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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1442 Petition for Removal

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SELECTING ADR PROCESS

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MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612)

United States Attorney

ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348)

Chief, Civil Division

NEILL T. TSENG (CABN 220348)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 9th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7155

Fax: (415) 436-6748 

 neill.tseng@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Cross-Defendant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

Y.M., a minor, by and through his guardian 

ad litem, ROCIO MENDEZ,

 Plaintiff,

v.

ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM, a 

California Corporation, doing business as 

PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL, et al.,

 Defendants.

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CASE NO. C 14-4654 JST

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

SELECTING ADR PROCESS

SRM ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SERVICES 

dba PETALUMA VALLEY HOSPITAL 

and ST. JOSEPH HEALTH,

 Cross-Complainants, 

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Cross-Defendant.

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Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the following 

stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5: 

The parties agree to participate in the following ADR process: 

Court Processes:

☐ Non-binding Arbitration (ADR L.R. 4)

☐ Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) (ADR L.R. 5)

☐ Mediation (ADR L.R. 6)

(Note: Parties who believe that an early settlement conference with a Magistrate Judge is appreciably 

more likely to meet their needs than any other form of ADR must participate in an ADR phone 

conference and may not file this form. They must instead file a Notice of Need for ADR Phone 

Conference. See Civil Local Rule 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5) 

Private Process:

X Private ADR (please identify process and provider) Private mediator to be 

mutually agreed upon by parties

The parties agree to hold the ADR session by: 

☐ the presumptive deadline (The deadline is 90 days from the date of the order 

referring the case to an ADR process unless otherwise ordered. ) 

X other requested deadline By the dispositive motion filing deadline to be 

ordered by the Court

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 7, 2015 /s/

BRUCE G. FAGEL

BRONISLAV DRAGANOV

Attorneys for Plaintiff Y.M., a minor, by and through his 

guardian ad litem, Rocio Mendez

Dated: January 7, 2015 /s/

BARRY VOGEL

BRETT SCHOEL

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Complainants SRM 

Alliance Hospital Services dba Petaluma Valley Hospital 

and St. Joseph Health

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MELINDA HAAG

United States Attorney

Dated: January 7, 2015 /s/

NEILL T. TSENG

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Federal Cross-Defendant USA

[PROPOSED] ORDER

☐ The parties’ stipulation is adopted and IT IS SO ORDERED.

☐ The parties’ stipulation is modified as follows, and IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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February 27, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

 Judge Jon S. Tigar 

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