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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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KEVIN V. RYAN (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

JONATHAN U. LEE (SBN 148792)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Tenth Floor

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6909

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: jonathan.lee@usdoj.gov

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JAN LASHLEY AND JERRY LASHLEY

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Defendant.

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No. C 05-3288 WHA

JOINT STIPULATION FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF UNDER

CIVIL LOCAL RULE 7-11 AND

PROPOSED ORDER

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Subject to the Agreement of the Court, the Parties Stipulate by and through their counsel

of record to extend the time period for completion of mediation in this case from February 17,

2006 to March 3, 2006, for the reasons outlined in this stipulation:

1. This case involves personal injuries to Jan Lashley suffered when she fell on a

staircase at Battery Mendell in Marin County in August 2004. Her husband Jerry

Lashley has a loss of consortium claim. The Lashleys are residents of Ohio.

2. The parties make this request due to health concerns for plaintiff Jerry Lashley,

which have made it difficult for counsel to schedule the plaintiffs’ depositions. In

November 2003 Mr. Lashley suffered a heart attack and doctors installed both a

pacemaker, and a defibrillator. Recently, in October 2005, he was diagnosed with

congestive heart failure and admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital.

During this admission he also experienced kidney failure. He was discharged in

late October 2005, but returned to the hospital in early November 2005. He spent

much of November 2005 in and out of the hospital with both heart and kidney

problems. He has been told he is in very frail health. While these serious medical

problems are unrelated to the claims in this case, they have prevented Mr. Lashley

from participating in the proceedings through giving his deposition. 

3. Counsel have scheduled Mr. Lashley’s deposition for February 16, 2006 in

Columbus, Ohio. Plaintiff’s counsel has been advised that Mr. Lashley will be

able to go forward at that time. Earlier efforts by the parties to schedule Mr.

Lashley’s deposition have not been successful due to his serious medical

problems.

4. Under the pending case management timetable for this case, the mediation must

be completed by February 17, 2006. 

5. Both parties, as well as the mediator Christopher Johns, agree that the plaintiffs’

depositions should be completed before the mediation. In order to give the parties

a short period of time to analyze the plaintiffs’ testimony and prepare for the

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mediation, the parties request a brief extension of the deadline for completing the

mediation.

Under Civil Local Rule 7-11, the parties stipulate to the extension of the time period for

completion of mediation in this case by approximately 14 days, through and including March 3,

2006, and request that the Court sign the order below. The parties and the mediator have

tentatively agreed to conduct the mediation on February 28, 2006, provided this application is

successful.

SO STIPULATED.

DATED: January 5, 2006 WALKUP MELODIA KELLY WECHT &

SCHOENBERGER

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DOUGLAS S. SAELTZER

Attorney for Plaintiff Donna Stafford

DATED: January 5, 2006 KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

 /s/

JONATHAN U. LEE

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: __________________ _________________________________

HON. WILLIAM H. ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

January 6, 2006

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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