Boatman v. Brockman ( 2023 )

1 PUHniItLeLd ISPt aAte. sT AAtLtoBrnEeRyT 2 PHILIP A. SCARBOROUGH Assistant United States Attorney 3 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 4 Telephone: (916) 554-2700 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 5 Philip.Scarborough@usdoj.gov 6 Attorneys for the United States 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 NATHANAEL BOATMAN, et al., CASE NO. 2:23-CV-01027-KJM-KJN 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER 12 v. JUDGE: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 13 SARAH ELLEN BROCKMAN, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiffs Nathanael Boatman and Rachael Weinbrecht (together, Plaintiffs) and defendant the 17 United States jointly request that the Court establish a schedule regarding an anticipated amended 18 complaint from Plaintiffs. Good cause appearing, the request is granted. 19 Plaintiffs propose amending their complaint to name the United States as the sole party 20 defendant. The amendment is proper because, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the United States is 21 the only proper party defendant. See Kennedy v. United States Postal Service, 145 F.3d 1077, 1078 (9th 22 Cir. 1998); see also 28 U.S.C. § 2679(b)(1). 23 Accordingly, plaintiffs SHALL file their amended complaint on or before November 9, 2023. 24 The United States thereafter SHALL file a response to the complaint on or before November 16, 2023. 25 The scheduling conference set for December 14, 2023, shall proceed as scheduled. 26 // 27 // 28 // 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 || DATED: November 6, 2023. ; CHIEF ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ORDER