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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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C066662JL: STIPULATION TO REMAND ACTION TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERIOR 

COURT 

GALLOWAY, LUCCHESE, 

EVERSON & PICCHI 

1676 North California Blvd. 

Suite 500 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

(925) 930-9090 

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G. PATRICK GALLOWAY, ESQ. (State Bar No. 49442) 

JOSEPH E. FINKEL, ESQ. (State Bar No. 167397) 

GALLOWAY, LUCCHESE, EVERSON & PICCHI 

A Professional Corporation 

1676 North California Blvd., Suite 500 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596-4183 

Tel. No. (925) 930-9090 

Fax No. (925) 930-9035 

E-mail: jfinkel@glattys.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

KEVIN MOLANDER, M.D., RONALD CORDOVA, M.D. and JOHN KELSEY, M.D. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

ALLEN FARON AND NANCY FARON, Case No. C066662JL 

 Plaintiffs, 

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ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL; ST. JOSEPH 

HEALTH SYSTEM; EUREKA COMMUNITY 

HEALTH CENTER; KEVIN MOLANDER, M.D.; 

JOHN KELSEY, M.D.; RONALD CORDOVA, 

M.D.; and DOES 1 THROUGH 50, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Hon. Saundra B. Armstrong 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO REMAND 

ACTION TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY 

SUPERIOR COURT 

Date Complaint Filed: July 14, 2006 

Trial: 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, by their respective 

counsel, that this action shall be remanded to the Superior Court of Humboldt County, State of 

California, for all further proceedings in this matter. 

The basis for this Stipulation and Order to remand this matter is that the dismissal of 

Eureka Community Health Center by the plaintiffs has eliminated the basis for this Court’s 

removal jurisdiction. The action still being in its early stages with only state law claims 

remaining, provides the basis for remand. (See, Carnegie-Mellon Univ. v. Kohill, (1988) 484 US 

343, 349). 

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C066662JL: STIPULATION TO REMAND ACTION TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERIOR 

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EVERSON & PICCHI 

1676 North California Blvd. 

Suite 500 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

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THE PARTIES FURTHER stipulate that: 

Remand to Humboldt County Superior Court is proper because, at the time the matter 

was removed from state court, the Superior Court of San Francisco had already granted a 

motion to transfer this action to Humboldt County and all parties are in agreement that Humboldt 

County is an appropriate venue for further proceedings in this matter. 

Plaintiff shall pay any fees associated with this remand, including copying costs of this 

Court’s file to be forwarded to Humboldt County Superior Court, as the ruling on the motion to 

transfer in the state court required such transfer fees be paid by plaintiff. 

Dated: December __, 2006 KENT L. KLAUDT 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP 

By: ________/s/ Kent L. Klaudt___________________ 

 KENT L. KLAUDT 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ALLEN FARON and NANCY 

FARON 

Dated: December__, 2006 G. PATRICK GALLOWAY 

JOSEPH E. FINKEL 

GALLOWAY, LUCCHESE, EVERSON & PICCHI 

By: ________/s/ Aaron T. Schultz for _________ 

 JOSEPH E. FINKEL 

Attorneys for Defendants RONALD CORDOVA, M.D., 

JOHN KELSEY, M.D., and KEVIN MOLANDER, M.D. 

Dated: December__, 2006 NANCY K. DELANEY 

MITCHELL, BRISSON, DELANDY & VRIEZE 

By: ________/s/ Nancy K. Delaney_______________ 

 NANCY K. DELANEY 

Attorneys for Defendant ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF 

EUREKA 

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C066662JL: STIPULATION TO REMAND ACTION TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY SUPERIOR 

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EVERSON & PICCHI 

1676 North California Blvd. 

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Dated: December __, 2006 JOHN P. PHILLIPS 

JASON SONODA 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

By: ________/s/ John P. Phillips_______________ 

 JOHN P. PHILLIPS 

Attorneys for Defendant ST. JOSEPH HEALTH 

SYSTEM 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December _________, 2006 

HONORABLE SANDRA BROWN 

ARMSTRONG, United States District Judge 

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