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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Medical Malpractice

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEANNE THOMAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

FAMILY HEALTHCARE NETWORK, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01610-KES-SAB

ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO 

SUBSTITUTE

(ECF No. 26.)

Before the Court is the United States of America’s notice and petition to substitute 

parties. (ECF No. 26.) The United States has recently discovered that Defendant Family Health 

Care Network was a public or non-profit entity deemed by the Department of Health and Human 

Services to be an employee of the Public Health Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 223(g). 

Moreover, Defendant Narwhals Mating, M.D., was an employee of Family Health Care Network 

and was therefore a covered person within the scope of the statutorily deemed federal 

employment as an employee of the Public Health Network. The United States have provided a 

formal certification of their deemed employment and scope of employment. (ECF No. 26-1.) 

As the United States notes, the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act

provides that upon such certification, the remedy “. . . shall be exclusive of any other civil action 

or proceeding to the same extent as the remedy against the United States . . . .” 42 U.S.C. § 

233(g)(1)(A).

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Accordingly, the Court HEREBY GRANTS the petition. (ECF No. 26.) Pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 233(g)(1)(A), the United States of America is hereby SUBSTITUTED for Defendants 

Family Healthcare Network and Narwhals Mating, M.D. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 25, 2024 

STANLEY A. BOONE

United States Magistrate Judge

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