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

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[Proposed] Order Granting Stipulated Joint Motion for U.S.D.C. No. 2:14-CV-02730-JAM-CMK 

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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 TEHAMA and Former 

Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputy 

ED MCCULLOUGH 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DREW GARDNER,

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-CV-02730-JAM-CMK 

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED 

JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF 

ORDER VACATING CERTAIN 

INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS 

 Plaintiff Drew Gardner (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Ed McCullough, formerly a Tehama 

County Sheriff’s Deputy (“Deputy McCullough”), submitted to this Court a Stipulated Joint Motion 

for Entry of Orders (1) Vacating Certain Interlocutory Orders, and (2) Extending Time to File Notice 

of Appeal (the “Joint Motion”). This order solely addresses the first request made in the Joint 

Motion for entry of an order to vacate certain interlocutory orders. 

 Upon review and consideration of the Joint Motion and the conditional settlement agreement 

discussed therein, as well as the Statements of Non-Opposition filed by all other parties in the action, 

and with good cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Stipulated Joint Motion for Entry of Order Vacating 

Certain Interlocutory Orders is GRANTED based on the facts, authorities, and analysis set out in the 

Joint Motion. Accordingly, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b) as well as this Court’s 

inherent authority to vacate its prior interlocutory orders, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

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1. The portions of the “Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part State Defendants’ 

Motion to Dismiss and Granting in Part and Denying in Part County Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss,” entered on July 20, 2015, as Docket Number 45, at pages/lines 15:2 through 25:21, and 

34:18 through 34:27, are hereby VACATED. 

2. The entirety of the “Order Denying Defendant Ed McCullough’s Motion for 

Summary Judgment,” entered on November 17, 2015, as Docket Number 82, is hereby VACATED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 12/11/15 /s/ John A. Mendez ________ 

 HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ 

United States District Court Judge 

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