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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 and Order Amending First Amended Complaint (1:15-cv-01882-TLN-SMS)

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

MARC A. LEFORESTIER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

JOHN W. KILLEEN, State Bar No. 258395

Deputy Attorney General (attorney for notice)

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-1968

Fax: (916) 324-8835

E-mail: John.Killeen@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendant California Highway Patrol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PETE HERRERA, LUPE HERRERA,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL and 

DOES 1 to 100,

Defendants.

1:15-cv-01882-TLN-SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

AMENDING FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT TO REMOVE FIRST 

CAUSE OF ACTION FOR 

DECLARATORY RELIEF 

[FED. R. CIV. P. 15]

Dept: 2, 15th Floor

Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley

Trial Date: None Set

Action Removed: December 17, 2015

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Stipulation and Order Amending First Amended Complaint (1:15-cv-01882-TLN-SMS)

STIPULATION

The operative First Amended Complaint (“Complaint”) was removed from Madera County 

Superior Court on December 17, 2015. The Complaint contains two causes of action. First, 

plaintiffs Pete and Lupe Herrera seek a declaration under California law that they are the rightful 

owners of property that they allege Defendant California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) seized from 

them on or around September 13, 2014. Compl. ¶¶ 12-15. Second, the Herreras allege that 

CHP’s conduct constituted “deprivation of property without due process of law” that entitles them 

“to relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.” Compl. ¶¶ 16-21.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, the Herreras and CHP hereby stipulate and 

request that the Court order that the Complaint be amended as follows:

1. The Complaint’s first cause of action for declaratory relief, found at Paragraphs 12 

through 15, will be removed from the Complaint without prejudice. 

2. The Complaint’s second cause of action for violation of civil rights will remain in 

the Complaint. 

Good cause exists for the proposed amendment because the parties agree that removal of 

the first cause of action is proper and will preserve Court and party resources. The parties submit 

this stipulation for an amendment to the complaint instead of the Herreras seeking a voluntary 

dismissal of the first cause of action because of the general rule against using Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 41(a) to effect “piecemeal dismissals.” Hells Canyon Preservation Council v. 

U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 687 (9th Cir. 2005). Accordingly, the parties request that the 

Court order the requested amendment to the Complaint.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Stipulation and Order Amending First Amended Complaint (1:15-cv-01882-TLN-SMS)

Dated: February 23, 2016 KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

MARC A. LEFORESTIER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

 /s/ John W. Killeen

JOHN W. KILLEEN

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendant California Highway 

Patrol

Dated: February 23, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN A. GERINGER

 /s/ Steven A. Geringer (signature used by 

permission granted 2/23/16)

STEVEN A. GERINGER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Pete Herrera and 

Lupe Herrera

ORDER

Good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED that the operative First Amended Complaint 

be amended as follows:

1. The Complaint’s first cause of action for declaratory relief, found at Paragraphs 12 

through 15, will be removed from the Complaint without prejudice.

2. The Complaint’s second cause of action for violation of civil rights will remain in 

the Complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 23, 2016

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