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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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No. 1:15-cv-03226-RS (RMI): STIP AND (PROPOSED) ORDER FOR FORENSIC EXAMINATION 

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MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114) 

JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268) 

MAYA SORENSEN (State Bar No. 250722) 

HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP 

505 Seventeenth Street 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 452-5500 

Facsimile: (510) 452-5510 

Attorneys for Plaintiff James Neuroth 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JAMES NEUROTH, Individually and as Successor in 

Interest of Decedent STEVEN KELLOGG NEUROTH, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

MENDOCINO COUNTY, a public entity; 

MENDOCINO COUNTY SHERIFF-CORONER 

THOMAS D. ALLMAN, in his individual and official 

capacities; CORRECTIONS CAPTAIN TIM PEARCE; 

SERGEANT LORI KNAPP; DEPUTY FRANK 

MASTERSON; DEPUTY CRAIG BERNARDI; 

DEPUTY MICHAEL GRANT; DEPUTY JEANETTE 

HOLUM; DEPUTY ROBERT PAGE; DEPUTY 

CHRISTINE DE LOS SANTOS; CITY OF WILLITS, a 

public entity; WILLITS POLICE CHIEF GERARDO 

GONZALEZ; WILLITS POLICE OFFICER JEFF 

ANDRADE; WILLITS POLICE OFFICER KEVIN 

LEEF; CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, 

INCORPORATED, a California corporation; 

CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL GROUP COMPANIES, 

INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation; TAYLOR 

FITHIAN, M.D.; ELAINE HUSTEDT; YVONNE 

MAXFIELD, R.N.; CLAIRE TESKE, R.N.; JENNIFER 

L. CAUDILLO, L.V.N., and COUNTY DEPUTIES 

DOES 9–20, and DOES 23–35, individually, jointly, and 

severally, 

Defendants. 

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No: 3:15-cv-03226-RS (RMI) 

STIPULATION AND 

(PROPOSED) ORDER FOR 

FORENSIC EXAMINATION 

OF PERFORMANCE 

EVALUATIONS OF 

DEFENDANT JENNIFER 

CAUDILLO 

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Plaintiff and Defendants CMGC, Taylor Fithian, M.D., Elaine Hustedt, and Claire Teske, 

R.N., by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the following order 

being issued in this matter, after meeting and conferring about the forensic examination of 

performance evaluations of Jennifer Caudillo, LVN:: 

1. The office of Peter Bertling, Counsel for Defendants CMGC, Fithian, Hustedt, and 

Teske, shall send what may be all original performance evaluations for Jennifer Caudillo by 

Federal Express on November 20, 2017, to Plaintiff’s document examiner: 

 Erich Speckin

Speckin Forensic Laboratories 

110 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 1700 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

(954) 763-6134 

 

2. Mr. Speckin will conduct forensic testing on the documents that may include: 

microscopic, infrared and ultraviolet light, ESDA testing for impressions, ink testing of a small 

sample of ink, all of which is generally accepted forensic document examination, which will not 

harm the legibility or evidentiary value of the document, and will not harm anyone else’s ability to 

test the documents. Upon completion of the testing, Mr. Speckin will return the documents to Mr. 

Bertling by Federal Express with a sworn verification stating he has received the documents and is 

returning them to Mr. Bertling. 

3. Plaintiff and the Defendants represented by Mr. Bertling shall have until December 

29, 2017, to exchange any Rule 26 expert reports concerning the forensic examination of the 

Caudillo performance evaluations. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

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Dated: November 19, 2017 HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP 

 /s/ Julia Sherwin 

JULIA SHERWIN 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Dated: November 19, 2017 BERTLING & CLAUSEN LLP

 /s/ Peter G. Bertling

PETER G. BERTLING 

 Attorneys for Defendants CORRECTIONAL 

 MEDICAL GROUP COMPANIES, INC.; 

 ELAINE HUSTEDT; TAYLOR FITHIAN, 

 M.D.; CLAIRE TESKE, R.N. 

 

 

*Mr. Bertling gives his permission to file this document with his electronic signature. 

(PROPOSED) ORDER 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS SO 

ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________ _______________________________ 

 Hon. Robert M. Illman 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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