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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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Stipulation to Dismiss Brown 

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER, State Bar #114961

Chief Trial Deputy 

RONALD P. FLYNN, State Bar #184186 

KIMBERLY A. BLISS, State Bar #207857 

Deputy City Attorney 

Fox Plaza 

1390 Market Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-5408 

Telephone: (415) 554-3901 

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

RAMON REYNOSO, MARK SHEA, PHILIP BROWN, 

STEPHEN SMALLEY, MELVIN BAUTISTA, 

MICHAEL CESARI, DAVID HAMILTON, 

DAVID LAZAR, JOHN DELFIN 

BEN ROSENFELD, State Bar #203845 

DENNIS CUNNINGHAM, State Bar #112910 

Law Office of Dennis Cunningham 

115 1⁄2 Bartlett Street 

San Francisco, CA 94110 

Telephone: (415) 285-8091 

Facsimile: (415) 285-8092 

E-Mail: ben.rosenfeld@comcast.net 

Attorneys for Plaintiff MARK BURDETT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK BURDETT, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

San Francisco Police Officers RAMON 

REYNOSO (#454), MARK SHEA 

(#2092), and SFPD DOEs 1 through 10, 

inclusive; SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFF'S 

DEPARTMENT DOEs 11 through 15, 

inclusive, THE CITY AND COUNTY OF 

SAN FRANCISCO, and City and County 

DOEs 16 through 20, inclusive, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C06-0720 JCS 

STIPULATED DISMISSAL WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE OF RETIRED OFFICER 

PHILIP BROWN 

Date Action Filed: February 1, 2006 

Trial Date: December 3, 2007 

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Plaintiff Mark Burdett and Defendants, by and through the undersigned counsel, enter 

into the following stipulated dismissal without prejudice of Defendant Philip Brown: 

1) Defendants have represented that Retired Officer Philip Brown did not assist in 

turning Mr. Burdett over onto his front on the ground during his arrest, and did not assist in 

handcuffing him during his arrest; 

2) Defendants will not testify, or inform the jury in any manner, that Retired Officer 

Philip Brown assisted in turning Mr. Burdett over onto his front on the ground during his arrest, 

or that he assisted in handcuffing Mr. Burdett during his arrest; 

3) Defendants will produce Retired Officer Brown as a witness at trial, on one day, 

and the parties will work together to accommodate his schedule, even if it means taking him out 

of turn. When Retired Officer Brown testifies at trial, the jury will not be told that he was a 

defendant, nor the reason he was dismissed (the jury will only be told at most that he is retired 

and, if called out of order, that he lives out of state); 

4) This dismissal is without prejudice; 

5) Plaintiff intends to appeal certain matters in this case, including without limitation 

his claims based on false arrest that were dismissed on summary judgment. If his claims based 

on false arrest are revived, then this dismissal is withdrawn and Defendant Philip Brown 

becomes a defendant once again without the need for plaintiff to add him as a defendant. In that 

event, the parties will notify the Court that Defendant Philip Brown is a defendant once again; 

and 

6) The eighth cause of action for unlawful seizure of Mr. Burdett's camera, stated 

against defendants Shea, Reynoso, Cesari, and Brown is now stated only against Shea, Reynoso, 

and Cesari. 

Upon these terms, the parties agree to dismiss Retired Officer Philip Brown without 

prejudice from the third, fourth, and eighth through eleventh causes of action. Accordingly, he is 

dismissed without prejudice. 

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Dated: November 29, 2007 

DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER 

Chief Trial Deputy 

RONALD P. FLYNN 

KIMBERLY A. BLISS 

Deputy City Attorneys 

By: _/s/ Ronald P. Flynn

RONALD P. FLYNN 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

RAMON REYNOSO, MARK SHEA, PHILIP 

BROWN, STEPHEN SMALLEY 

MICHAEL CESARI, DAVID HAMILTON, 

DAVID LAZAR, JOHN DELFIN 

Dated: November 29, 2007 

BEN ROSENFELD 

Law Office of Dennis Cunningham 

By: _/s/ Ben Rosenfeld

BEN ROSENFELD 

Attorneys for Plaintiff MARK BURDETT 

*Pursuant to GO 45, the electronic signatory has 

obtained approval from this signatory. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Date: ___________________ _____________________________________________ 

 HON. JOSEPH C. SPERO 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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November 30, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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