Other Affiliate Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, Other Affiliate ANNA C BACHAND for Reliance Standard Insurance Company. (Bernacchi, Michael)
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13 13 answer Answer to Complaint Mon 03/31 2:56 PM
ANSWER to Complaint by Reliance Standard Insurance Company. (Bernacchi, Michael)
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Friday, March 21, 2025
12 12 service Certificate/Proof of Service Fri 03/21 6:18 AM
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by ANNA C BACHAND re11 Case Management Scheduling Order, (Ortiz, Nick)
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
11 11 order Case Management Scheduling Order Tue 03/18 4:18 PM
CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULING ORDER: Initial Case Management Conference set for 6/20/2025 at 10:30 AM in San Francisco, Courtroom 07, 19th Floor. Joint Case Management Statement due by 6/13/2025. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on 3/18/2025. (tl, COURT STAFF)
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Friday, March 14, 2025
10 10 utility Case Assigned/Reassigned Fri 03/14 3:21 PM
ORDER REASSIGNING CASE IT IS ORDERED that this case is reassigned using a proportionate, random and blind system pursuant to General Order No. 44 to Judge Maxine M. Chesney. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu no longer assigned to the case. Counsel are instructed that all future filings shall bear the updated judicial initials immediately after the case number. Counsel are reminded to verify the location of the judge on the court website. All hearing and trial dates presently scheduled are vacated. However, existing briefing schedules for motions remain unchanged. Motions must be renoticed for hearing before the judge to whom the case has been reassigned, but the renoticing of the hearing does not affect the prior briefing schedule. Other deadlines such as those for ADR compliance and discovery cutoff also remain unchanged. Notice: The assigned judge participates in the Cameras in the Courtroom Pilot Project. See [LINK:General Order 65] and [LINK:cand.uscourts.gov/cameras] . Mark B. Busby Clerk, United States District Court (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (jml, COURT STAFF)
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9 9 oth_evt Clerk's Notice of Impending Reassignment - Text Only Fri 03/14 2:24 PM
CLERK'S NOTICE OF IMPENDING REASSIGNMENT TO A U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE: The Clerk of this Court will now randomly reassign this case to a District Judge because either (1) a party has not consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge, or (2) time is of the essence in deciding a pending judicial action for which the necessary consents to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction have not been secured. You will be informed by separate notice of the district judge to whom this case is reassigned. ALL HEARING DATES PRESENTLY SCHEDULED BEFORE THE CURRENT MAGISTRATE JUDGE ARE VACATED AND SHOULD BE RE-NOTICED FOR HEARING BEFORE THE JUDGE TO WHOM THIS CASE IS REASSIGNED. This is a text only docket entry; there is no document associated with this notice. (ig, COURT STAFF)
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8 8 service Summons Returned Executed Certificate/Proof of Service Fri 03/14 6:22 AM
SUMMONS Returned Executed by ANNA C BACHAND. Reliance Standard Insurance Company served on 3/13/2025, answer due 4/3/2025. , CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE by ANNA C BACHAND (Ortiz, Nick)
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
7 7 misc Consent/Declination to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge Thu 03/13 5:11 PM
CONSENT/DECLINATION to Proceed Before a US Magistrate Judge by ANNA C BACHAND.. (Ortiz, Nick)
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
4 4 Initial Case Management Scheduling Order with ADR Deadlines: Case Management Statement due by 5/28/2025. Initial Case Management Conference set for 6/4/2025 01:30 PM in Oakland, - Videoconference Only. (jml, COURT STAFF)
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3 3 Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu. Counsel for plaintiff or the removing party is responsible for serving the Complaint or Notice of Removal, Summons and the assigned judge's standing orders and all other new case documents upon the opposing parties. For information, visit E-Filing A New Civil Case at http://cand.uscourts.gov/ecf/caseopening. Standing orders can be downloaded from the court's web page at www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges. Upon receipt, the summons will be issued and returned electronically. A scheduling order will be sent by Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) within two business days. Consent/Declination due by 3/13/2025. (jml, COURT STAFF)
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2 2 Certificate of Interested Entities by ANNA C BACHAND (Ortiz, Nick)
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1 1 COMPLAINT against Reliance Standard Insurance Company ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-20397491.). Filed by ANNA C BACHAND.(Ortiz, Nick)
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Att: 1 Civil Cover Sheet,
Att: 2 Summons
[LINK:Electronic filing error] . Incorrect event used. The correct event is Proposed Summons. The summons should NOT be filed as an attachment to the Complaint. The correct event can be found at Civil Events > Other Filings > Other Documents > Proposed Summons. Please re-file the SUMMONS ONLY in its entirety. Re:1 -2 Summons filed by ANNA C BACHAND (jml, COURT STAFF)
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