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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:2271 Federal Tort Claims Act

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE SETTLEMENT 1

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

BENJAMIN E. HALL

Assistant United States Attorney

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RHEA DONOHUE,

Plaintiff,

 v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:18-cv-00086-EPG

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

VACATE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

(ECF No. 42)

Plaintiff, Rhea Donohue, and Defendant, the United States of America, through their 

undersigned attorneys, hereby stipulate and request that the Court vacate the Settlement Conference 

set for January 30, 2020 (see Docs. 37-38). The parties jointly set forth the following facts in 

support of this request:

1. At the time of scheduling of the settlement conference, the parties anticipated that 

expert discovery would be complete sufficiently in advance of the conference. The case schedule 

was later revised, however (see Doc. 41), and the parties have not yet completed expert discovery.

2. The parties have conferred and agree that the case is not yet in a settlement posture, 

and the settlement conference as scheduled is not likely to be productive.

3. The parties are informed that United States Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto is not 

available during the month of February. Accordingly, the parties are exploring whether it may be 

possible to schedule a settlement conference before another magistrate judge. In the alternative, the 

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parties may pursue private mediation.

4. The parties therefore jointly request that the Court vacate the Settlement Conference 

set for January 30, 2020.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: January 16, 2019 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/ /s/ Benjamin E. Hall

BENJAMIN E. HALL

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Attorney for Defendant

Dated: January 16, 2020 BARADAT & PABOOJIAN, INC.

[Authorized January 16, 2020]

/ /s/ Adam B. Stirrup

ADAM B. STIRRUP

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties (ECF No. 42) the Settlement Conference, currently 

set for January 30, 2020, is VACATED. The Court will issue a subsequent order resetting the 

settlement conference to an alternative appropriate date.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 21, 2020 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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