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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal of Defendants and Stipulation to Reinstate CDCR Secretary as a Defendant and 

Order (2:12-cv-00562 MCE-CKD)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER, State Bar No. 230529

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

DIANA ESQUIVEL, State Bar No. 202954

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-4928

Facsilime: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Diana.Esquivel@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Ali, Hamkar, and 

Nangalama

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ROBERT STANLEY WOODS aka 

SALADIN RUSHDAN ,

Plaintiff,

v.

HAMKAR, et al. ,

Defendants.

No. 2:12-cv-00562 MCE-CKD P

STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY 

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF 

DEFENDANTS ALI, HAMKAR AND 

NANGALAMA, AND

STIPULATION TO REINSTATE OR 

ADD CDCR SECRETARY SCOTT 

KERNAN AS A DEFENDANT, AND

ORDER

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), Plaintiff Robert Woods (aka Saladin 

Rushdan) and Defendants Ali, Hamkar, and Nangalama, by and through their counsel of record, 

stipulate to the voluntary dismissal with prejudice of Ali, Hamkar, and Nangalama from this case. 

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) and 25(d), the parties stipulate to the 

reinstatement or addition of Scott Kernan, Secretary for the California Department of Corrections 

and Rehabilitation (CDCR), as a Defendant. Plaintiff originally sued the “Director” of CDCR in 

his official capacity for purposes of injunctive relief. (See ECF No. 1.) In the first amended 

complaint, Plaintiff specifically named then-Secretary Jeffrey Beard. (ECF No. 65.) Beard was 

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Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal of Defendants and Stipulation to Reinstate CDCR Secretary as a Defendant and 

Order (2:12-cv-00562 MCE-CKD)

sued in his official capacity. (Id.) On September 28, 2015, the Court dismissed all Defendants 

except Ali, Hamkar, and Nangalama. (ECF No. 105.) 

The parties have reached a conditional settlement in this case which calls for the dismissal 

of Ali, Hamkar, and Nangalama before the settlement can be finalized. The parties agree to 

reinstate or add CDCR’s Secretary to effect the settlement. However, Beard retired in December 

2015. The current Secretary is Kernan. Under Rule 25(d), Kernan automatically substitutes as a 

party. Good cause therefore exists to grant this stipulated request. 

Dated: February 19, 2016 Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Diana Esquivel

DIANA ESQUIVEL

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants

Dated: February 19, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF DOUGLAS THORN

/s/ Douglas Thorn

DOUGLAS THORN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ORDER

Based on the parties’ stipulated request, and good cause appearing, the Secretary of CDCR, 

Scott Kernan, is added to this lawsuit as a Defendant. Defendants Ali, Hamkar, and Nangalama 

are dismissed with prejudice from this lawsuit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2016

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