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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANTS 

CHRISTOPHER BUTLER AND BENNY CHETCUIT, JR. ONLY

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CASE NUMBER 

C11-05771 CRB

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BRIAN GEARINGER (STATE BAR #146125)

ANDREW C. SCHWARTZ (STATE BAR #64578)

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MITCHELL KATZ

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MITCHELL KATZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, ALICIA

SPENGER, CHRISTOPHER BUTLER,

BENNY CHETCUTI, JR., ROSEMARIE

CHETCUTI BUTLER, LYNN DAVIS,

SHARON TAYLOR, STEPHEN TANABE,

WILLIAM HOWARD, SHERIFF DAVID

LIVINGSTON, TOWN OF DANVILLE and

DOES ONE to FIFTY, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. C11-05771 CRB

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF 

DEFENDANTS CHRISTOPHER 

BUTLER AND BENNY CHETCUTI, 

JR.

[F.R.C.P. 41(a)(2)]

Date Action Filed: December 1, 2011

Trial Date: October 5, 2015

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff Mitchell 

Katz (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Christopher Butler and Benny Chetcuti, Jr. (“Defendants”), 

through their respective counsel of record, as follows: 

Plaintiff’s February 14, 2012 First Amended Complaint for Damages for Violations of 

Civil Rights and Other Wrongs (“Complaint”), is dismissed with prejudice as to Defendants 

only, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). Plaintiff and Defendants will bear 

their own attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with this action.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

Dated: September 17, 2015 GEARINGER LAW GROUP

By: /s/ Brian Gearinger

BRIAN GEARINGER

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF HASAN ARDA AKSU

Dated: September 17, 2015 STEELE, GEORGE, SCHOFIELD & RAMOS, LLP

By: /s/ Geoffrey Wm. Steele

GEOFFREY WM. STEELE

Attorneys for Defendants CHRISTOPHER BUTLER and 

BENNY CHETCUTI, JR.

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PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

Plaintiff Hasan Arda Aksu’s August 13, 2012 Complaint for Damages for Violations of 

Civil Rights and Other Wrongs is dismissed with prejudice as to Defendants Christopher Butler 

and Benny Chetcuti, Jr. only. Plaintiff and Defendants Christopher Butler and Benny Chetcuti, 

Jr. will bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 24, 2015 By: 

THE HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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