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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

GIRARDI | KEESE

THOMAS V. GIRARDI, State Bar No. 36603

JAMES G. O'CALLAHAN, State Bar No. 126975

KELLY CHRISTINA WINTER, State Bar No. 291398

1126 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, California 90017

Telephone: (213) 977-0211

Facsimile: (213) 481-1554

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION

DANIEL KIM, an individual; GRACE 

KIM, an individual; HANNAH KIM, a 

minor through her guardian GRACE 

KIM; FRANCIS S. LEE, an individual; 

VIVIAN LEE, an individual,,

Plaintiffs,

v.

U.S. SECRETARY OF THE 

INTERIOR, U.S. NATIONAL PARK 

SERVICE, and YOSEMITE 

NATIONAL PARK; DOES 1-20,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01656-LJO-SKO

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION TO CONTINUE 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN 

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, EACH PARTY, AND TO THE COUNSEL OF 

RECORD FOR EACH PARTY: 

Plaintiffs DANIEL KIM, GRACE KIM, HANNAH KIM, a minor through 

her guardian GRACE KIM, FRANCIS S. LEE, and VIVIAN LEE, together with

Defendant the United States of America,

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hereby submit this joint motion to 

continue the scheduling conference currently set in this matter for February 23, 2017 

at 9:45 a.m. in front of Hon. Sheila K. Oberto in the above-captioned Courthouse to 

a later date for the reasons appearing below. 

Plaintiffs filed this action on November 2, 2016. [Doc. 1]. On December 1, 

2016, Plaintiffs filed a Proof that the Summons and Complaint had been served on 

the U.S. Department of the Interior. [Doc. 8-10]. However, Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 4(i) requires additional steps to be completed in order to perfect service 

on the United States. Service was perfected on or around January 26, 2017, and 

proof thereof will be filed forthwith. The United States has 60 days from the date 

service was perfected to file a response to the complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

12(a)(2).

Counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendants have met and conferred 

regarding the upcoming Scheduling Conference. Counsel for the United States has 

communicated to counsel for Plaintiffs that he will be traveling on official business 

from February 6 through February 17, 2017. Additionally, because the United 

States is not required to file a response to the complaint before February 23, 2017, 

counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for the United States respectfully submit that it will 

be most efficient to continue the conference currently scheduled for February 23, 

 

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The Complaint names the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, the U.S. National Park Service, and 

Yosemite National Park as defendants. However, under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1), 2672, and 

2679(a), the only proper defendant in this case is the United States.

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

2017 to a later date, after the United States has filed a response to the complaint. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request a three-month continuance. 

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs DANIEL KIM, GRACE KIM, HANNAH KIM, a 

minor through her guardian GRACE KIM, FRANCIS S. LEE, and VIVIAN LEE, 

together with Defendant the United States of America, respectfully request that this 

Court continue the scheduling conference currently set for February 23, 2017, as 

well as any corresponding requirements to submit a joint scheduling report. . 

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: February 9, 2017 GIRARDI | KEESE

By: /s/ Kelly C. Winter 

KELLY CHRISTINA WINTER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DATED: February 8, 2017 PHILLIP A. TALBERT

United States Attorney 

By: /s/ Philip A. Scarborough

PHILIP A. SCARBOROUGH 

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for the United States of America

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby certify that in an attempt to resolve the issues described in the above 

Motion, I conferred with Philip A. Scarborough, counsel for the United States of 

America, who joined in the request for the relief identified above. 

DATED: February 9, 2017 GIRARDI | KEESE

By: /s/ Kelly C. Winter 

KELLY CHRISTINA WINTER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing pleading has been served on 

counsel for Defendants by providing same via electronic mail and U.S. mail on this, 

the 9th day of February, 2017. 

DATED: February 9, 2017 GIRARDI | KEESE

By: /s/ Kelly C. Winter 

KELLY CHRISTINA WINTER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONTINUE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

ORDER

Based on the parties’ above “Joint Motion to Continue Scheduling 

Conference” (Doc. 15), the Court GRANTS the parties’ request to continue the 

Scheduling Conference currently set for February 23, 2017.

Accordingly, the Court CONTINUES the Scheduling Conference to April 

25, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in Courtroom 7 (SKO) before Magistrate Judge Sheila 

K. Oberto. The parties shall file their Joint Scheduling Report by no later than 

April 18, 2017.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2017 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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