Johns v. Brennan

Filing 21

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 01/13/17 ORDERING that Plaintiff will submit to a psychological examination on 01/16/17 at 10:00 a.m. at U.S. Legal Support, 2710 North Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 300S, Sacramento, CA 95833 by Dr. Mark H. Strassberg, M.D. (Benson, A)

1 PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney
2 VICTORIA L. BOESCH
Assistant United States Attorney
3 501 I Street, Suite 10-100
Sacramento, CA 95814
4 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
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Attorneys for Postmaster General Megan L. Brennan
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NANCY PARK (236750)
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MICHAEL MINKLER (266504)
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PARK MINKLER
9 1111 Dunbar Road, Suite A-200
P.O. Box 3446
10 Arnold, CA 95223-3446
Phone: [phone]
11 Fax: [phone]
12 Attorneys for Plaintiff Tonia Johns
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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TONIA JOHNS,

No. 2:15-cv-01910-JAM-DB
Plaintiff,

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STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR MEDICAL
EXAMINATION (PSYCHOLOGICAL)

v.

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MEGAN J. BRENNAN, POSTMASTER
GENERAL, UNITED STATES POSTAL
SERVICE
Defendant.

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Defendant Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan and Plaintiff Tonia Johns respectfully submit

24 this stipulation and proposed order for a medical examination (psychological) under Federal Rule of
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The parties hereby stipulate that Plaintiff will submit to a psychological examination on January

27 16, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at U.S. Legal Support, 2710 North Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 300S, Sacramento,
28 CA 95833 by Dr. Mark H. Strassberg, M.D. See Exhibit A (Dr. Strassberg’s CV). The examination will

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION

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1 consist of an interview and possibly the MMPI. The examination will take between four (4) to six (6)
2 hours to complete. Defense counsel, or anyone from defense counsel’s office, may not have any contact
3 or communication with Dr. Strassberg during the examination. Plaintiff may not be accompanied at the
4 examination by any individual and may not have any contact or communication with her counsel, or
5 anyone from counsel’s office, during the examination. The examination will not be videotaped but may
6 be audio recorded. If the examination is audio recorded by any party, a copy of the audio recording will
7 be provided to the opposing party within one (1) week of the examination.
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Respectfully submitted,

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PHILLIP A. TALBERT
United States Attorney

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Dated: January 11, 2017

By:

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/s/ Victoria L. Boesch
VICTORIA L. BOESCH
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for Defendant

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By:

/s/ Jinsun Nancy Park (authorized on 1/11/17)
JINSUN NANCY PARK
PARK MINKLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ORDER

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Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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