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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION BY 

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

PHILIP A. SCARBOROUGH

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Philip.Scarborough@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for the United States

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALISON STIRM,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

UNITED STATES, et al.,

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:22-CV-01330- CKD

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING INDEPENDENT MEDICAL 

EXAMINATION OF PLAINTIFF BY 

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON PURSUANT TO FED. 

R. CIV. P. 35

Plaintiff Alison Stirm and defendant the United States, by and through their respective counsel, 

hereby stipulate that plaintiff will undergo a physical examination pursuant to Rule 35 of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. Said examination shall take place on July 20, 2023, and will be conducted by 

Dr. Glenn D. Cohen, M.D., commencing at 11:00 a.m., at 696 Hampshire Road, #180, Westlake Village, 

CA 91361.

This examination will be conducted for the purposes of determining the nature and extent of 

plaintiff’s physical injuries and any physical limitations, the relationship thereof to the accident which is 

the subject of this litigation, the nature and reasonableness of medical treatment plaintiff has received to 

date to treat those injuries, and the nature and extent of any reasonably necessary future medical 

treatment for those injuries. The examination will consist of all necessary and customary activities 

required to make such a determination, including but not limited to medical history, history of treatment 

for orthopedic injuries related to the accident, physical examination, and evaluation. Dr. Cohen may be 

assisted by his staff during the examination. Plaintiff shall not be asked about nor required to disclose 

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details of conversations or examinations with expert consultants retained by Plaintiff’s counsel. Plaintiff 

will not be required to disrobe. An x-ray of Plaintiff’s left hand and left wrist may be taken, which may 

be used at trial. Photographs of plaintiff’s injuries may be taken for use at trial. The examination will 

not be audio or video-recorded. One attorney from the law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, which 

represents Plaintiff in this action, may attend the examination but shall not interfere with the 

examination. Plaintiff’s husband may accompany plaintiff to the clinic but shall not attend the 

examination. Plaintiff’s counsel shall inform counsel for the United States at least one day in advance of 

the examination which attorney will attend. No other individuals may attend the examination.

By entering this stipulation, the parties do not intend to waive, and expressly reserve, attorneyclient privilege or attorney work product protections. This stipulation shall not be construed as a request 

for production of a copy of the examiner’s report pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 35(b). Nor 

shall this stipulation be construed as requiring the identification of any party's experts or the disclosure 

of expert work product.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: July 10, 2023

By:

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP

/s/ John P. Thyken

FRANK M. PITRE

JOHN P. THYKEN

ANDREW W. BRITTON

Attorneys for Plaintiff Alison Stirm

Dated: July 10, 2023

By:

PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney

/s/ Philip A. Scarborough

PHILIP A. SCARBOROUGH

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for the United States

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 17, 2023

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Stirm22cv1330.ime

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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