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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 FOR DISMISSAL

WITH PREJUDICE 

CASE NO. 5:19-CV-02328-NC 

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CODY B.K. SALFEN (SBN 309228) 

THE SALFEN LAW FIRM 

111 N. Market St., Suite 300 

San Jose, CA 95113 

Telephone : (408) 724-9996 

Facsimile : (877) 516-4189 

Email: Cody@SalfenLaw.com

SAMUEL J. GORDON (SBN 305045) 

THE GORDON LAW GROUP 

1885 The Alameda, Suite 210 

San Jose, CA 95126 

Telephone : (408) 286-1351 

Facsimile : (408) 503-0954 

Email: SamuelGordonEsq@gmail.com 

JON A. HEABERLIN (SBN 199810) 

RANKIN | STOCK | HEABERLIN | 

ONEAL 

96 No. Third Street, Suite 500 

San Jose, California 95112-7709 

Telephone : (408) 293-0463 

Facsimile : (408) 293-9514 

Email: jon@rankinstock.com 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF PALO 

ALTO (also sued as “CITY OF PALO 

ALTO POLICE DEPARTMENT”) and 

PALO ALTO POLICE CHIEF ROBERT 

JONSEN

JERRY Y. FONG (SBN 99673) 

THE LAW OFFICE OF JERRY FONG 

885 N. San Antonio Rd., Suite D 

Los Altos, CA 94022 

Telephone : (650) 559-1985 

Facsimile : (650) 322-6779 

Email: jf@jerryfong.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff GUSTAVO ALVAREZ 

DALE L. ALLEN, JR. (SBN 145279) 

PHILIP J. DOWNS, JR. (SBN 302939) 

ALLEN, GLAESSNER, 

HAZELWOOD & WERTH, LLP. 

180 Montgomery St., Suite 1200 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone : (415) 697-2000 

Facsimile : (415) 813-2045 

Email: dallen@aghwlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant PALO ALTO 

POLICE SGT. WAYNE BENITEZ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GUSTAVO ALVAREZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF PALO ALTO et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 5:19-cv-02328-NC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR 

DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 

 

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TODD H. MASTER (SBN 185881) 

HOWARD, ROME, MARTIN & RIDLEY, LLP 

1900 O’Farrell St., Suite 280 

San Mateo, California 94403-1387 

Telephone : (650) 365-7715 

Facsimile : (650) 364-5297 

Email: tmaster@hrmrlaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant OFFICER CHRISTOPHER CONDE 

MARK E. DAVIS (SBN 79936) 

STEVEN B. DIPPELL (SBN 121217) 

DAVIS & YOUNG, APLC 

1960 The Alameda, Suite 210 

San Jose, CA 95126 

Telephone : (669) 245-4200 

Facsimile : (408) 985-1814 

Email: sdippell@davisyounglaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants POLICE AGENT THOMAS ALAN DESTEFANO, JR., POLICE 

OFFICER MATTHEW HUBBARD AND POLICE OFFICER IAN JOHNSON 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties to this action through their 

designated counsel that this matter shall be dismissed with prejudice, in its entirety, pursuant to 

FRCP 41(a)(ii). 

DATED: /s/Dec. 29, 2019 THE SALFEN LAW FIRM 

By: /s/ Cody B.K. Salfen 

 CODY B.K. SALFEN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DATED: /s/ Dec. 29, 2019 RANKIN | STOCK | HEABERLIN | ONEAL 

By: /s/ Jon A. Heaberlin 

 JON A. HEABERLIN 

Attorneys for Defendants City of Palo Alto, 

Police Chief Robert Jonsen 

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DATED: s/ Dec. 29, 2019 ALLEN, GLAESSNER, HAZELWOOD & 

WERTH 

By: /s/ Dale L. Allen Jr. 

 DALE L. ALLEN, JR. 

Attorneys for Defendant Sgt. Wayne Benitez 

DATED: /s/ Dec. 27, 2019 DAVIS & YOUNG 

By: /s/ Steve Dippell

 STEVE B. DIPPELL 

Attorneys for Defendants Officers Matthew 

Hubbard, Ian Johnson, and Agent Thomas 

DeStefano 

DATED: /s/ Dec. 29, 2019 HOWARD, ROME, MARTIN & RIDLEY

By: /s/ Todd H. Master

 TODD H. MASTER 

Attorneys for Defendant Officer Christopher 

Conde

ORDER 

 Stipulation having been made, this case is hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. 

The Clerk is directed to close the Court file. 

DATED: December 30, 2019 

By: 

 NATHANAEL M. COUSINS 

Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for 

the Northern District of California

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