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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:2671 Federal Tort Claims Act

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER

Case No. C 10-00001 JF -1-

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CSBN 44332)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

JAMES A. SCHARF (CSBN 152171)

Assistant United States Attorney

150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 535-5044

FAX: (408) 535-5081

James.Scharf@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

HOWARD THOMAS AND SHIRLEY

THOMAS,

Plaintiffs,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al,

 

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Case No. C 10-00001 JF

E-FILING CASE

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO TRANSFER CASE TO

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Whereas, this action arises under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. Sections

2671, et seq.

Whereas, actions under the FTCA may be prosecuted either where the plaintiff resides or

where the act or omission occurred. 28 U.S.C. Section 1402(b); see Del Raso v. United States,

244 F.3d 567, 570 fn.1 (7 Cir. 2001). th

Whereas, plaintiffs reside in the Southern District of California.

Whereas, the acts and omissions alleged in the Complaint occurred at the United States

Penitentiary in Atwater, California, which is located in the Eastern District of California.

Whereas, venue lies in either the Southern District of California or the Eastern District of

California and not in the Northern District of California, where this case is currently pending. 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO TRANSFER

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Whereas, defendant USA appears specially for the sole and limited purpose of objecting to

venue and entering into this stipulation. 

Therefore, the parties stipulate, through counsel, that this action be transferred to the United

States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Respectfully submitted,

 DATED: March 8, 2010 JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

By:_________/S/____________

JAMES A. SCHARF

Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: March 8, 2010 MILLER & JAMES, LLP

By:_________/S/___________________

Patricia I. James, Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ordered

that this action be transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of

California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March __, 2010 ________________________________

Hon. Jeremy Fogel D. Fogel

United States District Court Judge

Northern District of California 

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