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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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STIPULATION SUBSTITUTING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR

NAMED DEFENDANTS; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB (SBN 166452)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendant United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VERONICA NEGRETE, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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FAMILY HEALTHCARE NETWORK; )

ISELA PENUNRI, M.D.; BORIS )

SUAREZ, PA-C; MELISSA )

SIEGENTHALER, PCA; Does 1 to )

10, Inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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1:06-cv-01688-LJO-SMS

STIPULATION SUBSTITUTING UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA FOR NAMED

DEFENDANTS FAMILY HEALTHCARE

NETWORK; ISELA PENUNRI, M.D.;

BORIS SUAREZ, PA-C; AND MELISSA

SIEGENTHALER, PCA; [PROPOSED]

ORDER THEREON 

Plaintiff Veronica Negrete and the United States of America,

by and through undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate that:

(1) By operation of the Federally Supported Health Centers

Assistance Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 233(g)-(n),

named defendants Family Healthcare Network;

Isela Penunri, M.D.; Boris Suarez, PA-C; and

Melissa Siegenthaler, PCA, are covered under the

Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b),

2401(b), 2671-2680;

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STIPULATION SUBSTITUTING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR

NAMED DEFENDANTS; [PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON

(2) In this FTCA action, the United States of America

should be, and is hereby, substituted under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2679(d)(1), for named defendants Family Healthcare

Network; Isela Penunri, M.D.; Boris Suarez, PA-C; and

Melissa Siegenthaler, PCA;

(3) Does 1 to 10 are not proper named defendants; and

(4) This case should hereinafter be entitled “Veronica

Negrete v. United States of America.”

Dated: March 28, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

QUINLAN, KERSHAW & FANUCCHI McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/David M. Moeck By: /s/Kimberly A. Gaab 

DAVID M. MOECK KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Attorneys for Plaintiff Assistant U.S. Attorney

Veronica Negrete Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 29, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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