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Parties Involved:
Richard Silong
Plaintiff
Gina Melissa Silong
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB (SBN 166452)

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Courthouse

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Defendant United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GINA MELISSA SILONG and )

LT. COL. RICHARD SILONG, both )

individually and as next )

friend of Paige Elise Silong, )

their minor daughter, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

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1:06-cv-00474-LJO-DLB

STIPULATION RE CASE SCHEDULE;

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

Plaintiffs Gina Melissa Silong and Lt. Col. Richard Silong,

both individually and as next friend of Paige Elise Silong, their

minor daughter (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendant United States of

America (“United States”), by and through undersigned counsel,

hereby stipulate to the following revised trial and case dates in

this action and respectfully request that the Court so approve.

Good cause exists for this stipulation based on the

following:

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1. The parties are attempting to settle the action prior

to the expenditure of substantial sums on expert witness

depositions. The Court originally set a settlement conference

for May 22, 2007. The parties advanced the settlement conference

to January 29, 2007, and attempted an early resolution of the

case. The case did not settle.

2. Since the January 29, 2007 settlement conference, the

parties have designated all of their experts and produced expert

reports. No expert depositions have yet been taken, although

numerous expert depositions have been set. There are a total of

11 experts located throughout the country in New York City,

Baltimore, San Antonio, Houston, Green Bay, Los Angeles,

Sacramento, Fresno, and Canton, Michigan.

3. Following the designation of experts, the parties set

another settlement conference. The first available date on which

the Court, counsel and the parties were available was May 7,

2007. The current expert discovery cut-off date is May 10, 2007. 

The parties seek to attempt to settle the action prior to the

costly expenditures associated with the expert depositions.

4. It is not possible to continue the current expert

discovery cutoff date without also continuing the current

pretrial motion filing deadline, and the corresponding pretrial

conference and trial date.

5. The parties have been advised by Courtroom Deputy

Irma Lira that the next available trial dates are in January 2008

and accordingly request such a trial date. The parties have not

previously requested to continue the trial date.

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Based on the above, the parties request the following

revised case dates:

Old Dates New Dates

Non-expert and expert

discovery cutoff May 10, 2007 July 10, 2007

Pretrial motion filing deadline June 1, 2007 Aug. 3, 2007

Pretrial motion hearing deadline July 6, 2007 Sept. 7, 2007

Pretrial conference July 18, 2007 Nov. 15, 2007

8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m.

 Dept. 4 (LJO) Dept. 4 (LJO)

Court trial Sept. 4, 2007 Jan. 22, 2008

 (5 days est.) 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m.

 Dept. 4 (LJO) Dept. 4 (LJO)

Dated: April 10, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

THE MICHAEL ARCHULETA LAW McGREGOR W. SCOTT

FIRM United States Attorney

By: /s/Jamal K. Alsaffar By: /s/Kimberly A. Gaab 

MICHAEL ARCHULETA KIMBERLY A. GAAB

JAMAL K. ALSAFFAR Attorneys for Defendant

Attorneys for PlaintiffS United States of America

Gina Melissa Silong and Lt.

Col. Richard Silong, both

individually and as next

friend of Paige Elise Silong,

their minor daughter

THE COURT HAS REVIEWED THE REASONS STATED BY COUNSEL, AND FINDS

GOOD LEGAL CAUSE EXISTS FOR THE ALTERATION OF THE SCHEDULING

CONFERENCE ORDER AS REQUESTED. THE REQUEST AND STIPULATION IS

GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 11, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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