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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

TODD A. PICKLES (SBN 215629)

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2766

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Email: todd.pickles@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK E. BELLAND and

LILLIAN J. BELLAND,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

No. 2:07-cv-00991-RRB-EFB

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE

CERTAIN PRETRIAL DATES; 

ORDER THERETO

Defendant the United States of America and Plaintiffs Mark and Lillian Belland,

through their respective counsel, hereby submit the following stipulation to continue certain

pretrial dates.

Recitals

1. On August 7, 2007, this Court’s Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order set the

following dates for the completion of discovery, including expert discovery, dispositive

motions, and trial:

Expert Disclosures: January 11, 2008

Discovery Cut off: April 25, 2008

Dispositive Motions: June 11, 2008 (hearing on July 9, 2008)

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Pre-Trial Conference: September 12, 2008

Trial December 1, 2008 

2. Due to the unavailability of counsel for Defendant in November 2007 due to

training and attention to other pending cases, and the number of fact witnesses to be deposed,

the parties believe it is likely that many fact witnesses will not be deposed until after the expert

disclosures set for January 11, 2008.

3. The parties believe it will conserve time and resources, and is otherwise in the

interests of justice, to complete as many fact depositions as possible prior to expert disclosures.

Stipulation

Accordingly, based upon the foregoing, the parties hereby STIPULATE that:

1. The date for expert disclosures shall be continued from January 11, 2008, to

February 28, 2007; 

2. The date for supplemental expert disclosures and disclosure of rebuttal

experts shall be continued from February 8, 2008 to March 28, 2008; 

3. The date for completion of all discovery shall be continued from April 25, 2008

to June 13, 2008;

4. The last date to file dispositive motions shall be continued from June 11, 2008

to July 1, 2008. Any dispositive motions filed shall be noticed for a hearing before the Court

at the date and time set by the Court; and

5. All remaining pretrial dates shall remain as set by the Court in its August 7, 2007

Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: October 18, 2007 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/

By 

TODD A. PICKLES

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

the United States of America

DATED: October 18, 2007 RAWLS & McNELIS PC

 /s/

By 

JOHN D. McCHESNEY

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Mark and Lillian Belland

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 ORDER

Having read and considered the parties’ Stipulation to Continue Certain Pretrial Dates,

and for good cause showing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. The dates for completion of discovery, including expert discovery, shall be

CONTINUED to the dates set forth above; and

2. The date for filing dispositive motions shall be CONTINUED to the date set

forth above. Any dispositive motions filed shall be heard by this Court on August 6, 2008 at

10:00 a.m..

3. All remaining pretrial dates set by this Court’s August 7, 2007 Status (Pre-trial

Scheduling Order) shall remain UNCHANGED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: October 18, 2007 /s/ Ralph R. Beistline 

Honorable Ralph R. Beistline

District Court Judge

U.S. District Court for Eastern District of California

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE BY MAIL

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is an employee in the Office of the United States

Attorney for the Eastern District of California and is a person of such age and discretion to be

competent to serve papers; that on October 12, 2007, she served a copy of;

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE CERTAIN PRETRIAL DATES; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THERETO

by placing said copy in a postpaid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter named, at the

place(s) and address(es) stated below, which is/are the last known address(es), and by depositing said

envelope and its contents in the United States Mail at Sacramento, California.

Addressee(s):

John D. McChesney, Esq.

Rawls & McNelis PC

1111East Main ST. Suite 1701

Richmond, VA. 23219

/s/ Karen James

Karen James

Legal Assistant

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