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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2271 Federal Tort Claims Act

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JOINT STIPULATION RE MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULING ORDER

LAZARO SALAZAR, SBN 234183

SALAZAR & COOK, LLP

252 N. Fulton Street

Fresno, California 93701

Telephone: (559) 498-0828

Facsimile: (559) 498-0822

E-mail: Lazaro@SalazarCookLaw.com

Attorney for Plaintiff Victoriano Mendez-Garcia

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN AND

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTORIANO MENDEZ-GARCIA

Plaintiff

v.

CITY OF MADERA, CITY OF MADERA

POLICE DEPARTMENT, MADERA

POLICE OFFICER JOSH CHAVEZ

(BADGE NO. 3509), DHS, US AGENCY;

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

A Sovereign Nation acting by and through

Its Agency, The Department of Homeland

Security.

Defendants

Case No. 1:13-CV-01793-MJS 

JOINT STIPULATION RE MODIFICATION 

OF SCHEDULING ORDER

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND AMONG THE PARTIES TO THIS ACTION by and 

through their attorneys of record herein as follows:

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JOINT STIPULATION RE MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULING ORDER

1. After a Motion to Dismiss was brought against the First Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff, 

which named The Department of Homeland Security (herein “DHS”), an agency of the United 

States government, as one of the defendants in this action, DHS moved for an order dismissing this 

action as against it on the grounds, among other arguments, that there is no statutory exception for 

permitting an action to be brought against an agency of the United States for the actions or 

omissions alleged, and it was not the proper federal defendant, if any.

2. By Stipulation of the parties, Plaintiff ultimately filed a Second Amended Complaint, on January 

20, 2015, naming the United States as a party defendant, and deleting any reference to DHS as a 

party defendant.

3. The Summons on the Second Amended Complaint has been served in accordance with the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, after first confirming with counsel for DHS that he was not authorized to 

accept service of the Second Amended Complaint on behalf of the United States. 

4. As a result of the delay in resolving the pleading issues, the parties have engaged in full discovery.

Plaintiff and Madera Defendants have made appropriate discovery disclosures in accordance with 

the Rules and formal written discovery requests were exchanged. Deposition discovery has not 

occurred because of the pending presence, of the United States and Agent Quintero as parties to 

the litigation.

5. Given the time necessary for the formal response of the United States, and the probable 

participation of the United States in discovery, the Plaintiff and Madera defendants hereby request 

that the court modify its Scheduling Conference Order (Document Number 11) extend the time 

within which to complete non-expert discovery to be extended to and including April 17, 2015 and 

that the time within which to disclosure experts be extended to be completed by July 17, 2015. The 

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parties that the trial date of December 8, 2015 will be retained. 

I agree to all of the above.

Dated: February 13, 2015 ________/s/Lazaro Salazar_______________

Lazaro Salazar

Attorney for Plaintiff, Victoriano Mendez-Garcia

I agree to all of the above.

Dated: February 13, 2015 _____ /s/Gregory L. Myers__________________

Gregory L. Myers

Attorney for Defendants City of Madera, City of 

Madera Police Department and Officer Josh Chavez

Order

Good cause appearing based on the above STIPULATION RE MODIFICATION OF 

SCHEDULING ORDER in Case No. 1:13-CV-01793-MJS is accepted and adopted as the Order 

of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 17, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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