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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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PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR ORDER LIFTING STAY AND DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

Tule Lake Committee v. City of Tulelake, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:18-cv-02280-KJM-DMC 

Mark E. Merin (State Bar No. 043849) 

Paul H. Masuhara (State Bar No. 289805) 

LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN

1010 F Street, Suite 300 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 443-6911 

Facsimile: (916) 447-8336 

E-Mail: mark@markmerin.com 

 paul@markmerin.com 

 

Yoshinori H. T. Himel (State Bar No. 066194) 

372 Florin Road #191 

Sacramento, California 95831 

Telephone: (916) 420-9865 

Facsimile: (916) 721-2347 

E-Mail: YHimel@LawRonin.com 

 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

TULE LAKE COMMITTEE 

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

TULE LAKE COMMITTEE, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CITY OF TULELAKE, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:18-cv-02280-KJM-DMC 

 

PLAINTIFF TULE LAKE COMMITTEE’S 

APPLICATION FOR ORDER LIFTING STAY 

AND DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE; DECLARATION OF MARK E. 

MERIN; AND ORDER 

 

APPLICATIONFORORDERLIFTINGSTAY&DISMISSINGACTIONWITHOUTPREJUDICE 

 The TULE LAKE COMMITTEE, plaintiff, requests that the Court lift the stay ordered November 

13, 2018, and dismiss the action without prejudice. The dismissal’s without-prejudice nature (agreed to in 

the stipulation and order filed October 24, 2018) allows plaintiff to file another action raising similar 

claims, and the Stipulated Stay Order filed November 13, 2018, tolls time-related defenses to such claims 

until “the fifteenth day after the filing of an order lifting the stay.” Id. at ¶ 4. 

 The explicit lifting of the stay sought here is needed to define the end of the tolling period. 

Without an express order lifting the stay, the tolling period is uncertain and could lead to litigation. See 

Stipulated Stay Order ¶¶ 3 & 4, and Opposition filed July 26, 2019, signature page. 

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PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR ORDER LIFTING STAY AND DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

Tule Lake Committee v. City of Tulelake, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:18-cv-02280-KJM-DMC 

 As is shown in the within Declaration of Mark E. Merin, plaintiff sought defendants’ stipulation 

to the order sought here, but defendants refused to sign the stipulation. 

 Accordingly, the Court should enter an Order that (1) lifts the stay entered by Stipulated Stay 

Order filed November 13, 2018, and (2) dismisses the action without prejudice. 

Dated: March 17, 2020 Respectfully Submitted, 

LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN

By: __________________________________ 

Mark E. Merin 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

TULE LAKE COMMITTEE 

 

DECLARATION OF MARK E. MERIN 

 I, Mark E. Merin, do declare and say: 

1. I am an attorney licensed to practice in all of the courts in the State of California and in 

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. I am one of the attorneys 

representing the Tule Lake Committee, the plaintiff in the within litigation. 

2. On March 12, 2020, I spoke with defense attorney Michael A. Robinson about stipulating 

to lifting the stay and dismissing without prejudice. 

3. On March 13, 2020, we emailed our proposed stipulation and order to Mr. Robinson. A 

copy of that proposed stipulation is attached hereto as “Exhibit A.” 

4. On March 16, 2020, we received an email from Mr. Robinson, refusing to stipulate. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true 

and correct and that this declaration was executed on March 17, 2020, at Sacramento, California. 

 

____________________________________ 

Mark E. Merin 

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PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR ORDER LIFTING STAY AND DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

Tule Lake Committee v. City of Tulelake, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:18-cv-02280-KJM-DMC 

ORDER 

 Upon plaintiff’s application, it is ORDERED as follows: 

1. The stay of the action entered by Stipulated Stay Order filed November 13, 2018, is 

LIFTED hereby. 

2. In accordance with the Order filed March 11, 2020, the action is hereby DISMISSED 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

 It is SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 19, 2020. 

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