Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_90-cv-00520/USCOURTS-caed-2_90-cv-00520-1183/pdf.json

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

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

SHAWNA BALLARD, State Bar No. 155188 

KATE FALKENSTIEN, State Bar No. 313753 

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP 

100 Marine Parkway, Suite 300 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 623-1401 

Fax: (650) 623-1449 

Email: sballard@reichmanjorgensen.com 

 kfalkenstien@reichmanjorgensen.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor 

Christopher Lipsey 

BRIAN C. BARAN, State Bar No. 325939 

Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP 

1909 K St. NW, Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 894-7310 

Fax: (650) 623-1449 

Email: bbaran@reichmanjorgensen.com

ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668 

Attorney General of California 

MONICA N. ANDERSON, State Bar No. 182970 

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

DAMON MCCLAIN, State Bar No. 209508 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931 

NAMRATA KOTWANI, State Bar No. 308741 

Deputy Attorneys General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 210-7318 

Fax: (916) 324-5205 

E-mail: Namrata.Kotwani@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

PAUL B. MELLO, State Bar No. 179755 

SAMANTHA D. WOLFF, State Bar No. 240280 

LAUREL E. O’CONNOR, State Bar No. 305478 

DAVID C. CASARRUBIAS, State Bar No. 321994 

1676 N. California Boulevard, Suite 620 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 746-8460 

Fax: (925) 746-8490 

E-mail: PMello@hansonbridgett.com 

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al. 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:90-cv-00520 KJM DB P 

STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING 

DEADLINES FOR ADJUDICATING 

PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR CHRISTOPHER 

LIPSEY’S CLAIM PENDING SETTLEMENT 

Judge: Hon. Kimberly Mueller 

Action Filed: April 23, 1990 

Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-SCR Document 7525 Filed 04/13/22 Page 1 of 3
 1

Stipulation and Order Staying Deadlines for Lipsey’s Claim Pending Settlement 

(2:90-cv-00520 KJM DB (PC)) 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

On February 25, 2022, the Court issued an order referring the issues raised in PlaintiffIntervenor Christopher Lipsey’s claim in intervention to Chief Magistrate Judge Kendall Newman for 

mediation and extending the deadlines for adjudicating Lipsey’s claim to allow time for the parties to 

explore settlement. See ECF No. 7478. That schedule calls for an April 29, 2022 fact discovery cutoff. 

Id. ¶ 1. 

At a March 22, 2022 settlement conference, the parties reached an agreement in principle, 

“subject to submission of documents and approval by” the Court. ECF Nos. 7496, 7512. Defendants 

circulated a draft settlement agreement on April 5, 2022. Lipsey and Plaintiffs will need time to review 

the draft before it can be submitted for approval. 

To allow time to finalize and seek the Court’s approval for the settlement without unnecessarily 

expending additional resources on a claim that has settled in principle, the parties request that the 

Court vacate the deadlines set forth in the February 25, 2022 Stipulation and Order, ECF No. 7478, 

and all other pending discovery deadlines, including Lipsey’s deadline to respond to Defendants’ 

Interrogatories to Plaintiff-Intervenor Lipsey, Set Two. If the parties are unable to finalize a settlement 

or the Court disapproves the settlement, the parties will promptly propose a new schedule. 

IT IS STIPULATED AS FOLLOWS: 

The parties jointly stipulate and request that the Court order as follows: 

1. The deadlines set forth in the February 25, 2022 Stipulation and Order, ECF No. 7478, 

as well as all other pending discovery deadlines, including Lipsey’s deadline to respond to 

Defendants’ Interrogatories to Plaintiff-Intervenor Lipsey, Set Two, are vacated. 

2. If the parties have not finalized and submitted a settlement agreement for the Court’s 

approval within forty-five days from the date of this order, the parties shall meet and confer 

and file within sixty days from the date of this order a joint statement proposing a new schedule 

for adjudication of Lipsey’s claim. 

3. If the Court enters an order denying approval of the settlement, the parties shall meet 

and confer and file within fourteen days of the entry of that order a joint statement proposing 

a new schedule for adjudication of Lipsey’s claim. 

Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-SCR Document 7525 Filed 04/13/22 Page 2 of 3
 2

Stipulation and Order Staying Deadlines for Lipsey’s Claim Pending Settlement 

(2:90-cv-00520 KJM DB (PC)) 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

4. In the event the parties are unable to agree to a new schedule should one be necessary 

under paragraphs 2 or 3, the parties shall submit a schedule that provides three weeks to 

respond to outstanding written discovery (including Defendants’ Interrogatories to PlaintiffIntervenor Lipsey, Set Two) and that otherwise tracks the time that was remaining as of 

February 25, 2022 for each deadline. 

Dated: April 12, 2022 Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/ Brian C. Baran /s/ Namrata Kotwani (as authorized on 4/11/22) 

REICHMAN JORGENSEN

LEHMAN & FELDBERG LLP 

Shawna L. Ballard (SBN 155188) 

Kate Falkenstien (SBN 313753) 

100 Marine Parkway, Suite 300 

Redwood Shores, California 94065 

Telephone: (650) 623-1401 

Fax: (650) 623-1449 

sballard@reichmanjorgensen.com 

kfalkenstien@reichmanjorgensen.com 

REICHMAN JORGENSEN

LEHMAN & FELDBERG LLP 

Brian C. Baran (SBN 325939) 

1909 K St. NW, Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 894-7310 

Fax: (650) 623-1449 

bbaran@reichmanjorgensen.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor 

Christopher Lipsey

ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California 

DAMON MCCLAIN

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

NAMRATA KOTWANI

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 12, 2022. 

Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-SCR Document 7525 Filed 04/13/22 Page 3 of 3