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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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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS, SBN 9990

United States Attorney

JOANN SWANSON, CSBN 135879

Chief, Civil Division

KATHERINE DOWLING, CSBN 220767

Assistant United States Attorney

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

 San Francisco, CA 94102-3495

 Telephone: (415) 436-6833

 Facsimile: (415) 436-7169

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ROBERTA KLEIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendant.

 

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Case No. C 06-5729 SC

[PROPOSED] ORDER AND

DEFENDANT’S REQUEST TO EXTEND

TIME FOR MEDIATION

 Defendant is requesting, subject to the approval of the Court, that the deadline for

mediation be enlarged from April 12, 2007 until June 15, 2007.

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Though both parties agreed that the mediation should be enlarged, parties were not able to

agree on the language for a stipulation requesting the enlargement. Because the time is now

short before the scheduled date and deadline for mediation, Defendant is requesting this

enlargement. Parties were originally scheduled to have a mediation with a Court appointed

mediator on April 12, 2007. 

An extension is required because Plaintiff (1) increased the amount of her claimed

damages significantly from the amount in the administrative claim, (2) requested to attend the

mediation telephonically and (3) filed her mediation statement four days late. Given this new

information and the fact that the Plaintiff was not going to be physically present at the mediation,

Defendant requested that Ms. Klein be made available for a deposition prior to the mediation so

that both sides might have equal information in working toward a settlement of the case. 

Counsel for Plaintiff could not make her available prior to April 12, 2007, but did not

proffer any available dates. Counsel for Plaintiff also stated that Defendant would be required to

pay for the Plaintiff to travel to San Francisco from New York should Defendant want to depose

her in the future. No discovery was denied Plaintiff nor was any. Therefore, it appears that there

will be an issue with the scheduling of the Plaintiff’s deposition 

Defendant believes that a mediation at this point, prior to taking the Plaintiff’s deposition,

given her now alleged level of injuries will not be an effective or efficient use of the parties, and

more importantly, the mediator’s time. 

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This is the first request for an extension of time. This enlargement of time for the

mediation will not cause any undue delay in discovery or trial timing which has yet to be

scheduled.

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

DATED: By: ________/s/________________________

KATHERINE B. DOWLING

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: _____________________________________

HONORABLE SAMUEL CONTI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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