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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANTS 

CHRISTOPHER BUTLER AND BENNY CHETCUIT, JR. ONLY

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CASE NUMBER 

C12-4268 CRB

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BRIAN GEARINGER (STATE BAR #146125)

ANDREW C. SCHWARTZ (STATE BAR #64578)

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF HASAN ARDA AKSU

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HASAN ARDA AKSU, 

Plaintiff,

v.

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 

SUZANNE PORTER, TERRENCE 

THOMPSON, CHRISTOPHER BUTLER, 

BENNY CHETCUTI, JR., STEPHEN 

TANABE, SHERIFF DAVID LIVINGSTON 

and DOES ONE to FIFTY, inclusive.

Defendants.

Case No. C 12-4268 CRB

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF 

DEFENDANTS CHRISTOPHER 

BUTLER AND BENNY CHETCUTI, 

JR.

[F.R.C.P. 41(a)(2)]

Date Action Filed: August 13, 2012

Trial Date: October 5, 2015

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiff Hasan Arda 

Aksu (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Christopher Butler and Benny Chetcuti, Jr. (“Defendants”), 

through their respective counsel of record, as follows: 

Plaintiff’s August 13, 2012 Complaint for Damages for Violations of Civil Rights and 

Other Wrongs (“Complaint”), is dismissed with prejudice as to Defendants only, pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). Plaintiff and Defendants will bear their own attorneys’ 

fees and costs in connection with this action.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 

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Dated: September 17, 2015 GEARINGER LAW GROUP

By: /s/ Brian Gearinger

BRIAN GEARINGER

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF HASAN ARDA AKSU

Dated: September 17, 2015 STEELE, GEORGE, SCHOFIELD & RAMOS, LLP

By: /s/ Geoffrey Wm. Steele

GEOFFREY WM. STEELE

Attorneys for Defendants CHRISTOPHER BUTLER and 

BENNY CHETCUTI, JR.

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PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:

Plaintiff Hasan Arda Aksu’s August 13, 2012 Complaint for Damages for Violations of 

Civil Rights and Other Wrongs is dismissed with prejudice as to Defendants Christopher Butler 

and Benny Chetcuti, Jr. only. Plaintiff and Defendants Christopher Butler and Benny Chetcuti, 

Jr. will bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 24, 2015 By: 

THE HONORABLE CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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