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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIRK E. SHERRIFF (SBN 219488)

Asst. United States Attorney

U.S. Courthouse, Suite 4401

2500 Tulare St.

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,

and the Veterans Administration Central

California Health Care System

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HEALTH

CONSORTIUM, a California

non-profit corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

VETERAN AFFAIRS, VETERANS

ADMINISTRATION CENTRAL

CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE

SYSTEM, UNIVERSITY OF

CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, PRAKASH

C. DEEDWANIA, M.D., ENRIQUE

V. CARBAJAL. M.D., RICHARD

D. BERTKEN, M.D., PAULETTE

GINIER, M.D., and DOES 1-

100, inclusive,

Defendants.

 

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Case No.: 1:06-cv-01674 AWI LJO

STIPULATION; ORDER

Plaintiff SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HEALTH CONSORTIUM, and federal

defendants UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS and

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CENTRAL CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

(“Federal Defendants”), by and through their respective

undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and respectfully request

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 Nothing in this stipulation is intended to constitute a waiver 1

of any defense that may be asserted by the Federal Defendants in

this action. The Federal Defendants specifically reserve all of

their defenses and objections in this action, including, without

limitation, their defenses and objections under Fed. R. Civ.

P. 4, 8, and 12, and under all other applicable laws and

procedural rules.

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STIPULATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

that the Court order that the Federal Defendants’ time to file a

responsive pleading to the complaint in this action is extended

for an additional thirty days, through and including February 28,

2007.1

The grounds for this stipulation are that the parties

anticipate resolving this dispute without the need for further

litigation, and require additional time for such efforts. Since

the parties’ prior request, defendant University of California

has submitted a disclaimer of interest. The federal defendants

are attempting to reach a settlement with the remaining

defendants in this action.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 26, 2007 DOYLE, FIKE & WATSON

/s/ David A. Fike 

DAVID A. FIKE

Attorneys for Plaintiff

San Joaquin Valley Health 

Consortium

Dated: January 26, 2007 United States Attorney

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

/s/ Kirk E. Sherriff 

KIRK E. SHERRIFF

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for

Federal Defendants

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STIPULATION; [PROPOSED] ORDER

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that the Federal Defendants’ time to file a

responsive pleading to the complaint in this action is extended

through and including February 28, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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