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Parties Involved:
C. Brooks Cutter
Plaintiff
Department of Health and Human Services
Defendant
Food and Drug Administration
Defendant

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL #66194

Assistant U. S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2760

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Email: yoshinori.himel@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

C. BROOKS CUTTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

and DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES,

Defendants.

No. 1:09-cv-00107-LJO-DLB

PARTIES’ STIPULATION TO

EXTEND PROTEST DATE AND

RESET STATUS CONFERENCE;

ORDER

Plaintiff, C. Brooks Cutter, and Defendants, the United States Food and Drug

Administration ("FDA") and Department of Health and Human Services, through their attorneys,

Benjamin B. Wagner, United States Attorney, and Yoshinori H. T. Himel, Assistant United States

Attorney, respectfully request that this Court modify the schedule set forth in the Court's Order

filed November 2, 2009.

In the "Parties' Stipulation to Stay Action until December 15, 2009, and Reset Status

Conference; Proposed Order," approved November 2, 2009, the parties agreed to extend the time

permitted for the Plaintiff to challenge FDA's withholdings until January 14, 2010. Plaintiff now

needs another 30 days, that is, until February 16, 2010, to decide whether to make that challenge. 

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Should the decision be not to challenge the withholdings, there would be nothing left to litigate,

and the parties should be able to stipulate dismissal.

The parties will not know the case status until February 16, 2010, which is after the status

conference set for February 9, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Beck. To serve judicial efficiency,

the parties request that the status conference be continued until March 17, 2010, at 9:30 a.m.,

before Judge Beck.

The parties previously agreed that FDA will not prepare a Vaughn index of redacted

information at this time. If Plaintiff decides to challenge FDA's withholdings, FDA agrees to

produce a Vaughn index within thirty (30) calendar days after Plaintiff gives defense counsel of

record and FDA counsel a notice of his intent to challenge the withholdings.

Based upon the foregoing, the parties move this Court to enter an order continuing the

status conference set by Order filed November 2, 2009, from February 9, 2010, until March 17,

2010, at 9:30 a.m.

Dated: January 15, 2010 /s/ C. Brooks Cutter 

C. BROOKS CUTTER

Dated: January 14, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Y H T Himel 

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL

Assistant U. S. Attorney

Of Counsel:

DAVID S. CADE

Acting General Counsel

MICHAEL M. LANDA

Acting Associate General Counsel

Food and Drug Division

ERIC M. BLUMBERG

Deputy Chief Counsel, Litigation

MICHAEL HELBING

Assistant Chief Counsel, Litigation

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

Office of the General Counsel

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

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ORDER

Good cause appearing, the status conference presently set for 9:00 a.m. on February 9,

2010, is CONTINUED until March 17, 2010, at 9:30 a.m., before Judge Beck.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 15, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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