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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Wrongful Death

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BRIAN W. ENOS

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare St., Ste. 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4058

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TINA SAMMANN, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF )

HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES; )

FAMILY HEALTHCARE NETWORK, )

PORTERVILLE PATIENT ENCOUNTER )

GROUP, MARTIN FALAPPINO, D.O.,)

and ROBERT SANTOYO, P.A., )

inclusive, )

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Defendants. )

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1:05-cv-00366-OWW-SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER AMENDING

LITIGATION SCHEDULE

Plaintiff Tina Sammann (“plaintiff”) and defendant United

States Department of Health and Human Services (“United States”)

stipulate, by and through the undersigned counsel, to the

following revised case schedule as specified below and

respectfully request that the Court so approve.

The parties seek to briefly extend this action’s pretrial

schedule and trial date as set forth below. Good cause exists in

support of this stipulation, and is based on grounds including

the following: 

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First, one of this action’s defendants and former employees

of the United States (Dr. Fallapino) appears to have moved places

of employment several times since the commencement of this case

and has proven difficult to locate. Counsel for the United

States recently located this witness at an office number where a

receptionist indicates he works, but has been unable to elicit a

return contact from him despite multiple attempts. While it

appears as if the parties will now be able to secure his

attendance at his deposition by way of formal subpoena if

necessary, this deposition is necessary in this case and may

reveal the need for previously unforeseen follow up discovery.

Second, an extension of this case’s discovery deadline

requires an extension of expert disclosure deadlines in order to

enable them to issue opinions armed with necessary underlying

information. Third, if expert disclosure deadlines are extended,

then this action’s dispositive motion deadline, pretrial

conference and trial date should likewise be extended in an

effort to maximize their respective productivity.

Fourth, the parties wish to approach this case’s settlement

conference with all relevant facts underlying this case, which

they believe will in turn maximize its productivity as well. 

This can only be achieved if the parties are first permitted to

complete discovery as discussed in preceding paragraphs of this

stipulation. Finally, counsel for both parties face impacted

litigation schedules, which require scheduling modifications as

agreed herein. Counsel for the United States faces extensive

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trials in October 2006 and January 2007, each of which requiring

extensive preparation in the interim.

Based on the above, the parties hereby stipulate to the

continuance of this action’s case schedule as specified below. 

The parties also request the Court to endorse this stipulation by

way of formal order. 

Old Date New Date

Plaintiff’s Expert October 20, 2006 January 19, 2007

Disclosure Deadline

Supplemental Expert November 17, 2006 February 16, 2007

Disclosure Deadline 

Discovery Deadlines:

Non-Expert September 22, 2006 December 22, 2006

Expert December 22, 2006 March 23, 2007

Non-Dispositive Motion October 13, 2006 January 12, 2007

Filing Deadline

Dispositive Motion December 22, 2006 March 23, 2007

Filing Deadline

Settlement Conference December 13, 2006 March 29, 2007

Date (10:00 a.m., SMS) (_10:00 _a.m., SMS)

Pretrial Conference February 12, 2007 May _21_, 2007

(11:00 a.m., OWW) 11:00 a.m.

Trial March __, 2007 July 10, 2007)

 (9:00 a.m., OWW) (9:00 a.m., OWW)

Dated: September 8, 2006. September 6, 2006

Respectfully submitted,

Law Offices of William H. Newkirk McGREGOR W. SCOTT

 United States Attorney

(As auth. 9/8/06)

__/s/ William H. Newkirk ____/s/ Brian W. Enos___

WILLIAM H. NEWKIRK BRIAN W. ENOS

Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for

Tina Sammann United States of America

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 12, 2006 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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