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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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NOTICE OF REFERRAL AND ORDER (3:15-cv-1361-TEH) 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

BRIAN KESTLER, and individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, a municipal 

corporation; JOSHUA KERTIANIS, 

individually and in his capacity as an officer 

for the Santa Rosa Police Department; 

JUSTIN FARRINGTON, individually and in 

his capacity as an officer for the Santa Rosa 

Police Department and DOES 1-25, 

inclusive, individually, jointly and severally,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-01361-TEH 

NOTICE OF REFERRAL AND 

ORDER

[Re: ECF No. 19]

The district court has referred all discovery matters to the undersigned. (Order of Reference, 

ECF No. 19.1) No discovery dispute is pending. If one arises, the parties must comply with the 

undersigned’s standing order (attached). The dispute procedures in it require, among other things,

that if a meet-and-confer by other means does not resolve the parties’ dispute, lead counsel for the 

parties must meet and confer in person (if counsel are local) and then submit a joint-letter brief 

with information about any unresolved disputes. If counsel cannot navigate the filing of a joint 

letter brief, they may schedule a short case management conference call through courtroom deputy 

 

1 Record citations are to documents in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to 

the ECF-generated page numbers at the tops of the documents.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Lashanda Scott.

The letter brief must be filed under the Civil Events category of “Motions and Related Filings 

> Motions - General > Discovery Letter Brief.” After reviewing the joint letter brief, the court will 

evaluate whether future proceedings are necessary, including any further being or argument. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 25, 2015

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LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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