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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Wrongful Death

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MDL Docket No. C14-2532 MMC 

AIGX023/1975034-1

JOINT CMC STATEMENT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE: YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 

HANTAVIRUS LITIGATION

MDL Docket No. C 14-2532 MMC 

JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE STATEMENT AND 

PROPOSED ORDER TO CONTINUE CMC 

HEARING

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: 

ALL CASES

CMC Hearing: January 16, 2015 

The Honorable Maxine Chesney 

The Parties to the above-entitled action jointly submit this Joint Case Management 

Statement and Proposed Order pursuant to the Standing Order for All Judges of the Northern 

District of California, Civil Local Rule 16-9, and in accordance with this Court's Orders of 

August 15, 2014 (document #45) and October 29, 2014 (document #59). Based on the parties' 

ongoing discovery efforts, the parties propose continuing the January 16, 2015 Case Management 

Conference hearing until March 6, 2015. 

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AND AMENDED* ORDER 

THEREON

*The amendment changes the date of the Case Management Conference 

and deadline to file a Joint Case Management Statement.

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MDL Docket No. C14-2532 MMC 

AIGX023/1975034-1

JOINT CMC STATEMENT

Brief status update and good cause for request for continuance: 

Motions

Defendant United States of America timely filed its motion to dismiss pursuant to FRCP 

12(b)(1) on October 31, 2014. On October 22, 2014, the Court approved a request for extended 

page limits and also continued the hearing date on the motion until March 27, 2015. After 

ongoing efforts to meet and confer, the parties disagreed on the need for further extensions of the 

briefing schedule and hearing date. On December 16, 2014, the DNC defendants submitted a 

motion to extend the time for jurisdictional discovery and extend the briefing schedule (document 

#77). The court referred this dispute to Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore (document #78). 

Pursuant to Judge Westmore’s standing order, the parties jointly submitted a letter detailing the 

dispute and the parties’ positions (document #79). 

Judge Westmore issued a new dispositive motion briefing schedule on January 7, 2015 

(document #81). Specifically, the new deadline calls for responses to the Government's motion to 

dismiss by April 24, 2015. In addition, the Government's reply shall be filed by no later than 

May 22, 2015. After review of the Magistrate Judge’s order, this court set a new hearing date for 

June 19, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. (document #82). As a result, the parties hereby comply with the case 

management conference deadline and submit this statement. Due to the new extended briefing 

schedule and decision regarding the prior dispute, the parties jointly propose continuing the 

January 16, 2015 Case Management Conference hearing until March 6, 2015. 

Discovery

The parties are currently engaging in written discovery and document production. This 

process is detailed within the September 26, 2014 Joint Case Management Conference Statement 

previously submitted to the Court. In addition, both Plaintiffs and the DNC Defendants have also 

noticed the depositions of the United States’ person(s) most qualified. The United States agreed 

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MDL Docket No. C14-2532 MMC 

AIGX023/1975034-1

JOINT CMC STATEMENT

to produce deponents in response to these demands. The second rescheduled deposition dates of 

the identified deponents were tentatively set for January 14-16, 2015 (a time close to the 

upcoming case management conference), but these dates have been altered by the order on DNC 

defendants’ motion to extend time (document #81). The parties are in the process of resetting all 

currently noticed depositions to meet with the Court’s scheduling order. To promote efficiency 

and conserve resources, the parties propose continuing the January 16, 2015 Case Management 

Conference hearing until March 6, 2015 until a time when the parties will be in the judicial 

district completing the rescheduled depositions of the identified deponents. 

Professional Conduct 

The parties have reviewed the revised judges' uniform standing order and reviewed the 

Guidelines for Professional Conduct for the Northern District of California prior to submitting 

this proposed order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: January 9, 2015 

By:__/s/ Jennifer A. Shah_________________

Attorneys for Defendants Delaware North 

Companies, Inc., Delaware North Companies Parks 

& Resorts, Inc., DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, 

Inc. and DNC Parks & Resorts Reservations, Inc. 

PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP

Michael B. Powers, Esq.

Kevin J. English, Esq. 

Jennifer A. Shah, Esq.

One Canalside

125 Main Street

Buffalo, New York 14203

(716) 847-8400 

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MDL Docket No. C14-2532 MMC 

AIGX023/1975034-1

JOINT CMC STATEMENT

Dated: January 9, 2015 _/s/ Matthew D. Barnette _________________ 

Attorneys for United States of America

ARCHER NORRIS

Matthew Dennis Barnette, Esq. 

Kenneth C. Ward, Esq.

John Lauchlan Kortum, Esq.

2033 North Main Street, Suite 800 

Walnut Creek, California 94596 

(925) 930-6600 

RAWLE & HENDERSON, LLP 

John J. Snyder, Esq.

Mary Ann Capriotti, Esq.

Joseph A. Skale, Esq.

Tara Nalencz, Esq.

The Widener Building

One South Penn Square

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 

(215) 575-4200 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Wagner Jackson, Esq. 

Adam Bain, Esq.

P. O. Box 340, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

(202) 616-4222 

(202) 616-4209 

Dated: January 9, 2015 

__/s/ Khaldoun Baghdadi _________________

Liaison Counsel Plaintiffs

WALKUP, MELODIA, KELLY & 

SCHOENBERGER

Khaldoun Baghdadi, Esq.

650 California Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, California 94108

(415) 981-7210 

Dated: January 9, 2015 

By:___/s/ Illise Schulman__________________

Attorneys for Bradley Popp and Yosemite 

Construction, Inc.

MICHEL & FACKLER

Michael D. Michel, Esq.

Illise M. Schulman, Esq.

Jeff M. Fackler, Esq.

2175 North California Blvd., Suite 550

Walnut Creek, California 94596

(925) 945-7319 

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MDL Docket No. C14-2532 MMC 

AIGX023/1975034-1

JOINT CMC STATEMENT

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5(e)(i), I hereby certify that authorization for the filing of this 

document has been obtained from each of the other signatories shown above and that all 

signatories concur in the filing’s content.

To promote efficiency and conserve resources, the parties propose continuing the January 

16, 2015 Case Management Conference hearing until _____________ ____ _________. 

SO ORDERED 

 ________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

This ____ day of ______ _____ 

March 6, 2015

 . Due to the unavailability of the Court on March 6, 2015, however, 

the Case Management Conference is continued to March 13, 2015. The parties shall

file a Joint Case Management Statement 

no later than March 6, 2015.

 12th January , 2015

_____________________________

United States District Judge

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