1 PAHctIiLnLg IUPn Ait.e Td ASLtaBteEsR ATtt orney 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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

11 Plaintiffs, STIPULATION TO SUBSTITUTE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA AS DEFENDANT FOR

12 v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND

ORDER

13 LORRAINE LEUNG, THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-FOOD

14 SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE,

15 Defendants.

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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 v. Craft, 157 F.3d 697, 21 706 (9th Cir. 1998) (“The FTCA is the exclusive remedy for tortious conduct by the United States, and it 22 only allows claims against the United States. Although such claims can arise from the acts or omissions 23 of United States agencies (28 U.S.C. § 2671), an agency itself cannot be sued under the FTCA.”). 24 Plaintiff will serve the United States pursuant to F.R.C.P. 4 and thereafter the United States will 25 have the prescribed 60 days to respond. 26 /// 27 /// 28 1 /// Dated: September 21, 2020 PHILLIP A. TALBERT 2 Acting United States Attorney 3 By: /s/Rachel R. Davidson

RACHEL R. DAVIDSON

4 Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Defendant 5 6 DATED: September 21, 2021 FRANK PENNEY INJURY LAWYERS 7 8 By: /s/Mark McCauley (auth. on 9/20/21) MARK McCAULEY 9 Attorney for Plaintiff 10 1] ORDER 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 || DATED: September 22, 2021 14 /\ (] 15 iA | (/ AN

CHIEF NT] ED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATION TO SUBSTITUTE UNITED