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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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McNAMARA, DODGE, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, PFALZER, BORGES & BROTHERS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

P.O. BOX 5288, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 

TELEPHONE: (925) 939-5330

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ORDER ON SGT. PALMINI'S REQUEST TO BE 

EXCUSED FOR PERSONAL ATTENDANCE FOR 

THE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

 

JAMES V. FITZGERALD, III (State Bar No. 55632) 

NOAH G. BLECHMAN (State Bar No. 197167) 

MCNAMARA, DODGE, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY,

PFALZER, BORGES & BROTHERS LLP 

1211 Newell Avenue 

Post Office Box 5288 

Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 939-5330 

Facsimile: (925) 939-0203 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY OF PINOLE, SGT. WILL PALMINI, and OFFICER 

MATT MESSIER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MERCEL GAY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

TOYS R US, a corporation, CITY OF 

PINOLE, a Municipal Corporation, SGT. 

WILL PALMINI, Pinole Police Officer, 

individually and as a Pinole Police 

Department Sergeant, MATT MESSIER, 

individually and as a Pinole Police Officer, 

L. MORRIS, individually and as a Pinole 

Police Officer, and Officer Catherine 

McDonald, individually and as a Pinole 

Police Officer, 

 Defendants. 

 Case No. C06-01927 SI 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING SGT. 

PALMINI'S REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED 

FOR PERSONAL ATTENDANCE FOR 

THE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE_____

SC Date: Jan. 16, 2007 

Judge: Hon. Joseph Spero 

Defendants’ CITY OF PINOLE, SGT. WILL PALMINI and MATT MESSIER request to 

have Sgt. Palmini be excused from personal attendance and to be allowed to be available by 

telephone standby for the upcoming Settlement Conference due to his ongoing disability having 

been presented to this Court and good cause having been shown by the Defendants, such request 

is hereby GRANTED. 

ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court grants Defendants’ request 

to have Sgt. Palmini be excused from personal attendance and to be made available by telephone 

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McNAMARA, DODGE, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, PFALZER, BORGES & BROTHERS LLP 

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P.O. BOX 5288, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 

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standby for the upcoming Settlement Conference session of January 16, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:____________ ___________________________ 

 Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero 

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