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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPHINE RECTOR 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

MSPRC LIABILITY and DOES I 

through XX, inclusive, 

 Defendants.

Case No. 2:07-cv-02446 FCD EFB 

STIPULATION RE DEADLINE FOR 

UNITED STATES TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT; ORDER

Plaintiff Josephine Rector, and defendant United States of America, acting by and 

through Michael O. Leavitt,1

 Secretary of Health and Human Services, his delegate agency, the 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery 

Contractor, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 

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 Plaintiff’s “ACTION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF” incorrectly identifies the Secretary as 

“MSPRC LIABILITY.” The Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Contractor (“MSPRC”) is a 

Medicare fiscal intermediary for the federal agency that administers the Medicare program on 

behalf of the Secretary, who remains the real party in interest in any dispute regarding the 

Medicare program. See 42 C.F.R. § 421.5(b). 

McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

LYNN TRINKA ERNCE 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2720 

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of the United States 

Department of Health and Human Services 

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Recitals

1. On September 20, 2007, Plaintiff filed her Action for Declaratory Relief in the 

Superior Court for the State of California, County of Amador, Case No.07-CV-5015. 

2. Plaintiff served a copy of the complaint and summons via letter dated October 10, 

2007, which was received by the Office of the General Counsel for the Department of Health and 

Human Services on October 12, 2007. 

3. The case file was transferred to the Office of the United States Attorney for 

the Eastern District of California and was assigned to the undersigned Assistant United States 

Attorney on November 13, 2007. 

4. On November 13, 2007, the United States filed a Notice of Removal in the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California, in Case No. 2:07-cv-02446. 

5. Ordinarily, the United States has 60 days in which to respond to a complaint. 

However, pursuant to Rule 81(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the United States’ 

response to plaintiff’s complaint is due within 5 days of the filing of the removal notice, on 

November 20, 2007. 

6. In order to allow counsel for the United States to become familiar with the 

litigation and in light of the current caseload of the Assistant United States Attorney handling 

this matter for the United States and the impending holiday season, the United States has 

requested that plaintiff agree to a 60-day extension of time to respond to the complaint. 

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Stipulation

 WHEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that United States shall respond to 

the Complaint on or before January 18, 2008. 

DATED: November 15, 2007 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

 United States Attorney 

 By: /s/ Lynn Trinka Ernce 

 LYNN TRINKA ERNCE 

 Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

DATED: November __, 2007 DREYER, BABICH, BUCCOLA & 

 CALLAHAM, LLP 

 

 

 By: /s/ John W. Jefferson 

 JOHN W. JEFFERSON 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 20, 2007 

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