Valadez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Olivia Valadez, successor in interest to the No. 1:22-cv-00263-KJM-EPG estate of Eric Valadez, ORDER B Plaintiff, v: Sutter Health Memorial Hospital Los Banos, Defendant. 17 The court recently issued a final pretrial order setting a settlement conference before the 19 assigned Magistrate Judge. See Final Pretrial Order, ECF No. 119. The court also instructed the 20 parties to meet and confer and file a joint statement “identifying their respective positions on (1) whether plaintiff may proceed to trial on a wrongful death claim and (2) what effect California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) has on the issues to be tried.” 23 Jd. at2. The parties have submitted their joint statement. ECF No. 120. The court now resolves 24 the disputes identified in that statement. The court also addresses defendant Sutter Health Memorial Hospital Los Banos’s objections to…