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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2271 Federal Tort Claims Act

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STIPULATION EXTENDING LITIGATION DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] ORDER

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

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

DAVID STEVERSON; TERRY ) 

STEVERSON; TRACY STEVERSON; )

DIEDRA COOK, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

U.S. Department of the Navy, )

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Defendant. )

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1:06-cv-00545 DLB

STIPULATION EXTENDING

LITIGATION DEADLINES; 

ORDER

Plaintiffs David Steverson, Terry Steverson, Tracy Steverson

and Deidra Cook (“plaintiffs”) and defendant United States of

America (“defendant”) stipulate, by and through the undersigned

counsel, to extending this action’s litigation schedule as

specified below and respectfully request that the Court so

approve.

The parties base their stipulation on good cause. To

explain, the United States will need to continue this action’s

settlement conference from September 10, 2007, to a date after

the Court hears its pending dispositive motion regarding issues

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 Although the parties’ present dispositive motion deadline is November 1

13, 2007 and the parties do not seek to change this date within this

stipulation, counsel for the United States will endeavor to prepare and file

its above-referenced dispositive motion in October so as to minimize the

stipulated delay in this case’s trial date. 

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relating to liability. Counsel for the United States intended on

preparing this motion this month, but other cases including a

September 14, 2007 trial he recently inherited have prevented him

from doing so. The United States will not be able to attend a 1

settlement conference with settlement authority until the Court

rules on the above motion.

Plaintiffs are not opposed to attending a continued

settlement conference, but seeks to avoid incurring costs

relevant to expert discovery prior to the continued settlement

conference date. The United States share this concern. The

parties also acknowledge that this action’s trial date would have

to be moved if the expert discovery deadline were moved. 

Accordingly, the parties stipulate and agree to modify this

action’s litigation schedule as specified below, and base it on

the above-stated good cause. The parties also request the Court

to endorse this stipulation by way of formal order. 

Old Date New Date

Settlement Conference September 10, 2007 VACATED

Expert Discovery August 3, 2007 January 18, 2008

Disclosure Deadline

Pretrial Conference January 4, 2008 February 29, 2008

@1:30 p.m.

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STIPULATION EXTENDING LITIGATION DEADLINES; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Trial February 12, 2008 April 15, 2008

@9:00 a.m.

Dated: September 6, 2007. September 6, 2007

Respectfully submitted,

Belsher & Becker McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/s/Steven P. Roberts /s/Brian W. Enos 

STEVEN P. ROBERTS BRIAN W. ENOS

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Attorneys for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 12, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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