Caravallo v. USPS ( 2023 )

1 PUHniItLeLd ISPt aAte. sT AAtLtoBrEneRyT 2 RACHEL R. DAVIDSON Assistant United States Attorney 3 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 4 Telephone: (916) 554-2731 E-mail: Rachel.Davidson@usdoj.gov 5 Attorneys for Defendant 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 DIANA CARAVALLO, Case No. 2:23−CV−00391−AC 11 Plaintiffs, STIPULATION TO SUBSTITUTE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS DEFENDANT FOR 12 v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 13 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, 14 Defendant. 15 16 Plaintiff Diana Caravallo and Defendant United States Postal Service, through their respective 17 counsel, stipulate to substitute the United States as Defendant in place of Defendant United States Postal 18 Service. The United States is the only proper Defendant for claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 19 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346 (b)(1) and 2679(a); FDIC v. Craft, 157 F.3d 697, 706 (9th Cir. 1998) (“The FTCA is 20 the exclusive remedy for tortious conduct by the United States, and it only allows claims against the 21 United States. Although such claims can arise from the acts or omissions of United States agencies 22 (28 U.S.C. § 2671), an agency itself cannot be sued under the FTCA.”). 23 Dated: August 30, 2023 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 24 United States Attorney 25 By: /s/ Rachel R. Davidson RACHEL R. DAVIDSON 26 Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Defendant 27 28 1 || DATED: August 30, 2023 O’BRIEN AND ZENDER 2 By: /s/John M. O'Brien (auth. on 8/29/23) 3 JOHN M. O’BRIEN GRANT R. ZEHNDER 4 Attorney for Plaintiff 5 6 [PROPOSED] ORDER 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 9 DATED: September 11, 2023. 10 A, Hthrrn— 12 ALLISON CLAIRE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION TO SUBSTITUTE UNITED