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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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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL 

Robert Shulman, County Counsel (75306) 

Edward J. Kiernan, Deputy (189243) 

950 Maidu Avenue 

Nevada City, CA 95959-8617 

Telephone: (530) 265-1319 

Facsimile: (530) 265-9840 

Attorneys for Defendant COUNTY OF NEVADA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRADLEY AND JENNIFER BALLARD 

AS NEXT FRIEND FOR NATHANIEL 

JAMES BALLARD, A MINOR, 

CIV S-04-0111-MCE KJM PS 

Plaintiffs,

vs. 

COUNTY OF NEVADA'S 

RESPONSE TO JULY 26, 2005 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE; 

REQUEST TO JOIN MOTION TO 

DISMISS; ORDER 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; COUNTY 

OF NEVADA; NEVADA COUNTY 

SUPERIOR COURT; JUDGE M. 

KATHLEEN BUTZ; AND JUDGE 

CARL F. BRYAN, II. 

Date: August 15, 2005 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 3 

Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr. 

Defendants.

I, Edward J. Kiernan, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 

1. I am an attorney at law admitted to practice law in the State of California, 

am employed by the Office of the County Counsel for the County of Nevada, and am 

the attorney assigned to represent the County of Nevada, Defendant, in the abovecaptioned case. 

2. On May 25, 2005, Counsel for the remaining defendants caused to be 

electronically filed a Second Amended Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss the 

captioned case , and scheduled the hearing for July 25, 2005, at 9:00 a.m. 

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3. Nevada County was not a party to that Motion and it was not 

calendared for my attendance. Accordingly, I did not attend, or even know about, the 

July 25, 2005 hearing. (While I have no recollection of receiving the electronic 

notice, I do not dispute that it was properly sent.) 

4. Having since had the opportunity to review the Motion filed by fellow 

defense counsel, I have determined that the arguments within her Motion are equally 

available to Nevada County and thus now request we be allowed to join her motion 

for purposes of dismissing Nevada County from this lawsuit. In the alternative, 

Nevada County will be filing a similar motion in the near future. 

Dated: August 12, 2005 

 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL 

 By _______/s/____________________ 

 EDWARD J. KIERNAN 

 Deputy County Counsel 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 COUNTY OF NEVADA 

The request of Nevada County to join in the Second Amended Motion to Dismiss is 

DENIED. Nevada County is to file, if desired, its own motion to dismiss not later than 

twenty (20) days after the date of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 15, 2005 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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