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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 EXTENDING EXPERT

DISCLOSURE AND EXPERT DISCOVERY

DEADLINES; ORDER

Plaintiff Tina Sammann (“plaintiff”) and defendant United

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

stipulate, by and through the undersigned counsel, to extending

expert disclosure and expert discovery deadlines in this case and

respectfully request that the Court so approve.

The parties seek to extend this action’s expert disclosure

and expert discovery deadlines by thirty days, respectively, and

as specifically set forth below. Good cause exists in support of

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this stipulation, and is based on grounds including the

following: 

First, the parties completed the depositions of percipient

witnesses on December 15, 2006. No deposition transcripts,

however, have been received to date. Plaintiff’s expert

disclosure deadline is presently set for January 19, 2007. An

extension of expert disclosure deadlines is therefore necessary

for experts to have an adequate opportunity to analyze deposition

transcripts prior to issuing opinions. 

Second, counsel for defendant will commence a five week

trial in Courtroom 2 of this Court on January 17, 2007. A thirty

day extension of defendant’s present February 16, 2007 expert

disclosure deadline is therefore necessary to avoid the otherwise

anticipated and undesired consequence of facing an expert

disclosure deadline while in the midst of another trial. 

Third, the present stipulation does not require a

modification of this case’s present pretrial conference or trial.

Based on the above, the parties hereby stipulate to the

continuance of this action’s expert disclosure and expert

discovery deadlines 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 January 19, 2007 February 19, 2007

Disclosure Deadline

Supplemental/ February 16, 2007 March 16, 2007

Defendant’s Expert

Disclosure Deadline 

Expert Discovery March 23, 2007 April 23, 2007

Deadline 

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Dated: January 3, 2007 January 3, 2007

Respectfully submitted,

Law Offices of William H. Newkirk McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

(As auth. 1/3/07)

/s/William H. Newkirk /s/Brian W. Enos 

WILLIAM H. NEWKIRK BRIAN W. ENOS

Attorneys for Plaintiff Attorneys for defendant

Tina Sammann United States Department of

Health and Human Services

IT IS SO ORDERED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 5, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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