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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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1 XAVIER BECERRA· 

Attorney General of California 

2 WILLIAM C. KWONG 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

3 ANNEE. WADDELL, State Bar No. 311388 

ALLISONM. Low, State Bar No. 273202 

4 Deputy Attorneys General 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

5 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

. Telephone: (415) 510-3589 

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E-mail: Allison.Low@doj.ca.gov 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

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CHARLES A. MILLER, 

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3:16-cv-02431 EMC 

Plaintiff, · STIPULATED REQUEST TC) CLARIFY 

THE COURT'S DOCKET RE: 

DEFENDANT WILLIAMS 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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21 TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE EDWARD M. CHEN: 

22 The parties met, conferred, agreed, and hereby jointly request that the Court remove Dr. G. 

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24 Plaintiff Charles A. Miller filed this action in Monterey County Superior Court and 

25 claimed, in r~levant part, that Dr. Williams provided inappropriate care, consultation, and 

26 treatment of Plaintiff's knee condition during a telemedicine appointment on or about July 30, 

27 2015. (ECF No. 1-2 at 8.) Following Defendants' removal of the action to federal court, this 

28 Comi screened Plaintiff's complaint and found cognizable against Dr. Williams two claims under 

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1 the Eighth Amendment for deliberate indifference to Plaintiffs allegedly serious medical needs 

2 for (1) a total-knee replacement surgery and (2) adequate pain medication. (ECF No. 30 at 4-5.) 

3 On January 24, 2018, the Comi granted in part Defend~nts' summary-judgment motion. 

4 (ECF No. 134.) The Court found "no reasonable jury could find in favor of [Plaintiff's] claim 

5 that Dr. Williams acted with deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs" with respect to 

6 his allegedly inappropriate handling of Plaintiffs request for total-knee-replacement surgery. (Id . 

. 7 at 24-25.) The Court further found that Dr. Williams was entitled to qualified immunity for 

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10 The parties thus agree that Plaintiff maintains no active claims against Dr. Williams and Dr. 

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Respectfully submitted, 

XAVIER BECERRA 

Attorney General of California 

WILLIAM C. KWONG 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

~E. WADDELL . 

De , uty A torney General 

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1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 

2 Pursuant to stipulation, IT IS.SO ORDERED. The Court's clerk shall update the Court's 

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The Honorable Edward M. Chen 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Case Name: Charles A. Miller v. CDCR, et al. Case No. 3:16-cv-02431 EMC

I hereby certify that on June 18, 2018, I electronically filed the following documents with the

Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system:

STIPULATED REQUEST TO CLARIFY THE COURT’S DOCKET RE: DEFENDANT

WILLIAMS; [PROPOSED] ORDER

I certify that all participants in the case are registered CM/ECF users and that service will be

accomplished by the CM/ECF system.

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

and correct and that this declaration was executed on June 18, 2018, at San Francisco, California.

G. Pang /s/ G. Pang

Declarant Signature

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