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Parties Involved:
Angelina Diaz
Plaintiff
Armida Diaz
Plaintiff
Sabrina Diaz
Plaintiff
United States Postal Service
Defendant
United States of America
Defendant

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Stipulation and Order to Extend Time with 

Respect to Minors’ Compromise Petitions 

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CHRISTOPHER W. WOOD, ESQ. / SBN: 193955 

DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD, LLP

20 Bicentennial Circle 

Sacramento, CA 95826 

Telephone: (916) 379-3500 

Facsimile: (916) 379-3599 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SABRINA DIAZ, a minor, and 

ANGELINA DIAZ, a minor, by and 

through their Guardian ad Litem, 

ARMIDA DIAZ, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, 

inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

 Case No.: 2:09-cv-02511-FCD-JFM 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND TIME WITH RESPECT TO 

MINORS’ COMPROMISE PETITIONS 

 On May 17, 2010, the parties filed a Notice of Settlement conditioned on the Court’s 

approval of a Petition for Minors’ Compromise. Following settlement, Plaintiffs discovered 

the existence of a Medi-Cal lien for each minor. Since then, Plaintiffs have been attempting 

to obtain information on these liens in order to get them negotiated prior to filing the 

Petition for Minors’ Compromise. On October 4, 2010, Plaintiffs finally heard from Medi-Cal 

and it had been confirmed that there would be no liens asserted by Medi-Cal. Shortly 

thereafter, Plaintiffs received communication from Medi-Cal that Medi-Cal would in fact be 

asserting liens. Those liens were finalized on November 2, 2010. 

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 In addition to the issues with the Medi-Cal liens, counsel for Plaintiffs briefly lost 

contact with the guardian ad litem for the minor Plaintiffs, Armida Diaz. Contact with the 

guardian has now been restored and Plaintiff’s will have the Petitions signed and on file 

with the Court by Friday, November 12, 2010. 

 Due to the delays caused by lien process with Medi-Cal and counsel’s brief loss of 

contact with the guardian ad litem, Plaintiffs have been unable to complete the Petitions to 

Approve the Minors’ Claims until this time. Now that Medi-Cal has confirmed the amount of 

the liens they will be asserting in this matter and contact has been restored with the 

guardian ad litem, Plaintiffs can move forward with filing the Petitions. Therefore, Plaintiffs 

hereby request a further extension of 65 days to have the Petition for Minors’ Compromise 

heard on January 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Defendants hereby stipulate to this request. 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: August 10, 2010 DREYER BABICH BUCCOLA WOOD, LLP

 By: /s/ Christopher W. Wood 

 CHRISTOPHER W. WOOD, ESQ. 

Attorney for Plaintiffs

DATED: August 10, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER 

United State Attorney 

 By: /s/ Kelli L. Taylor

 KELLI L. TAYLOR, ESQ. 

Assistant U.S. Attorney

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ORDER

 Based on the parties’ stipulation and good cause appearing, this Court hereby 

extends the time to hear the Petition for Minors’ Compromise to January 14, 2011 at 10:00 

a.m. and orders that the final dispositional documents are now due on or before November 

12, 2010. 

DATED: November 12, 2010 

 

 _________________________________ 

 FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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