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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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LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP 

VAN LONGYEAR, CSB NO. 84189 

JENNIFER MARQUEZ, CSB NO. 232194 

3620 American River Drive, Suite 230 

Sacramento, California 95864-5923 

Tel: 916-974-8500 Fax: 916 974-8510 

 

Attorneys for Defendants, County of Sacramento, 

(Erroneously sued herein as Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department); 

Sgt. Jon Zwolinski; Deputy Kelly Smith; Deputy Dana Gilmour; Deputy Craig Yonker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF 

CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

LIEU THI TRUONG; PHUONG LAN 

TRUONG; DET VAN TRUONG; TON 

VAN TRUONG; and BIEU VAN 

TRUONG, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:10-CV-00506 MCE KJN

DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE 

APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER 

PERMITTING PAGES EXCEEDING 

LIMITATIONS FOR MEMORANDUM 

OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN 

SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND/OR 

ADJUDICATION 

ORDER 

Motion for Summary Judgment: 

Date: September 20, 2012 

Time: 2:00 PM 

Ctrm: 7 

The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr. 

 

 Defendants County of Sacramento, erroneously sued herein as Sacramento County 

Sheriff’s Department, Sgt. Jon Zwolinski, Deputy Kelly Smith, Deputy Dana Gilmour and 

Deputy Craig Yonker, hereby apply for an order granting permission to exceed the 20-page limit 

prescribed in the Court’s Scheduling Order dated March 29, 2012 (Doc. 30) for their Motion for 

Summary Judgment and/or Adjudication. 

 Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order (Doc. 30) there is a 20-page limit on all initial 

moving papers. Defendants require more than the allowed number of pages in order to properly 

and adequately address and support the Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Adjudication. 

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 This case arises out of two cases combined. Plaintiffs Lieu Thi Truong, Phuong Lan 

Truong, Det Van Truong, Ton Van Truong, and Bieu Van Truong have brought action against 

the County of Sacramento, a Sheriff’s Department Sergeant and three Sheriff’s Department 

Deputies under various theories, including state law excessive force, false arrest, wrongful death 

and civil rights claims. Both cases arise out of an officer involved shooting and death of Giat 

Truong at Sun Valley Apartments. In the first case, plaintiffs seek to recover damages on behalf 

of the estate and on their own behalf for the alleged wrongful death of Giat Truong. In the 

second case, Giat’s brother, Bieu Truong, was tasered and arrested when he raced into the 

apartment complex, through the crime scene tape, and jumped out of his automobile screaming 

at the officers and taunting them to shoot and kill him. When efforts to de-escalate failed, he was 

shot with Tasers, subdued, and arrested. 

 In order to address the various issues and theories, the defendants must discuss the 

following: 

1. A statement of facts as to the encounter between the decedent, Giat Truong, and 

the individually named officer, Sgt. Jon Zwolinski; 

2. A statement of facts as to the encounter between the decedent’s mother, Lieu 

Truong, and defendants, in which not all facts are common to each named 

defendant; 

3. A statement of facts as to the encounter between the decedent’s brother, Bieu 

Truong, and the individually named officers, Deputies Yonker, Gilmour and 

Smith, in which not all facts are common to each named defendant; 

4. An extensive statement of the policies and procedures used to train individual 

officers. 

 Defendants respectfully request permission to file a Memorandum of Points and 

Authorities not to exceed 35 pages in support of their Motion for Summary Judgment and/or 

Summary Adjudication. 

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Dated: July 9, 2012 LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP 

 

 By: /s/ Van Longyear 

 VAN LONGYEAR 

 Attorney for Defendants, County of Sacramento 

 Sgt. Jon Zwolinski; Deputy Kelly Smith; Deputy 

 Dana Gilmour; Deputy Craig Yonker

ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendants’ request is granted. 

Defendants shall file a Memorandum of Points and Authorities in support of Motion for 

Summary Judgment and/or Adjudication not to exceed thirty-five (35) pages. 

Dated: July 10, 2012 

__________________________________ 

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END: 

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