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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1402 Medical Malpractice

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Stip. and Order to Continue Scheduling Conference and JSR 1

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LINDA McDONOUGH

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:14-cv-01252-GEB-CMK

STIPULATION and [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE INITIAL 

STATUS CONFERENCE AND JOINT 

SCHEDULING REPORT

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) medical malpractice action. The Complaint in 

this matter was filed May 21, 2014. (Dkt. No. 1). The Court dismissed Plaintiff’s claim with leave to 

amend on November 20, 2014 (Dkt. No. 15). Plaintiff filed an amended complaint on February 17, 

2015. (Dkt. No. 22). After vacating previous dates, the Court also set a status conference on March 

23, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., and ordered a joint status report to be filed fourteen (14) days before the status 

conference. (Dkt. No. 20).1 On March 2, 2015, the United States filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s 

First Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 23), which was set for March 30, 2015. The Court submitted 

that matter without argument on March 25, 2015. (Dkt. No. 29). The Court continued the previously 

scheduled March 23, 2015, status conference upon stipulation of the parties, in light of the pending 

motion. (See Dkt. No. 26). 

Given the dispositive nature of the pending motion, the parties agree that it would be more

 

1 There is also a pending Order to Show Cause, (see Dkt. No. 20), to which Plaintiff has responded. (See Dkt. No. 21). 

The matter has not yet been discharged.

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

GREGORY T. BRODERICK

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for the United States

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efficient for the Court to resolve the pending motion to dismiss before setting a schedule or engaging 

in other proceedings, and that the initial scheduling conference and Joint Status Report should be 

continued until after such resolution. Therefore, the parties stipulate to continue the status 

conference approximately 90 days, to September 21, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. The parties will file a status 

report 14 days before the status conference if the matter is still pending at that time.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: June 4, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Gregory T. Broderick

GREGORY T. BRODERICK

Assistant U.S. Attorney

DATED: June 4, 2015

By: /s/ Dennis B. Hill (June 4, 2015)

DENNIS B. HILL

Attorney for Plaintiff

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PROPOSED ORDER

The pretrial scheduling conference is rescheduled for October 26, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. A joint 

status report shall be filed fourteen days prior to the hearing.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 5, 2015

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