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Parties Involved:
Luis C. Domingo
Plaintiff
Management & Training Corporation
Defendant
United States of America
Defendant

Document Text:

JOINT STIPULATION FOR DISMISSAL OF FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION AND 

STAY OF REMAINING CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANT UNITED STATES 1

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Attorneys for Defendant UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LOUIS C. DOMINGO

Plaintiff,

v.

MANAGEMENT & TRAINING 

CORPORATION; and JOHN DOES 1-9,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-00284-AWI−JLT

JOINT STIPULATION FOR 

DISMISSAL OF FIFTH CAUSE OF 

ACTION AND STAY OF 

REMAINING CLAIMS AGAINST 

DEFENDANT UNITED STATES

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN Plaintiff Luis Domingo, and Defendants 

Management & Training Corporation and the United States, by and through their respective attorneys of 

record, as follows:

This case involves a former Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate suing the United States and 

its contractor, Management & Training Corporation, for a miscellany of claims arising from the alleged 

failure to prevent plaintiff from contracting Coccidioidomycosis (commonly referred to as Valley Fever 

or Cocci) while incarcerated at Taft CI.

Plaintiff agrees to a dismissal of the fifth cause of action against the United States alleging a 

claimed violation of the plaintiff's Eighth Amendment rights. As to the remaining claims against the 

United States, the United States expressly reserves its right to assert any and all defenses to any 

allegations made against it in this litigation, including, but not limited to, the timeliness of plaintiff’s 

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

ALYSON A. BERG

Assistant United States Attorney

2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

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claims, the independent contractor exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), and the 

discretionary function exception to the FTCA.

A dispositive issue in this case is whether plaintiff's remaining causes of action against the 

United States are barred by the independent contractor exception to the FTCA because MTC controlled 

the "day to day" operations at Taft CI. Plaintiff's claims are related to the claims in the matter of Edison 

v United States, which action is currently on appeal as Ninth Circuit Case No. 14-15472, as well as the 

claims in the matter of Nuwintore v United States, also on appeal as Ninth Circuit Case No. 14-17546. 

As briefing in both cases is complete, and the parties are awaiting a date for oral argument in February 

2016, a stay will not cause substantial delay in this action. Leyva v. Certified Grocers of California, 

Ltd., 593 F.2d 857, 863-64 (9th Cir.1979) ("[a] trial court may, with propriety, find it is efficient for its 

own docket and the fairest course for the parties to enter a stay of an action before it, pending resolution 

of independent proceedings which bear upon the case."). In this regard, the undersigned parties hereby 

jointly request that the Court stay this action pending resolution of the appeals in Edison v United States, 

Ninth Circuit Case No. 14-15472, and Nuwintore v United States, Ninth Circuit Case No. 14-17546, on 

the basis of the good cause set forth above.

Accordingly, the undersigned parties respectfully request that the Court enter the [proposed] 

order set forth below dismissing the fifth cause of action and stay this action pending resolution of the 

Edison and Nuwintore appeals. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: November 18, 2015 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

/s/Alyson A. Berg

ALYSON A. BERG

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Defendant United States of America

Dated: November 17, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

FELDMAN & WALLACH

(As authorized 11/17/15)

/s/Ian Wallach

Ian Wallach

Attorneys for Plaintiff Luis C. Domingo

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Dated: November 16, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP

(As authorized 11/16/15)

/s/Susan Coleman

Susan Coleman

Attorney for Defendant Management & 

Training Corporation

ORDER

Having reviewed the stipulation submitted by the parties, and for good cause, the court hereby 

dismisses the fifth cause of action against the United States and stays the action until resolution of the 

Edison and Nuwintore appeals.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 19, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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