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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

PETER A. MESHOT, State Bar No. 117061

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

KRISTA DUNZWEILER, State Bar No. 227384

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-4785

Fax: (916) 322-8288

E-mail: Krista.Dunzweiler@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Napa State Hospital, 

California Department of State Hospitals, CDSH 

Napa Executive Director Dolly Matteucci and Dana 

White, R.N.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

LUCY ATAYDE, Individually and as 

Successor in Interest of Decedent 

RICHARD MICHAEL RAMIREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

NAPA STATE HOSPITAL, STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

HOSPITALS, a public entity, et al,

Defendants.

1:16-CV-00398-DAD-SAB

STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE 

OF SCHEDULING CONFERENCE; 

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Lucy Atayde, through her 

attorneys of record, Defendants California Forensic Medical Group, Inc., Taylor Fithian, M.D., 

Heather Goode, M.D., Sean Ryan, R.N., Deborah Mandujano, R.N., Corina Denning, R.N., 

County of Merced, Tom Cavallero and Jason Goins (the “County Defendants”), through their 

attorneys of record, and Defendants California Department of State Hospitals, CDSH Napa 

Executive Director Dolly Matteucci and Dana White, R.N. (the “State Defendants”), through their 

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attorneys of record, that the Scheduling Conference scheduled for October 4, 2016, be continued 

by approximately sixty (60) days for the foregoing reasons:

1. This case was transferred from the Northern District to the Eastern District on or 

about March 21, 2016.

2. Following the transfer, this case was set forth for a Scheduling Conference on June 7, 

2016, which was later continued on the Court’s own motion to August 1, 2016.

3. On or about April 6, 2016, the County Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss, and on 

or about April 12, 2016, the State Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss. Those motions came on 

for hearing on or about May 17, 2016. The Court took the motions under submission.

4. While the Motions to Dismiss were pending, the Scheduling Conference was 

continued on the Court’s own motion to October 4, 2016.

5. The Court issued its ruling on the Motions to Dismiss on September 16, 2016, and 

granted the State Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in full and the County Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss in part. However, the Court granted leave to amend. Plaintiff’s amended pleading is not 

due until October 7, 2016.

6. At this time, it is unknown the extent to which Plaintiff will amend her Complaint, 

and how the State Defendants and County Defendants will respond to that amended pleading.

For the foregoing reasons, the parties stipulate to continue the Scheduling Conference by 

approximately sixty (60) days to permit Plaintiff the opportunity to amend her pleading, and 

permit the defendants with an opportunity to evaluate any amended pleadings. The parties are 

available on the following days for a Scheduling Conference: December 6, 13, and 20.

Dated: September 26, 2016 HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP

 /s/ T. Kennedy Helm _

JULIA SHERWIN

MICHAEL HADDAD

T. KENNEDY HELM

Attorneys for Plaintiff Lucy Atayde

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Dated: September 26, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF SANJAY S. SCHMIDT

 /s/ Sanjay S. Schmidt _

SANJAY S. SCHMIDT

Attorneys for Plaintiff Lucy Atayde

Dated: September 26, 2016 JEROME M. VARANINI

 /s/ Jerome M. Varanini 

JEROME M. VARANINI

Attorneys for Defendants California 

Forensic Medical Group, Inc., Taylor 

Fithian, M.D., Heather Goode, M.D., Sean 

Ryan, R.N., Deborah Mandujano, R.N., 

Corina Denning, R.N., County of Merced, 

Tom Cavallero and Jason Goins

Dated: September 26, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

PETER A. MESHOT

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

 /s/ Krista J. Dunzweiler _

KRISTA DUNZWEILER

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants Napa State 

Hospital, California Department of State 

Hospitals, CDSH Napa Executive Director 

Dolly Matteucci and Dana White, R.N.

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ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Scheduling Conference scheduled for October 4, 

2016 is continued to December 20, 2016, at 3:30 p.m., in Courtroom 9 of the United States 

District Court, Eastern District, Fresno Division. The parties are to submit their joint statement 

one week prior to the Scheduling Conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 27, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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