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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

JOSEPH B. FRUEH

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

E-mail: joseph.frueh@usdoj.gov

Telephone: (916) 554-2702

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for Defendant

KATHLEEN HAWK SAWYER

Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LORENA GUTHRIE,

Plaintiff,

v.

KATHLEEN HAWK SAWYER, Director of 

the Federal Bureau of Prisons,

Defendant. 

Case No. 1:18-cv-00282-AWI-BAM

DISCOVERY MATTER

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: RULE 35 

MENTAL EXAMINATION

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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: 1

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their undersigned counsel, 

as follows:

1. Plaintiff Lorena Guthrie will undergo a psychiatric examination conducted by Jessica

Ferranti, M.D. A copy of Dr. Ferranti’s curriculum vitae is attached as Exhibit A.

2. The examination will occur on March 20, 2020, at 8:30 a.m., at the United States 

Attorney’s Office located at 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401, Fresno, California Zip Code 93721. The 

examination will take a maximum of 8 hours to complete. The examination will include a 1 hour lunch 

break, two 15 minute breaks, and restroom breaks as needed.

3. The examination will consist of a mental status examination, an assessment of Plaintiff’s

current functioning, complaints, and information about Plaintiff’s allegations in this lawsuit. 

Dr. Ferranti will also obtain a bio-psycho-social history. This includes Plaintiff’s recent and past 

personal, family, social, developmental, substance-use, medical, psychiatric, educational, military, 

occupational, relationship, trauma, and legal histories.

4. Psychological tests and/or questionnaires to evaluate specific symptoms may also be 

administered, including the PCL-R; the TSI-2; the SIRS-2; the NV-MSVT, the ToVA; the ADI; the 

MOCA, the BDI, the BAI, the CAPS, the AMI, the B-test, and the SIMS. Not all of these evaluation 

tools may be administered and are dependent on the symptoms presented, if any, by Plaintiff. 

Evaluation tools not relevant to the presenting psychological symptoms will not be administered.

5. Dr. Ferranti and Plaintiff will be the sole persons participating in the examination. No 

observers shall attend the examination. Dr. Ferranti shall audio-record the examination. Plaintiff may 

have her own audio-recording device during the examination, and a member of her attorney’s staff may 

be present at the very beginning of the examination to begin the audio-recording, and then at the very 

end of the examination to stop the audio-recording.

6. Dr. Ferranti shall receive a copy of this executed Stipulation.

7. Attached as Exhibit B is a U.C. Davis consent form for psychiatric evaluation. Plaintiff 

shall execute and provide a copy the form to Defendant’s counsel at least two weeks prior to the 

examination.

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8. Defendant shall provide Plaintiff’s counsel with a report of the examination by the expert 

disclosure deadline in this case or May 8, 2020, whichever is later. The report of the examination will 

include the facts or data considered, to include records reviewed, copies of Plaintiff’s answers to tests 

administered, raw test data, scoring sheets, and interview notes. Any raw test data or scoring sheets 

shall not be distributed to any person other than a qualified test administrator.

9. In the event that Dr. Ferranti is designated as a testifying expert, she will provide a report 

and disclosure that complies with Rule 26(a)(2) and will make herself available for deposition 

reasonably before trial, consistent with the Court’s scheduling order.

10. The cost of the examination shall be borne by the Defendant.

Dated: February 20, 2020 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Joseph B. Frueh

JOSEPH B. FRUEH

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

KATHLEEN HAWK SAWYER

Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Dated: February 19, 2020 LAW OFFICE OF KEVIN G. LITTLE

By: /s/ Kevin G. Little (authorized 2/19/2020)

KEVIN G. LITTLE

Attorneys for Plaintiff

LORENA GUTHRIE

ORDER

Pursuant to the above stipulation, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as 

follows:

1. Plaintiff Lorena Guthrie will undergo a psychiatric examination conducted by Jessica 

Ferranti, M.D. on March 20, 2020, at 8:30 a.m., at the United States Attorney’s Office 

located at 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401, Fresno, California Zip Code 93721. Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 35. 

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2. The manner, conditions and scope of the examination shall be as set forth in the above 

stipulation; and

3. In light of the parties’ stipulation, Defendant’s Motion to Compel Mental Examination filed 

on February 11, 2020, is HEREBY DENIED as moot. (Doc. 47.) 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 21, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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