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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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 CONSENT JUDGMENT

Case No. 14-cv-04154 VC

962865 

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

JAN NIELSEN LITTLE - # 100029 

jlittle@kvn.com 

BENJAMIN D. ROTHSTEIN - # 295720 

brothstein@kvn.com 

633 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 

Telephone: 415 391 5400 

Facsimile: 415 397 7188 

Attorneys for Plaintiff DAVID MCDONALD 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DAVID MCDONALD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COUNTY OF MARIN, WEST CONTRA 

COSTA NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT 

TEAM, SCOT BARR, ANTHONY 

SOUZA, KEITH BARROW, DAVID 

AUGUSTUS, JAN WYATT LUCHA, 

DAVID OSAKI, and DOES 6-10, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 14-cv-04154 VC 

CONSENT JUDGMENT AGAINST 

COUNTY OF MARIN, AND DISMISSAL 

OF DAVID AUGUSTUS WITH 

PREJUDICE 

Judge: The Honorable Vince Chhabria 

Date Filed: September 15, 2014 

Trial Date: March 21, 2016 

 

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff David McDonald filed his Third Amended Complaint on January 

8, 2015, alleging that Defendants County of Marin and David Augustus denied his right to freely 

exercise his religious beliefs by denying him a vegetarian diet while he was held in Marin County 

Jail in 2011, causing him personal physical injuries in the form of a loss of 48 pounds in the span 

of 99 days, as well as physical sickness and emotional distress arising therefrom, in violation of 

the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the First Amendment of the United 

States Constitution; 

WHEREAS, County of Marin and David Augustus deny Mr. McDonald was prevented 

from exercising his religious beliefs, deny all liability under the Religious Land Use and 

Institutionalized Persons Act and the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and 

further deny Mr. McDonald ever expressed any religious beliefs, or suffered any damages while 

incarcerated for drug related charges. 

WHEREAS, the parties have now agreed to resolve these claims without the need for 

further litigation; 

WHEREAS, Defendant County of Marin has consented to entry of this Consent 

Judgment against it without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, and to waive any 

appeal; 

WHEREAS, Defendant County of Marin, by entering into this Consent Judgment, does 

not admit any liability or the allegations of the Complaint other than those facts deemed necessary 

to the jurisdiction of this Court. 

NOW THEREFORE, without trial or adjudication of any further issue of fact or law, and 

upon consent of Defendant, the Court finds that there is good and sufficient cause to enter this 

Consent Judgment, and that it is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED: 

JURISDICTION 

1. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. The Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants County of Marin 

and David Augustus. Venue is appropriate in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391. 

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FINANCIAL TERMS 

2. Defendant County of Marin shall pay $150,000.00 in satisfaction of Plaintiff 

McDonald’s claims within fifteen (15) days of the entry of this Judgment. 

3. Plaintiff McDonald represents that this sum constitutes damages (other than 

punitive damages or wages) on account of personal physical injuries and physical sickness and 

emotional distress arising therefrom, as alleged in the Third Amended Complaint, and within the 

meaning of Section 104(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Defendant 

County of Marin makes no representations regarding the tax consequences, if any, of payment of the 

$150,000.00 judgment amount. 

4. Mr. McDonald and his counsel, Keker & Van Nest LLP, further represent that 

Keker & Van Nest LLP’s representation of Mr. McDonald in this action has at all times been and 

continues to be pro bono, and Mr. McDonald and his counsel hereby waive any right to seek 

attorneys’ fees and/or costs from Defendants County of Marin or David Augustus accrued in 

connection with this action up until the time of entry of this Consent Judgment. 

OTHER TERMS 

5. Defendant David Augustus shall be dismissed from this case with prejudice. 

Nothing herein constitutes a judgment against Defendant Augustus. 

6. Entry of this Consent Judgment shall permanently extinguish any and all claims by 

Plaintiff David McDonald against Defendants County of Marin and David Augustus arising from 

or related to the allegations in the Third Amended Complaint, including for claims known and 

unknown and/or for future damages. Each of the parties to this Consent Judgment expressly 

waives the protection of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, and expressly waives and 

releases any rights or benefits arising thereunder. 

7. Defendants County of Marin and David Augustus waive any right to appeal this 

Consent Judgment. Upon entry of this Judgment, it shall become a final, non-appealable 

judgment of the Court. 

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8. Defendants County of Marin and David Augustus shall bear their own attorneys’ 

fees and costs associated with this litigation. 

9. The Court retains jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Consent Judgment. The 

parties may jointly seek to modify the terms of this Consent Judgment, subject to the approval of 

the Court. This Consent Judgment may be modified only by order of the Court. 

* * * 

WHEREAS, in consideration of the foregoing, the Court hereby ORDERS that final 

judgment shall be entered against Defendant County of Marin in the amount of $150,000.00, and 

that Defendant David Augustus shall be dismissed from this action with prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

By:

 VINCE CHHABRIA 

United States District Judge 

Dated: August 6, 2015 

By:

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

/s/ Benjamin D. Rothstein 

 BENJAMIN D. ROTHSTEIN

 Attorneys for Plaintiff DAVID 

MCDONALD 

Dated: August 6, 2015 

By: /s/ Sheila Lichtblau 

 SHEILA LICHTBLAU 

 Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF 

MARIN AND DAVID AUGUSTUS

August 10, 2015

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