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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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Joint Stipulation to Reschedule Settlement Conference, etc. U.S.D.C. No. 16-cv-02414-WHO

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Anne L. Keck, State Bar No. 136315

KECK LAW OFFICES

418 B Street, Suite 206

Santa Rosa, California 95401

Telephone: (707) 595-4185

Facsimile: (707) 657-7715

Email: akeck@public-law.org 

Attorneys for Defendants the

County of Mendocino and 

Sheriff’s Deputy Kaitlyn Olson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOELLE BURGESS, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, et al., 

 Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02414-WHO

JOINT STIPULATION TO RESCHEDULE 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

TO THE HONORABLE LAUREL BEELER, SETTLEMENT MAGISTRATE:

This Joint Stipulation is submitted by all named parties in this action, including: (1) Plaintiffs 

Victoria Lee Dalbec, Jason Jay Havranek, Joelle Burgess, and Kara Marzan (collectively, 

“Plaintiffs”); (2) Defendants the County of Mendocino and Sheriff’s Deputy Kaitlyn Olson 

(collectively, “County Defendants”); and (3) Defendant California Forensic Medical Group, Inc.

(“CFMG Defendant”).

By this Joint Stipulation, the parties request the Court to reschedule the settlement 

conference currently set in this matter for January 9, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., to one of the following

dates provided by the Court’s Courtroom Deputy: (a) February 21, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.; or (b) March 

9, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. The parties submit that good cause supports this request, as set forth below.

RECITALS

A. Plaintiffs filed their complaint in this case on May 3, 2016, seeking damages related 

to the death of their mother, Gloria Burgess, who was a jail inmate held in the custody of the 

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Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. Plaintiffs’ complaint avers causes of action based on 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983, common law negligence, and California Government Code § 845.6, generally related to the 

alleged deliberate indifference to the decedent’s medical needs and interference with their familial 

rights. 

B. All named parties have answered the complaint, and the Court (the Honorable 

William Orrick presiding) has set a trial date for March 26, 2018. No motions are pending at this 

time. A further case management conference is set for February 7, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.

C. Pursuant to agreement of the parties, Judge Orrick assigned this case to Magistrate 

Judge Beeler for purposes of settlement. On September 29, 2016, Magistrate Beeler issued a 

“Notice and Order Regarding Settlement Conference” setting the settlement conference to occur on 

January 31, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (Dkt. No. 30).

D. On December 20, 2016, the parties received via ECF a Clerk’s Notice which 

informed them that Judge Beeler has a scheduling conflict on January 31st, and that the settlement 

conference was advanced to January 9, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.

E. Unfortunately, counsel for County Defendants, Anne Keck, has informed all parties 

that she is not available during the period December 29, 2016 through January 9, 2017, as she will 

be out of the country on a pre-paid (and non-refundable) vacation until January 10, 2017. Ms. Keck 

filed a Notice of Unavailability with respect to those dates on December 20, 2016 (Dkt. No. 33), 

after receiving the Clerk’s Notice. She has also consulted with the Magistrate Judge Beeler’s 

Courtroom Deputy with respect to alternate settlement conference dates currently available on the 

Court’s calendar, and has provided such information to counsel for all parties.

WHEREFORE, the parties to this stipulation hereby agree and request entry of an order as 

follows:

STIPULATION

1. The parties request the Court to vacate the currently scheduled settlement conference 

date of January 9, 2017, and to reschedule it to either of the following: (a) February 21, 2017, at 

10:00 a.m.; or (b) March 9, 2017, at 1:00 p.m.

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2. Nothing in this Stipulation and request for order is intended to modify the other 

matters addressed in any Court order unless expressly identified herein, nor does it preclude the 

parties from seeking additional relief from this Court, to amend this stipulation and order or 

otherwise.

Respectfully Submitted, 

Dated: December 21, 2016 Keck Law Offices

By: /s/ Anne L. Keck

Anne L. Keck

Attorneys for County Defendants

Dated: December 22, 2016 Law Offices of Jerome M. Varanini

By: /s/ Jerome M. Varanini

Jerome M. Varanini

Attorneys for CFMG Defendant

Dated: December 21, 2016 Law Offices of John L. Burris

By: /s/ Benjamin Nisenbaum

Benjamin Nisenbaum

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to and in accordance with the foregoing Stipulation, and with good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. The settlement conference date of January 9, 2017, is hereby vacated, and the 

settlement conference in this action shall be set for (check one):

___ February 21, 2017, at 10:00 a.m.

___ March 9, 2017, at 1:00 p.m.

2. All other matters set out in the Settlement Order issued on September 29, 2016 (Dkt. 

No. 30) shall remain in effect.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: _____________ ____________________________________

HONORABLE LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

XX a.m. 10:30 a.m. December 22, 2016

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