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Parties Involved:
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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Richard L. Mahfouz II (State Bar Number 246739) 

Clerkin, Sinclair & Mahfouz, LLP 

701 B Street, Suite 1160 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619-308-6550 

E-mail: rlmahfouz@clerkinlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 

Phillip A. Talbert 

Acting United States Attorney 

Jeffrey J. Lodge 

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 

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 1:15-cv-00712-BAM 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONTINUING 

JOINT STATUS REPORT, 

PRE-TRIAL HEARING AND COURT 

TRIAL DATES 

Plaintiff, by and through its counsel, and Defendant, United States of America, by and 

through its attorneys, constituting all the parties appearing in this action, through the undersigned 

counsel of record, hereby stipulate to continue the Joint Status Report from June 7th, 2016, to 

June 21, 2016, further stipulate to continue the Pre-Trial Hearing from June 14th, 2016, to 

August 15, 2016, and to further stipulate to continue the Trial from August 2, 2016, to a date 

suitable for the Court. 

/././. 

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Reason For Continuance. The parties are close to settling; however, the statute of 

limitations for all claimants runs June 7, 2016. Therefore, the parties cannot enter into an official 

settlement before June 7, 2016. As Plaintiff is awaiting confirmation of no other administrative 

claims, the parties must wait until after June 7, 2016, to sign the FTCA settlement agreement. 

Based upon the foregoing, the parties respectfully request the Court to order this case be 

continued as outlined in this [Proposed] Order. 

Now, therefore, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between all the parties to this 

action as follows: 

1. That the Joint Status Report, currently set for June 7, 2016, be continued to June 21, 

2016; and 

2. That the Pre-Trial Hearing in this action, currently set for June 14, 2016, be 

continued to August 15, 2016. 

3. That the Trial in this action, currently set for August 2, 2016, be continued to a date 

suitable for the Court. 

SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: June 2, 2016 CLERKIN, SINCLAIR & MAHFOUZ, LLP 

 ___/s/ Richard L. Mahfouz II_____ 

BY: Richard L. Mahfouz II, 

Attorneys for Plaintiff State Farm Mutual 

Automobile Insurance Company 

DATED: _____June 2, 2016___ 

 ____/s/ Jeffrey J. Lodge_________ 

Jeffrey J. Lodge 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorney for Defendant 

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ORDER 

 Based on the Joint Stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing, IT IS 

ORDERED that the Joint Status Report currently set for June 7, 2016, be and hereby is 

continued to June 21, 2016. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Pre-Trial Conference 

Hearing in this action, currently set for June 14, 2016, be and hereby is continued to August 15, 

2016 at 10:00 AM before Judge McAuliffe in Courtroom 8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 

the Court Trial in this action, currently set for August 2, 2016, be and hereby is continued to 

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 8:30 AM before Judge McAuliffe in Courtroom 8. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 7, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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