(PS) Stewart v. Dept. of Agriculture-Food And Safety Inspection Service

PAHctIiLnLg IUPn Ait.e Td ASLtaBteEsR ATtt orney RACHEL R. DAVIDSON Assistant United States Attorney 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 554-2731 E-mail: Rachel.Davidson@usdoj.gov 5 Attorneys for Defendant UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LANCE STEWART, Case No. 2:21-CV-01246-KJM-JDP

Plaintiffs, STIPULATION TO SUBSTITUTE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA AS DEFENDANT FOR

v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND

ORDER

LORRAINE LEUNG, THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-FOOD

SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE,

Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Lance Stewart and Defendant United States Department of Agriculture, through their 18 respective counsel, stipulate to substitute the United States as Defendant in place of the Defendant 19 United States Department of Agriculture. The United States is the only proper Defendant for claims 20 under the Federal Tort Claims Act. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346 (b)(1) and 2679(a); FDIC…