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Parties Involved:
Samarn Olsen
Plaintiff
Neolani Olsen-Rodriguez
Plaintiff
United States
Defendant

Document Text:

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973)

United States Attorney

ALEX G. TSE (CABN 152348)

Chief, Civil Division

MARK R. CONRAD (CABN 255667)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-7025

Fax: (415) 436-6748

mark.conrad@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

Clayeo C. Arnold (SBN 65070)

Anthony M. Ontiveros (SBN 152758)

Kiersta D. Perlee (SBN 187675)

CLAYEO C. ARNOLD

A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION

865 Howe Avenue

Sacramento, CA 95825

Telephone: (916) 924-3100

Fax: (916) 924-1829

Email: aontiveros@justice4you.com

Email: kperlee@justice4you.com

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SAMARN OLSEN and

NEOLANI OLSEN-RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. C 14-05601 SI

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE FURTHER 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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WHEREAS, a further case management conference has been scheduled in the above-captioned 

matter for Friday, November 20, 2015, see Dkt. No. 34;

WHEREAS, mediation has been scheduled in the above-captioned matter to be held on January 

21, 2016, see Dkt. No. 28;

WHEREAS, the parties are currently actively engaged discovery, including with respect to issues 

regarding the design and construction of the walkway and stairs around Building AB-4 on the VA 

campus in Martinez, California, where the accident giving rise to this lawsuit occurred;

WHEREAS, a deposition pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) is scheduled to occur on November 30, 

2015, regarding the construction and design of the stairs;

WHEREAS, Defendant anticipates that documents and testimony provided on these subjects will 

disclose information about third parties with whom Defendant contracted with respect to the design and 

construction of the stairs and ramps at issue in this case;

WHEREAS, discovery on these issues is potentially relevant to the dispositive defense that the 

United States has asserted under the independent-contractor exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 

28 U.S.C. § 2671, see Dkt. No. 17 at 3;

WHEREAS, discovery on these issues may also raise the possibility that Plaintiff and/or 

Defendant will seek further information from and/or seek leave to add such additional third parties to 

this litigation, see Dkt. No. 18 at 3;

WHEREAS, the parties respectfully submit that a further case management conference is likely 

to be more productive after such discovery has been exchanged and the parties have had an opportunity 

to develop the factual record on these issues, including with respect to the potential involvement of 

additional parties in the litigation;

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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree that the further case management 

conference in this matter should be continued to January 29, 2016, or the first date thereafter when the 

Court is available.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: November 17, 2015 BRIAN J. STRETCH

Acting United States Attorney

/s/ Mark R. Conrad

MARK R. CONRAD

Assistant United States Attorney

DATED: November 17, 2015 CLAYEO C. ARNOLD

A Professional Law Corporation

/s/ Anthony M. Ontiveros

ANTHONY M. ONTIVEROS

Attorney for Plaintiffs

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION IT IS SO ORDERED. The further case management conference in 

the above-captioned matter shall be and hereby is continued until January 29, 2016. The parties shall 

file a further joint case management statement not later than January 22, 2016.

Date: ________________________ _________________________________________

HON. SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Court Judge

11/17/15

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