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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Medical Malpractice

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING SHORTENING TIME ON NOTICE OF MOTION AND 

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Mathews Funk & Associates 

 A Law Corp. 

24012 Calle de la Plata Suite 320 

Laguna Hills, California 92653 

(949) 586-2235 Fax (949) 586-1806 

STANTON T. MATHEWS, Bar No. 99058 

RONALD B. FUNK, Bar No. 185896 

MARCIA E. DEPEW, Bar No. 239231 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Cruz Hernandez, A Minor 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

CRUZ HERNANDEZ, a minor, by and 

through his Guardian ad Litem, Alicia 

Telles-Hernandez, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Defendant. 

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CASE NO. 06-3350-SBA 

 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING SHORTENING TIME ON 

NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR 

ORDER AUTHORIZING COMPROMISE 

OF MINOR’S CLAIM 

Trial Date: May 20,2009 

 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE COURT, THE PARTIES, BY AND 

THROUGH THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD, STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. Judgment with Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in this matter was 

entered on October 15, 2009 and amended on October 16, 2009. [Docket 

256-258]. 

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2. The parties were ordered to Mandatory Settlement Conference on November 

2, 2009 before Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte. The settlement 

conferences were held on November 13, 2009 and December 18, 2009. 

[Docket 269, 276, 279] 

3. Plaintiffs agreed to settlement terms on December 18, 2009. [Docket 279] 

The settlement terms agreed to by plaintiffs are subject to the approval of the 

U.S. Attorney General and his designees. 

4. On January 22, 2010 the parties filed a Stipulation and Order Regarding 

Minors Compromise Hearing to be heard before Magistrate Judge Elizabeth 

D. Laporte which was granted on January 25, 2010. [Docket 280, 282] 

5. In the 3.5 months since the December 18, 2009 settlement conference, when 

plaintiffs and their counsel signed the settlement stipulation, both parties 

through their counsel have worked diligently on the settlement and release 

requirements by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. 

6. Plaintiffs are required by the terms of the settlement stipulation to obtain a 

court order approving the minor’s compromise on behalf of Cruz Hernandez, 

in order to facilitate the Attorney General’s review and consideration of the 

settlement terms to which plaintiffs have already agreed. 

7. In the same time period the Plaintiff, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, 

Alicia Telles-Hernandez has worked diligently on issues pertaining to 

implementation of the settlement for the benefit of Plaintiff, Cruz Hernandez, a 

minor, through the advice and consultation of a certified specialist in Estate 

Planning, Trust and Probate Law. Upon approval by this Court Plaintiff’s 

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Guardian Ad Litem and surviving parent, Alicia Telles-Hernandez is prepared 

to implement the settlement proceeds. 

8. Because it has taken 3.5 months to get to this point it is in the best interest of 

Plaintiff, Cruz Hernandez, for an order shortening time to hear the Motion For 

Order Authorizing Compromise of Minor’s Claim so that Plaintiff may obtain 

the funds subject to the settlement of December 18, 2009. 

9. Likewise, the shortening of time to hear the Motion for Order Authorizing 

Compromise of Minor’s Claim will facilitate the Attorney General’s review and 

decision regarding this case, and as a result, the United States joins in this 

request to shorten time. 

10. THEREFORE, the parties stipulate and request the following schedule for the 

Motion for Order Authorizing Compromise of Minor’s Claim: 

a. Motion filing date: April 6, 2010 

b. Opposition filing date: April 13, 2010 

c. Reply filing date: April 15, 2010 

d. Hearing date: April 20, 2010 

SO STIPULATED.

DATED: April 5, 2010 MATHEWS FUNK & ASSOCIATES, 

 A Law Corp. 

 By: ___________/s/____________________

 STANTON T. MATHEWS 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

 CRUZ HERNANDEZ, A Minor 

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DATED: April 5, 2010 JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO 

 United States Attorney 

 By: _________/s/______________________

 JONATHAN U. LEE 

 Attorneys for Defendant, 

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

 

 

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