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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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STEVEN R. YOURKE, ESQ. (SBN 118506) 

LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN YOURKE 

1048 LARKIN ST., NO. 11 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109 

(415) 424-0022 

JOHN L. BURRIS, ESQ. (SBN 66879) 

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN BURRIS 

7677 OAKPORT ST., NO. 1120 

OAKLAND, CA 94109 

(510) 839-5200 

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FRESNO DIVISION 

BRIAN REED, et al.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF MODESTO, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:11-CV-01083-AWI-GSA 

STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, 

DECLARATION OF STEVEN R. 

YOURKE, AND ORDER ALLOWING 

PLAINTIFF TO FILE A 

SUPPLEMENTAL OPPOSITION BRIEF.

 

 The parties to the present action, by and through their respective counsel, do hereby 

stipulate and agree that Plaintiff may file a supplemental Memorandum of Points and Authorities 

in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law not to exceed four pages 

in length and to be filed with this Court no later than today, July 13, 2015, by 5:00 p.m. Such 

supplemental brief shall be limited to addressing the question of whether Defendant Ron Ziya 

has waived his right to raise qualified immunity as a defense to Plaintiff’s federal civil rights 

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action. Defendants shall have until July 15, 2015 to file any Reply to Plaintiff’s Opposition to 

Defendants’ Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law or supplemental opposition brief. The 

hearing on Defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law shall remain unchanged. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: July 13, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN R. YOURKE 

 /S/ Steven Yourke 

 ______________________________ 

 Steven R. Yourke, Esq. 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 

 

 BURKE, WILLIAMS et al. 

 /S/ Nathan Oyster 

 

 _______________________________ 

 Nathan Oyster, Esq. 

 Attorney for Defendants 

DECLARATION OF STEVEN R. YOURKE 

 I, STEVEN R. YOURKE, ESQ. do hereby declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice before this Court and I represent the 

plaintiff in the above-captioned actions, BRIAN REED. 

2. I propose to file a supplement to Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in 

Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law that is presently 

set for hearing before this Court on July 20, 2015. 

3. I intend to file such a supplement no later than this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. and it will 

be limited to the question of whether the Defendant, Police Officer Ron Ziya, has 

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waived his right to invoke qualified immunity on the grounds of untimeliness and 

undue prejudice to Plaintiff. 

I swear that the foregoing is true and correct under penalty of perjury. 

Dated: July 13, 2015 

 /S/ Steven Yourke 

 ______________________________ 

 STEVEN R. YOURKE, ESQ. 

 

 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties to this action, it is hereby ordered that 

Plaintiff is permitted to supplement his opposition brief filed in response to 

Defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law, that any such supplement shall 

be filed no later than July 13, 2015 by 5:00 p.m.; that it shall be limited to briefing the 

question of whether defendant Police Officer Ron Ziya has waived his right to raise 

qualified immunity as an affirmative defense to Plaintiff’s excessive force claim 

brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. It is further ordered that Defendants shall have 

until July 15, 2015 to file any Reply to Plaintiff’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion 

for Judgment as a Matter of Law or supplemental opposition brief. The hearing on 

Defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law remains unchanged. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 16, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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