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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Medical Malpractice

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Revised Stip. and [Proposed] Order re Supplemental 

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting 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 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

E.R., a minor, by and through his Guardian ad 

Litem, CAROLYN YOUNG,

Plaintiff,

v.

SUTTER DAVIS HOSPITAL, SUTTER WEST 

WOMEN’S HEALTH, SUSAN MAAYAH, 

M.D., and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-CV-02053-WBS-CKD

REVISED STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

REGARDING UNITED STATES’ MOTION 

FOR SUMMARYJUDGMENT ON SUTTER 

DAVIS HOSPITAL’S THIRD-PARTY 

CLAIMS FOR INDEMNITY AND 

CONTRIBUTION

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTION.

The parties hereby stipulate and propose to modify the supplemental briefing schedule on the 

United States’ motion for summary judgment such that the hearing on the motion can resume and be 

concluded by November 28, 2016. The parties to this motion propose that supplemental briefs be 

filed on or before November 18, 2016, and the United States file any response brief on or before 

November 23, and that the hearing be continued on November 28, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

The United States filed its Motion for Summary Judgment regarding Third Party Plaintiff 

Sutter Davis Hospital’s Claims for Indemnity and Contribution on October 17, 2016. (See Dkt. No. 

37). Sutter Davis Hospital filed its opposition October 28 and the United States replied on 

November 7, 2016. (See Dkt. Nos. 40 & 42). No other party filed any papers regarding this motion, 

which solely concerns Sutter Davis Hospital’s third party claim against the United States.

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On November 14, 2016, the Court held a hearing on the United States’ Motion for Summary 

Judgment regarding Third Party Plaintiff Sutter Davis Hospital’s Claims for Indemnity and 

Contribution. (See Dkt. No. 44). The Court indicated a desire for supplemental briefing on 

causation at that hearing, but the parties had difficulty articulating a workable schedule. The Court 

issued a minute order following the hearing permitting supplemental briefing by November 28, the 

United States to file a response by December 19, and any replies brief by January 3, 2017. (Dkt. No. 

44). This would put the hearing date on or near the time for the parties to make pre-trial disclosures 

and file their pretrial statements, all while this dispositive motion is still pending.

Since the hearing, the parties have had the opportunity to meet and confer and have agreed

upon a schedule that would permit this matter to be fully briefed and concluded in a more timely 

fashion. Because there are limited materials to review regarding causation, and because the parties

wish to have this matter resolved in advance of trial preparation, the parties have stipulated to, and 

propose, the following supplemental briefing schedule:

1. Supplemental briefs shall be filed on or before November 18, 2016;

2. The United States shall file any responsive brief on or before November 23, 2016; and

3. The hearing shall resume on November 28, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

This schedule will permit the Court to receive the supplemental briefing, hear arguments on this 

matter, and render a decision sufficiently in advance of trial (and trial preparation), and in keeping 

with the Scheduling Order adopted in this case in September 2015. (See Dkt. No. 24). This will 

conserve the parties’ resources and the Court’s by promoting an orderly resolution of the United 

States’ motion against Sutter Davis Hospital’s claim, which has already been the subject of full 

summary judgment briefing and a lengthy oral argument. 

Because this schedule will promote the orderly resolution of this matter, conserve the 

resources of the parties and the Court, hew more closely to the long-standing Scheduling Order, and 

allow the parties to prepare for trial with a clear view of which claims are still in the case, if any. 

This is particularly important where claims against some defendants will be tried to a jury, but where 

the third party claim against the United States (which is the only claim against the United States in 

this action) must be tried to the Court, not a jury. See 28 U.S.C. § 2402 (claims under FTCA “shall 

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be tried by the court without a jury.”).

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: November 16, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

Acting United States Attorney

By: /s/ Gregory T. Broderick

GREGORY T. BRODERICK

Assistant U.S. Attorney

LA FOLLETTE, JOHNSON,

DE HAAS, FESLER & AMES

By: /s/ Larry Thornton (authorized 11/15/2016)

LARRY THORNTON

Attorneys for Defendant and Cross-Complainant

SUTTER DAVIS HOSPTIAL

SCHUERING ZIMMERMAN & DOYLE

By: /s/ Kat Todd (authorized 11/16/2016)

KAT TODD

Attorneys for Defendants SUTTER WEST 

WOMEN’S HEALTH & SUSAN MAAYAH, 

M.D.

RICE & BLOOMFIELD, LLP

By: /s/ Linda Fermoyle Rice (authorized 11/16/2016)

LINDA FERMOYLE RICE

Attorneys for Plaintiff E.R. 

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Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED.

The November 14, 2016, minute order regarding supplemental briefing (Dkt. No. 44) is 

hereby modified such that:

1. Supplemental briefs shall be filed on or before November 18, 2016;

2. The United States shall file any responsive brief on or before November 23, 2016; and

3. The hearing shall resume on November 28, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

Dated: November 17, 2016

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