Richmond v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior ( 2021 )

1 PAHctIiLnLg IUPn Ait.e dT AStLaBteEs RATtt orney 2 RACHEL R. DAVIDSON Assistant United States Attorney 3 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 4 Email: Rachel.Davidson@usdoj.gov Telephone: (916) 554-2731 5 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 6 Attorneys for the United States 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOHN RICHMOND, CASE NO. 2:21-cv-01103-KJM-DMC 12 Plaintiff, STIPULATION TO SUBSTITUTE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS 13 vs. DEFENDANT AND ORDER 14 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, BUREAU OF LAND 15 MANAGEMENT, et. al. 16 Defendants 17 18 Plaintiff John Richmond and Defendant United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of 19 Land Management, through their respective counsel, stipulate to substitute the United States as 20 Defendant in place of the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The 21 United States is the only proper Defendant for claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 28 U.S.C. §§ 22 1346 (b)(1) and 2679(a); FDIC v. Craft, 157 F.3d 697, 706 (9th Cir. 1998) (“The FTCA is the exclusive 23 remedy for tortious conduct by the United States, and it only allows claims against the United States. 24 Although such claims can arise from the acts or omissions of United States agencies (28 U.S.C. § 2671), 25 an agency itself cannot be sued under the FTCA.”). 26 27 28 1 || DATED: September 22, 2021 PHILLIP A. TALBERT Acting United States Attorney 2 3 By: /s/Rachel R. Davidson RACHEL R. DAVIDSON 4 Assistant United States Attorney Attorney for Defendant 5 6 || DATED: September 22, 2021 7 PENNEY & ASSOCIATES 8 By: /s/Dillon R. Whitsett (auth. On 9/22/21) 9 DILLON R. WHITSETT Attorney for Plaintiff 10 1] 12 ORDER 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. 14 15 || DATED: September 27, 2021. [\ (] 16 iA | LY fh ( AY CHIEF NT] ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28