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Parties Involved:
Frank Harrison
Defendant
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
Defendant
Kimberly Larson
Defendant
Jeremy Rosenberg
Defendant
Jo Ann Zepher
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION TO AMEND PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02540 JAM EFB 

DWT 25970976v3 0086386-000140 

JUDITH DROZ KEYES (CA State Bar No. 66408) 

MICHAEL A. APARICIO (CA State Bar No. 206300) 

MARC G. FERNANDEZ (CA State Bar No. 254261) 

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 276-6500 

Facsimile: (415) 276-6599 

Email: jkeyes@dwt.com 

Email: maparicio@dwt.com 

Email: marcfernandez@dwt.com 

Attorneys for 

Defendant KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS 

ELLEN C. DOVE (CA State Bar No. 64034) 

5325 Elkhorn Blvd., #160 

Sacramento, CA 95842 

Telephone: (916) 331-0111 

Facsimile: (916) 726-8576 

Email: edove3136@aol.com 

Attorneys for PLAINTIFF 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JO ANN ZEPHER, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, 

KIMBERLY LARSON, M.D., FRANK 

HARRISON, JEREMY ROSENBERG, and 

DOES 1-20, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:14-cv-02540 JAM EFB 

STIPULATION FOR LEAVE TO 

AMEND PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT, 

AND TO ESTABLISH RELATED 

DEADLINES; ORDER 

Complaint Filed: October 29, 2014 

 

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STIPULATION TO AMEND PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02540 JAM EFB 

DWT 25970976v3 0086386-000140 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed her Complaint on October 29, 2014 and served Defendant 

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFH) on December 16, 2014. The three individual defendants have 

not been served or made an appearance. 

WHEREAS, The Parties stipulated (pursuant to Local Rule 143) to an extension for KFH 

to respond to the Complaint, in order to give the parties time to meet and confer regarding 

pleading issues that would otherwise be raised by motion practice. The current deadline for KFH 

to file a response to the Complaint is February 3, 2015. 

WHEREAS, the Parties have met and conferred via written correspondence, and as a 

result, Plaintiff intends to amend her Complaint to address some or all of the pleadings issues 

raised by KFH. However, Plaintiff’s counsel has just completed a trial in Riverside County and 

leaves for Orange County on February 3, 2015, and will not be able to prepare a thoughtful 

amendment in the time presently available. 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), KFH agrees that 

Plaintiff should have leave to amend her Complaint; 

WHEREAS, for efficiency and to avoid unnecessary expense, KFH wishes to avoid 

preparing motions to dismiss as to the original Complaint if Plaintiff is going to amend that 

Complaint in the coming weeks; however, due to the current timing, KFH cannot reasonably delay 

preparing its papers until Plaintiff’s counsel is available. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties stipulate and agree: 

1. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), KFH agrees that Plaintiff should 

have leave to amend her Complaint; 

2. Plaintiff will file her amended complaint, if any, no later than February 17, 2015; 

and 

3. Defendant KFH shall have an additional two weeks to respond to the current 

Complaint in the event that Plaintiff does not file an amended complaint as 

currently contemplated; this new deadline is March 3, 2015. 

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STIPULATION TO AMEND PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02540 JAM EFB 

DWT 25970976v3 0086386-000140 

Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 143, the Parties request the Court to approve this Stipulation 

as an Order of the Court. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: January 26, 2015 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 

JUDITH DROZ KEYES 

MICHAEL A. APARICIO 

MARC G. FERNANDEZ 

By: /s/ Marc G. Fernandez_____ 

 Marc G. Fernandez 

Attorneys for 

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL 

DATED: January 26, 2015 

By: /s/ Ellen C. Dove_______ 

(as authorized on 1/26/2015) 

 Ellen C. Dove 

Attorneys for PLAINTIFF 

ORDER 

Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 26, 2015 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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