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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARKUS M. HALL, MONIQUE G. 

RANKIN, LINDSEY K. SANDERS,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FAIRFIELD, OFFICER NICK 

McDOWELL, OFFICER CHRIS GRIMM, 

OFFICERS TOM SHACKFORD, 

OFFICER ZACK SANDOVAL, AND 

SERGEANT STEVE CRANE,

Defendants.

No. 2:10-cv-0508 DAD

ORDER

This matter came before the court on March 27, 2015, for hearing of the parties’ joint 

motion to vacate judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6).

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 Attorney

Thiele Dunaway appeared at the hearing on behalf of the plaintiffs and attorney Suzanne 

Nicholson appeared on behalf of the defendants. 

Upon consideration of the parties’ arguments on file and at the hearing, and for the 

reasons set forth in detail on the record at the hearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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 The parties have previously consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction over this action pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). (Dkt. No. 175.)

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1. The parties’ joint motion to vacate judgment (Dkt. No. 254) is conditionally granted 

subject to the granting of plaintiffs’ petitions for determinations of factual innocence2by the 

Solano County Superior Court; 

2. As requested by the parties, after the Solano County Superior Court rules upon 

plaintiffs’ petitions for factual innocence, plaintiffs’ counsel shall notify the court of the decision 

of the Solano County Superior Court3; and 

3. If the Solano County Superior Court grants the plaintiffs’ petitions for determinations 

of factual innocence, this court will issue an order vacating the judgment in this action pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6).

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Dated: March 27, 2015

DAD:6

Ddad1/orders.consent/hall0508.oah.032715.docx

 

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The judgment in this action will not be vacated at this time. 

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 The court recognizes that the determination of plaintiffs’ petitions for factual innocence is 

entirely a matter for the Solano County Superior Court to decide.

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 In the event that the Solano County Superior Court does not elect to grant plaintiffs’ petitions 

for factual innocence, the judgment previously entered in this civil action will not be vacated.

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