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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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KEVIN V. RYAN (CSBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

JONATHAN U. LEE (CSBN 148792)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6909

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: jonathan.lee@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RICKIE JOHN GRATE, by and through his

Guardians Ad Litem, SANDRA TUCKER

and MARSHA D. LATNER,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and

DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

 

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Case No. C 04-5220 MEJ

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED

ORDER CONTINUING CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

On January 30, 2006, this Court issued an order that the parties attend mediation before

March 31, 2006 and a Case Management Conference on April 20, 2006 at 8:30 a.m.

(“Conference”).

On February 6, 2006, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan U. Lee filed a notice of

substitution of counsel.

AUSA Lee and Plaintiffs’ attorney Sean Burke made arrangements to schedule

depositions desired by Mr. Burke as soon as their mutual calendaring commitments would

permit.

On March 23, 2006, plaintiffs’ counsel took the first two depositions in this case at San

Francisco/Ft. Miley, of former VA doctor Amy Frey and current VA doctor Martin London.

On March 27, 2006, the parties attended mediation with Eileen Barker, Esq., which

mediation was not successful.

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

C04-5220 MEJ 2

The parties request a short postponement of the Conference to April 27, 2006 at 8:30 a.m.

or the first available date thereafter convenient to the Court. The reason for the stipulated request

for postponement is that the postponement will facilitate discovery and avoid schedule conflicts

for new defense counsel Lee. The postponement will facilitate discovery because the parties are

attempting to schedule additional depositions in the San Francisco area of either defendant’s

employees or the plaintiffs in conjunction with Mr. Burke’s trip from Newport Beach to attend

the Conference. The parties are presently working out scheduling arrangements for several

depositions on April 26-28, 2006 in San Francisco and Redding that would coincide with the

brief postponement of the Conference. The postponement will avoid a conflict with AUSA Lee’s

previously planned vacation during his children’s school year’s Spring Break.

For these reasons, SO STIPULATED.

LAW OFFICES OF SEAN M. BURKE

DATED: March 30, 2006 By: __________//ss//____________________

SEAN M. BURKE

Attorneys for Plaintiff

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

DATED: March 30, 2006 By:______//ss//_________________________

JONATHAN U. LEE

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Case Management

Conference will take place on April 27, 2006 or _________, 2006 at 8:30 a.m.

DATED:_______________________ ______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

10 a.m. March 31, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Maria-Elena James

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