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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING LITIGATION SCHEDULE

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BENJAMIN E. HALL (SBN 219924)

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

ONLY QUINN, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF )

THE NAVY, )

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Defendant. )

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1:07-cv-00041-AWI-SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER MODIFYING

LITIGATION SCHEDULE

The parties to this action, through their attorneys,

submit this stipulation and proposed order to modify the

litigation schedule, as set forth in detail below.

This action involves an industrial accident at the U.S.

Naval Air Station at Lemoore, California. Plaintiff, a civilian,

was working on a boom lift to repair the air conditioning system

in an aircraft engine maintenance building. Plaintiff alleges

that he was injured when Navy personnel, who were moving an

aircraft engine with an overhead crane, caused the crane to

collide with the boom lift, crushing Plaintiff against the

ceiling of the building.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING LITIGATION SCHEDULE

The parties base their stipulation on good cause. The

parties have only recently been able to locate the former Navy

personnel who were operating the overhead crane. The depositions

of those witnesses will require counsel to coordinate their

schedules for travel to Virginia, Florida and Oregon. In

addition, the deposition of the Plaintiff, which had been set for

January 4, 2008, must be rescheduled due to unexpected travel

delays encountered by Plaintiff’s attorney. The parties will not

be in a position to disclose expert witnesses and complete expert

discovery until this fact discovery is complete. The parties

have made no previous requests to modify the case schedule.

The parties have agreed to the following schedule and

respectfully request that the court endorse this stipulation.

Old Date New Date

Expert disclosures February 1, 2008 April 18, 2008

Supp. expert disclosures February 22, 2008 May 9, 2008

Non-expert discovery cutoff January 18, 2008 April 4, 2008

Expert discovery cutoff April 1, 2008 June 17, 2008

Non-dispositive motion April 4, 2008 June 20, 2008

filing deadline

Dispositive motion filing April 11, 2008 June 27, 2008

deadline

Settlement conference (SMS) January 22, 2008 May 27, 2008

10:30 a.m.

Pretrial conference (AWI) June 6, 2008 August 22, 2008

8:30 a.m.

Trial (5 days) (AWI) July 15, 2008 September 30,

2008, 9:00 a.m.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING LITIGATION SCHEDULE

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 14, 2008. McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Benjamin E. Hall 

BENJAMIN E. HALL

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

Dated: January 14, 2008. LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD B. CHATOIAN

(As authorized 1/14/08)

By: /s/ Edward B. Chatoian 

EDWARD B. CHATOIAN

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Only

Quinn

Dated: January 14, 2008. SMITH & SUSSON, LLP

(As authorized 1/14/08)

By: /s/ Cynthia Bell Kittle 

CYNTHIA BELL KITTLE

Attorneys for Plaintiff-inIntervention American Casualty

Company of Reading,

Pennsylvania

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 14, 2008 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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