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Parties Involved:
21st Century Insurance Company
Plaintiff
United States Department of Agriculture
Defendant
United States of America
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ]ORDER TO SUBSTITUTE THE UNITED STATES IN PLACE OF DEF.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

21ST Century Insurance Co. v. United States, et al., Case No. 2:16-cv-01524 TLN-KJN

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

CHI SOO KIM 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2700 

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for Defendants United States and 

United States Department of Agriculture 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

21ST CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: and 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

AGRICULTURE,

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 2:16-cv-01524 TLN-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

SUBSTITUTE THE UNITED STATES IN

PLACE OF DEFENDANT UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Defendant United States, Defendant United States Department of Agriculture, and Plaintiff 21st

Century Insurance Co., by and through their respective counsel, stipulate to substitute the United States 

as Defendant in place of Defendant United States Department of Agriculture. The United States is the 

only proper party defendant for claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b)(1) and 

3679(a); FDIC v. Craft, 157 F.3d 697, 706 (9th Cir. 1998) (“The FTCA is the exclusive remedy for 

tortious conduct by the United States, and it only allows claims against the United States. Although 

such claims can arise from the acts or omissions of United States Agencies (28 U.S.C. § 2671), an 

agency itself cannot be sued under the FTCA.”). 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SUBSTITUTE THE UNITED STATES IN PLACE OF DEF.

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Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: December 16, 2016 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 

United States Attorney 

 /s/ Chi Soo Kim 

 CHI SOO KIM 

 Assistant United States Attorney 

 Attorneys for United States and 

United States Department of Agriculture 

DATED: December 16, 2016 BENSON LEGAL, APC 

 /s/ Susan M. Benson 

 SUSAN M. BENSON 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 21st Century Insurance Co. 

 

ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 22, 2016

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