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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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FEDERAL DEFENDANT’S EX PARTE MOTION TO CITE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY, C 04-2144 EDL

KEVIN V. RYAN (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG (SBN 164613)

Assistant United States Attorney

KATHERINE B. DOWLING (SBN 220767)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue,10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6813

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: andrew.cheng@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

TSUNGAI TUNGWARARA,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.

Defendant.

 

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No. C 04-2144 EDL

E-filing Case

DEFENDANT’S EX PARTE MOTION

SEEKING COURT’S APPROVAL TO

FILE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY

Date: February 14, 2006

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom E, 15 Floor th

Pursuant to Civil L. R. 7-3(d), the Federal Defendant seeks the Court’s approval to file

the additional authority – Welch v. United States, 409 F.3d 646 (4 Cir. 2005). A copy of the th

decision is attached as Exhibit A.

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ORDER GRANTING

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FEDERAL DEFENDANT’S EX PARTE MOTION TO CITE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY, C 04-2144 EDL

Counsel for the Federal Defendant discovered the case after the filing of the reply brief

and brings the case to the Court’s attention because jurisdictional challenges can be raised at any

time, even for the first time on appeal. United States v. Cotton, 535 U.S. 625, 630, 122 S.Ct.

1781 (2002); Kuntz v. Lamar Corp., 385 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9 Cir. 2004). th

 

Respectfully submitted,

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Dated: February 8, 2006 /s/ 

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG

KATHERINE B. DOWLING

Assistant United States Attorneys

IT IS SO ORDERED DATED: February 13, 2006

ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GRANTED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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