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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 46:688 Jones Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR MEDIATION 

Case No. C 05-01472 SBA 

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EMARD DANOFF PORT

TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD

LLP 

49 Stevenson Street 

Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

R. Michael Underhill (State Bar #109986) 

Attorney in Charge, West Coast Office 

Torts Branch, Civil Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

7-5395 Federal Building (P.O. Box 36028) 

450 Golden Gate Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94102-3463 

Telephone: 415-436-6648 

Facsimile: 415-463-6632 

E-Mail: mike.underhill@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

EMARD DANOFF PORT TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD LLP 

Eric Danoff (State Bar #60915) 

49 Stevenson Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415-227-9455 

Facsimile: 415-227-4255 

E-Mail: edanoff@edptlaw.com 

Of Counsel to Defendant 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

JOHN WARIT, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Defendant. 

 Case No. C 05-01472 SBA 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR 

MEDIATION 

Plaintiff John Warit and defendant United States stipulate and request the Court to order 

that the mediation deadline be extended from February 28, 2006, to March 30, 2006. The Court 

set the deadline in its Civil Case Management Conference Minutes, dated September 28, 2005. 

The parties set a mediation for February 23, 2006, before mediator Matthew Vafidis. One key 

issue in the case is the nature and extent of plaintiff Warit’s injuries, and whether such injuries 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING DEADLINE FOR MEDIATION 

Case No. C 05-01472 SBA 

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EMARD DANOFF PORT

TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD

LLP 

49 Stevenson Street 

Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

are permanent and cause permanent disability. An independent medical examination of 

Mr. Warit was set for January 17, 2006, which would have provided sufficient time in advance 

of the mediation for the doctor to prepare a report and for the parties to consider it. Mr. Warit, 

however, was in the Philippines for several months in the latter part of 2005 and the early part of 

2006, including on January 17, 2006. Therefore he was unable to attend the independent 

medical examination, which could not be rescheduled until he returned. The examination is now 

set for March 8, 2006. The parties have tentatively agreed, subject to the Court’s extending the 

mediation deadline, to hold the mediation on March 29, 2006. All parties, all attorneys, and the 

mediator can attend on that date. 

The parties therefore jointly request that the Court extend the mediation deadline through 

March 30, 2006. 

DATED: February 13, 2006 LAW OFFICES OF LYLE C. CAVIN, JR. 

 By /s/ 

Chris Goodroe 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

JOHN WARIT 

DATED: February 13, 2006 EMARD DANOFF PORT TAMULSKI & PAETZOLD LLP 

 By /s/ 

Eric Danoff 

Of Counsel to Defendant 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 2/24/06 

U.S. District Judge 

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