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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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FEDERAL DEFENDANT’S EX PARTE MOTION TO CITE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY, C 04-2144 EDL

KEVIN V. RYAN (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG (SBN 164613)

Assistant United States Attorney

KATHERINE B. DOWLING (SBN 220767)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue,10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6813

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: andrew.cheng@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

TSUNGAI TUNGWARARA,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.

Defendant.

 

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No. C 04-2144 EDL

E-filing Case

DEFENDANT’S EX PARTE MOTION

SEEKING COURT’S APPROVAL TO

FILE ADDITIONAL DEPOSITION

TESTIMONY OF LAMONT HICKS

Date: February 14, 2006

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom E, 15 Floor th

Pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-3(d), the Federal Defendant seeks the Court’s approval to file

the additional deposition testimony of La Mont Hicks, a percipient witness to the events of

January 9, 2002 and particularly the fact that plaintiff intended to go to school at City College in

San Francisco.

The testimony (which is attached as Exhibit A) is as follows: 

31:20-32:1: “Q. And then what happened? A. I believe somebody was on the telephone

and they were talking inform somebody from City College because at that time, they

found an I-120. An I-120 is an application saying you’re going to go to school. But the

subject had a B-1 B-2 visa. The person at City College was told she has an F-1 visa to go

to school here.”

ORDER ON

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33:5-25: “Q. In other words, she had already completed the form? A. No. She had a

form saying she was going to City College of San Francisco. Q. Was it a blank form? A. 

No. It was a filled-out form for City College of San Francisco. You’re not supposed to

have blank forms. Q. Was this a form she would have filled out and then submitted to

someone? A. No. It’s a form that you get from a community college, a state college, a

university, a U.C. Q. It’s a form you get from the school you’re going to go to? A. Yes. 

Q. And there was a form from City College saying that Ms. Tungwarara was going to go

to school there, is that correct? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you see this document? A. Yes.” 

Respectfully submitted,

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: February 14, 2006 /s/ 

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG

KATHERINE B. DOWLING

Assistant United States Attorneys

IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: February 15, 2006

U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANTED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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