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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 1 

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BENJAMIN C. MIZER 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United States Attorney 

GREGORY T. BRODERICK 

Assistant United States Attorney 

DEBRA D. FOWLER 

debra.fowler@usdoj.gov 

Senior Aviation Counsel 

WILLIAM D. ADAMS 

william.d.adams@usdoj.gov 

Trial Attorney 

Torts Branch, Civil Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Post Office Box 14271 

Washington, DC 20044-4271 

Phone: (202) 616-4025 

Fax: (202) 616-4002 

Attorneys for Defendant United States of 

America 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

James M. Grogan, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

 United States of America, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-CV-00562-JAM-KJN 

STIPULATION REGARDING TIME IN 

WHICH TO ANSWER PLAINTIFF’S 

THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT 

The parties respectfully request by Stipulation under L.R. 143 and 144 that the Court 

enter an Order setting the date of June 24, 2016, as the date on or before which Defendant United 

States of America must answer Plaintiff’s third amended complaint, and relieving Defendant 

United States of America of its obligation to answer Plaintiff’s second amended complaint. No 

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extensions of time have been requested or granted with respect to Defendant United States of 

America’s answer to Plaintiff’s third amended complaint. 

On May 3, 2016, Plaintiff moved the Court for leave to amend his pleadings under Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 15 and attached a copy of the proposed third amended complaint to his motion. The 

motion is set for hearing on June 28, 2016. On June 8, 2016, Defendant United States of 

America filed its notice of non-opposition to Plaintiff’s motion to amend, which it had 

previously advised Plaintiff it would oppose. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local 

Rules of Practice for the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, do not 

clearly provide a time in which to answer Plaintiff’s third amended complaint under the 

circumstances. 

Additionally, the Court denied Defendant United States of America’s motion to dismiss 

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint on June 3, 2016. Defendant United States of America is 

technically required to answer the second amended complaint on June 17, 2016. In light of the 

fact that Plaintiff wishes to supersede it with his third amended complaint, and Defendant does 

not oppose Plaintiff’s request for leave to do so, the parties agree it would be more efficient for 

Defendant United States of America to answer the third amended complaint on or before June 

24, 2016, with no requirement that it answer the second amended complaint. 

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: June 16, 2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

 By: /s/ Debra D. Fowler 

 DEBRA D. FOWLER 

Senior Aviation Counsel, Torts Branch 

Civil Division 

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Dated: June 16, 2016 HILDEBRAND, McLEOD & NELSON, 

 LLP 

 By: /s/ Bradley W. Wahrlich 

 BRADLEY W. WAHRLICH 

 Counsel for Plaintiff 

ORDER 

 The foregoing stipulation is approved. Defendant United States of America shall file its 

answer to Plaintiff’s third amended complaint on or before June 24, 2016, and is not required to 

answer Plaintiff’s second amended complaint, which the third amended complaint supersedes. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 6/16/2016 

 /s/ John A. Mendez_____________ 

 U. S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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