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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights (Employment Discrimination)

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RENNE SLOAN 

HOLTZMAN SAKAI LLP

Attorneys at Law

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS 

DAMAGES - Case No. 15-CV-01556-WHA

ARTHUR A. HARTINGER (SBN 121521) 

ahartinger@publiclawgroup.com

GEOFFREY SPELLBERG (SBN 121079) 

gspellberg@publiclawgroup.com

KEVIN P. MCLAUGHLIN (SBN 251477) 

kmclaughlin@publiclawgroup.com

RENNE SLOAN HOLTZMAN SAKAI LLP

1220 7th Street, 3rd Floor

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 995-5800

Facsimile: (415) 678-3838

BRUCE REED GOODMILLER (SBN 121491)

City Attorney

bruce_goodmiller@ci.richmond.ca.us

CITY OF RICHMOND

450 Civic Center Plaza

Richmond, California 94804

Telephone: (510) 620-6509

Facsimile: (510) 620-6518

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY OF RICHMOND and CHRISTOPHER 

MAGNUS

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS HAUSCHILD,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF RICHMOND; CHRISTOPHER 

MAGNUS; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive

Defendants.

Case No. 15-CV-01556-WHA

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS FOR 

EMOTIONAL DISTRESS DAMAGES

Plaintiff Thomas Hauschild (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants City of Richmond and Christopher 

Magnus (“Defendants”) hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Plaintiff acknowledges that Plaintiff is not claiming any damages for any alleged mental, 

emotional, psychiatric, psychological, or physical injury, effect, or impairment over and above 

those typically associated with the remaining causes of action pled in Plaintiff’s Amended

Complaint, (Violation of Plaintiff’s due process, speech, and petition rights under the First, Fifth, 

and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983; 

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Discrimination in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) under California 

Government Code §12940; Retaliation in violation of FEHA under California Government Code 

§12940(h); and violations of California Government Code sections 3304(d)(1) and 3309.5.) 

Plaintiff is only seeking generalized or garden variety emotional distress damages in this action. 

2. Plaintiff will not call any expert witness, including but not limited to any psychiatrist, 

psychologist, psychotherapist, counselor or physician, to testify concerning Plaintiff’s alleged 

emotional distress. Plaintiff is not intending to call any other witness or offer any evidence other 

than his own testimony to support his emotional distress claim. However, should Plaintiff later 

determine a need to offer such a witness or such evidence, Plaintiff shall promptly give notice to 

Defendants and the parties shall meet and confer about the issue. 

3. Based upon these representations, Defendants will not move for or otherwise request a mental 

examination of Plaintiff. Defendants will withdraw their currently pending request for a mental 

examination. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: April 20, 2016 RENNE SLOAN HOLTZMAN SAKAI LLP

By: /s/ Geoffrey Spellberg

GEOFFREY SPELLBERG

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY OF RICHMOND and CHRISTOPHER 

MAGNUS

Dated: April 20, 2016 BROWN POORE LLP

By: /s/ David M. Poore

 DAVID M. POORE

 SCOTT A. BROWN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THOMAS HAUSCHILD 

I hereby attest that I have obtained concurrence for the filing of this document for any signatures 

indicated by a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.

Dated: April 21, 2016 /s/

GEOFFREY SPELLBERG

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS FOR EMOTIONAL 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Court has considered the above stipulation of the parties. The stipulation is hereby adopted 

by the Court.

Dated: April __, 2016 _______________________________

Hon. William Alsup

United States District Court Judge

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