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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Breach of Contract

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

EDWARD A. OLSEN, CSBN 214150 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2821 

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CONSOLIDATED TRIBAL HEALTH 

PROJECT, INC, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SYLVIA 

BURWELL, in her official capacity as 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human 

Services, MARY SMITH, in her official 

capacity as Director, Indian Health Service, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:16-cv-01546-JAM-AC 

STIPULATION TO A 3-MONTH 

STAY OF PROCEEDINGS AND 

ORDER

Plaintiff Consolidated Tribal Health Project, Inc., and Defendants United States of 

America, Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human 

Services, and Mary Smith, Principal Deputy Director of the Indian Health Service, by and 

through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate, subject to approval by the Court, to a 3-month 

stay of proceedings in light of the fact that the parties have agreed to engage in settlement 

discussions aimed at resolving the claims at issue in this case. 

The parties also jointly ask the Court to relieve the parties of their obligation to file a 

joint status report until after the expiration of the 3-month stay of proceedings. If the parties are 

unable to resolve this matter by November 21, 2016, the defendants will file a responsive 

pleading to the Complaint no later than December 5, 2016, and the parties will prepare and file a 

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joint status report no later than December 12, 2016. The parties have agreed not to exchange 

Initial Disclosures at this time and will address the exchange of Initial Disclosures in their joint 

status report if this matter is not resolved through the parties’ settlement discussions. 

Dated: August 22, 2016 Respectfully submitted, 

PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

Acting United States Attorney 

/s/ Edward A. Olsen 

EDWARD A. OLSEN 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: August 22, 2016 HOBBS, STRAUS, DEAN & WALKER, LLP 

 /s/ Adam P. Bailey 

 ADAM P. BAILEY 

 GEOFFREY D. STROMMER 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 ORDER 

 Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 8/22/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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