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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1346wd Wrongful Death

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE ESTATE OF CRUZ 

VELAZQUEZ-ACEVEDO, by and 

through its representative, MARCELINO 

VELAZQUEZ PEREZ, and 

MARCELINO VELAZQUEZ PEREZ in 

his own right, 

 Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

ADRIAN PERALLON, VALERIE 

BAIRD, and DOES 1-50, INCLUSIVE,

 

Defendants.

Case No.: 14cv2527-GPC (BLM)

ORDER FOR SUBSTITUTION

The Court having been fully apprised that the Attorney General’s designee has 

certified that the individual Defendants Adrian Perallon and Valerie Baird were acting 

within the scope of their employment at the time of the incident giving rise to the common 

law tort allegations contained in Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, and the Court 

having been apprised of the substitution of the United States of America pursuant to the 

Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, 102 Stat, 4563 

(1988), codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2679, it is hereby ORDERED:

Pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2679(b)(2) and § 2679(d)(2), Plaintiff’s 

common law tort claims (the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Causes of Action) asserted 

against individual Defendants Adrian Perallon and Valerie Baird in the Second Amended 

Complaint are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, as to those Defendants, on the 

ground that the exclusive remedy for these claims is an action against the United States of 

America and the United States of America has been substituted as the sole defendant on 

these claims. 

Dated: January 7, 2016

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