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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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Prince Shah, M.D., and Del Norte Health Clinics, Inc., who were certified as federal 1

employees, were dismissed as defendants by operation of 28 U.S.C. § 2679 and 42 U.S.C. 233(c) and

the United States of America was substituted as defendant in their place. See Certification of

Employment and Substitution of Defendants, both filed on or about March 28, 2006.

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DEBORA G. LUTHER

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2720

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT L. EASTHAM,

Plaintiff,

v. 

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, C.J. SHIEH,

M.D., and DOES I-XXXX, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 2-06-cv-00661 WBS/JFM

DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS AGAINST

DEFENDANT UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA; STIPULATION TO

REMAND ACTION TO STATE

COURT; AND ORDER THEREON

Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(a)(1)(ii), plaintiff ROBERT L. EASTHAM hereby DISMISSES

WITHOUT PREJUDICE his claims against defendant UNITED STATES OF AMERICA but not his

claims against defendant C.J. SHIEH, M.D. As between plaintiff ROBERT L. EASTHAM and

defendant UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, each side shall bear their own attorney fees and costs

of this action to date.

Furthermore and by their signatures below, the remaining parties hereby stipulate that with

the dismissal of all claims against defendant UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, this case is

appropriate for remand to the Superior Court for Butte County from which it was removed by former

federal defendants Prince Shah, M.D., and Del Norte Health Clinics, Inc. The parties represent that 1

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there are no remaining federal issues in this action in which plaintiff alleges that he has been injured

by the medical negligence of defendants.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ James J. Thompson

DATED: __5/22/06__________________ ________________________________

JAMES J. THOMPSON

Attorney for Plaintiff

ROBERT L. EASTHAM

DATED: __5/22/06___________________ McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/s/ Debora G. Luther

By: ___________________________

 DEBORA G. LUTHER

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DATED: __5/22/06___________________ TWEEDY & HOLLEY

A Law Corporation

/s/ Patricia Tweedy

 ______________________________________ 

 PATRICIA TWEEDY, Attorney for Defendant

 C.J. SHIEH, M.D.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL AND REMAND

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, plaintiff’s claims against defendant UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA are hereby dismissed without prejudice and this matter is hereby REMANDED to the

Superior Court for the State of California for Butte County for further proceedings between plaintiff

Robert L. Eastham and defendants C.J. Shieh, M.D., and Does I-XXXX..

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 23, 2006

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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 May 22, 2006, she served a copy of DISMISSAL OF CLAIMS

AGAINST DEFENDANT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STIPULATION TO REMAND

ACTION TO STATE COURT; AND ORDER THEREON, 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):

James J. Thompson, Esq.

1360 East Lassen Avenue, Suite 4

Chico, California 95973

Patricia Tweedy, Esq.

Grant Lien, Esq.

Tweedy & Holley

2001 “I” Street

Sacramento, California 95814

/s/ Pamela Beauvais

_____________________________

PAMELA BEAUVAIS

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