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MITCHELL, BRISSO,

DELANEY & VRIEZE

814 Seventh Street

P.O. Drawer 1008

Eureka, CA 95502

James A. Zito, SBN 96272

Attorney at Law

611 “L” Street, Suite A

Eureka, CA 95501

Tel: (707) 269-0743

Fax: (707) 269-0220

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Melinda Haag, SBN 132612

United States Attorney

Joann M. Swanson, SBN 88143

Chief, Civil Division

Melissa K. Brown, SBN 203307

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, CA 94102-3495

Tel: (415) 436-6962

Fax: (415) 436-6748

E-Mail: melissa.k.brown@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant, United States of America 

Nancy K. Delaney, SBN 70617

Nicholas R. Kloeppel, SBN 186165

MITCHELL, BRISSO, DELANEY & VRIEZE

Attorneys at Law

814 Seventh Street

P. O. Drawer 1008

Eureka, CA 95502

Tel: (707) 443-5643

Fax: (707) 444-9586

E-Mail: kradford@mitchelllawfirm.com

Attorneys for Defendants, Zazueta, Wallace, Hamreus and Strachan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MALINDA DOTSON, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; 

FRANK ZAZUETA, M.D.; MEGAN E. 

HAMREUS, D.O.; CHRISTOPHER 

WALLACE, M.D.; ALEXANDER 

STRACHAN, M.D.; and DOES 1 through 

25, inclusive, 

Defendants.

CASE NO.: CV-08-4291-SI

JOINT STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

THE EXISTING SCHEDULING 

ORDER AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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MITCHELL, BRISSO,

DELANEY & VRIEZE

814 Seventh Street

P.O. Drawer 1008

Eureka, CA 95502

The parties in this case respectfully request modification of the existing 

Scheduling Order as follows: 

The parties agree to extend the fact discovery cut-off only to allow the completion 

of the deposition of Malinda Dotson, and to allow for the Independent Medical 

Examination of Malinda Dotson, both of which are currently scheduled for September 1, 

2010.

Accordingly, the parties also agree to extend the expert disclosure deadline to 

September 24, 2010 and the expert discovery cut-off to October 29, 2010. Further, the 

parties agree to move the last day to file a motion for summary judgment from November 

12, 2010 to November 19, 2010.

The parties have been acting in good faith in complying with the current schedule 

but will be unable to complete discovery under the present deadline due to scheduling 

conflicts on behalf of the Plaintiff. The parties believe it would impair proper 

preparation and evaluation of this case if the requested modification is not granted. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: August 23, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF JAMES A. ZITO

By: 

James A. Zito

/s/

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DATED: August 23, 2010 MELINDA HAAG, 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

By: 

Melissa K. Brown

/s/

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

United States of America

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MITCHELL, BRISSO,

DELANEY & VRIEZE

814 Seventh Street

P.O. Drawer 1008

Eureka, CA 95502

DATED: August 23, 2010 MITCHELL, BRISSO, DELANEY & VRIEZE

By: 

Nancy K. Delaney

/s/

Attorneys for Defendants 

Zazueta, Wallace, Hamreus and Strachan

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MITCHELL, BRISSO,

DELANEY & VRIEZE

814 Seventh Street

P.O. Drawer 1008

Eureka, CA 95502

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation of the parties, the fact discovery cut-off is extended from

August 26, 2010 to September 1, 2010 for the purpose of allowing the completion of the 

deposition of Malinda Dotson and to allow the Independent Medical Examination of 

Malinda Dotson. The expert disclosure deadline is extended from August 27, 2010 to 

September 24, 2010 and the expert discovery cut-off is extended from October 13, 2010 

to October 29, 2010. The last day to file a motion for summary judgment is continued 

from November 12, 2010 to November 19, 2010.

SO ORDERED

DATED: _________________ ________________________________

HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Court Judge

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