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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 46:741 Shipping

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RELATING AND CONSOLIDATING LOPEZ V. UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA, CASE NO. 06-3552 MJJ, AND VACATING ALL PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES IN

THE PRESENT ACTION EXCEPT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE Case No. C 05-2471 JSW

BANNING MICKLOW & BULL LLP

Eugene A. Brodsky, State Bar No. 36691

Kurt Micklow, State Bar No. 113974

One Market, Steuart Tower, Suite 1440

San Francisco, California 94105-1528

Telephone: (415) 399-9191

Facsimile: (415) 399-9192

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JEFFREY L. LUQUE

PETER D. KEISLER

Assistant Attorney General

JOHN K. VINCENT

United States Attorney

R. MICHAEL UNDERHILL

Attorney in Charge, West Coast Office

JEANNE M. FRANKEN

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Torts Branch, Civil Division

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 7-5395

P.O. Box 36028

San Francisco, CA 94102-3463

Telephone: (415) 436-6644

Facsimile: (415) 436-6632

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFERY L. LUQUE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

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Civ. No: C 05-2471 JSW

STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER

RELATING AND

CONSOLIDATING LOPEZ V.

UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA, CASE NO. 06-3552

MJJ, AND VACATING ALL

PRETRIAL AND TRIAL

DATES IN THE PRESENT

ACTION EXCEPT

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RELATING AND CONSOLIDATING LOPEZ V. UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA, CASE NO. 06-3552 MJJ, AND VACATING ALL PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES IN

THE PRESENT ACTION EXCEPT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE Case No. C 05-2471 JSW

STIPULATION

1. Relation of Case No. 05-2471 JSW to Case No. 06-3552 MJJ

On June 17, 2005, Jeffrey Luque’s complaint was filed against the

Defendant United States of America. Mr. Luque’s case involves a complaint for

negligence under the general maritime law. Mr. Luque has alleged that he was

injured on June 5, 2004, while fishing with his family on THE GARGOYLE (a 23-

foot Bayliner Trophy) in Suisun Bay, California, near the Ready Reserve Fleet of

the United States Maritime Administration (“MARAD”). 

On June 2, 2006, a complaint was filed by Peggy Lopez against the United

States and was assigned to Judge Jenkins, Case No. 06-3552 MJJ. Ms. Lopez’s

claim against the United States is based on the alleged property damage to THE

GARGOYLE incurred in the same June 5, 2004 incident that gave rise to Mr.

Luque’s complaint. Ms. Lopez was the sole owner of THE GARGOYLE on the

day of the incident. 

On June 9, 2006, Mr. Luque and Ms. Lopez filed notices of related cases in

their actions. Plaintiff asserts that the Summons & Complaint in Ms. Lopez’s

action have been served on the United States. Defendant United States has 60 days

to respond following service. Counsel for the Government has not yet received the

service copies of the Lopez complaint. 

2. Settlement Conference with Judge Larson

The parties in the present action had been ordered to participate in a

settlement conference with Judge Larson. Due to an error in scheduling the

conference, the settlement conference did not occur on June 7, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. 

Judge Larson has reset the settlement conference for August 2, 2006. 

3. Consolidation of the Cases and Vacating Current Deadlines in

Mr. Luque’s Case

Based upon the above developments, the parties agree that both actions

should be related pursuant to Local Rule 3-12 and consolidated for all purposes,

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RELATING AND CONSOLIDATING LOPEZ V. UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA, CASE NO. 06-3552 MJJ, AND VACATING ALL PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES IN

THE PRESENT ACTION EXCEPT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE Case No. C 05-2471 JSW

that the current deadlines and trial date of October 23, 2006 in Case No. 05-2471

JSW should be vacated, including the case management conference on August 11,

2006, that the settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Larson should be

kept on calendar and that a new scheduling order covering both actions should be

issued after the United States appears in Ms. Lopez’s action. The parties,

therefore, stipulate and respectfully request that the Court vacate all current pretrial

and trial dates in Case No. 05-2471 JSW with the exception of the settlement

conference and issue an order relating and consolidating the two cases. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: June 27, 2006 BANNING MICKLOW & BULL, LLP

By: /s/ Kurt Micklow 

KURT MICKLOW

EUGENE A. BRODSKY

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

JEFFREY L. LUQUE, individually and as 

Guardian ad Litem for CHRISTINE

LUQUE,a minor

DATED: June 27, 2006 PETER D. KEISLER

Assistant Attorney General

JOHN K. VINCENT

United States Attorney

 /s/ Jeanne M. Franken 

JEANNE M. FRANKEN

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CERTIFICATE OF SIGNATURE(S)

 I attest that the content of the document is acceptable to all persons above, 

who were required to sign the document. /S/ Kurt Micklow 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RELATING AND CONSOLIDATING LOPEZ V. UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA, CASE NO. 06-3552 MJJ, AND VACATING ALL PRETRIAL AND TRIAL DATES IN

THE PRESENT ACTION EXCEPT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE Case No. C 05-2471 JSW

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. All pretrial and

trial dates in this matter including the August 11, 2006 case management

conference are vacated. The Court will consider setting new pretrial and trial dates

in the related and consolidated cases at a case management conference to be held

after September 2006. 

DATED: ___________, 2006 ___________________________________

THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

on September 29, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. The parties' joint case 

management conference statement shall be due on September 22, 

2006. June 28

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