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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 (Proposed) Order Permitting Mental Examination of Shawn Brackin (15-cv-03351-WHA)

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

JEFFREY R. VINCENT

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

WIL FONG (SBN 154303) 

DANIEL B. ALWEISS (SBN 191560) 

Deputy Attorneys General

1515 Clay Street, 20th Floor 

P.O. Box 70550 

Oakland, CA 94612-0550 

Telephone: (510) 622-2114 

Facsimile: (510) 622-2121 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHAWN BRACKIN, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

HOSPITALS; et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03351-WHA

STIPULATION AND (Proposed) ORDER 

PERMITTING MENTAL EXAMINATION 

OF SHAWN BRACKIN PURSUANT TO 

FRCP RULE 35

Judge Honorable William Alsup

Trial Date: December 5, 2016 

Action Filed: June 24, 2015 

THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE, through their respective counsel, to the following: 

1. Plaintiff Shawn Brackin (Plaintiff) will continue to participate in a 

neuropsychological evaluation by Alison Weber, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist, who is board-certified 

in neuropsychology, and is licensed to practice in the State of California. 

2. The examination will take place at the California Department of State Hospitals 

(DSH) – Napa, 2100 Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, CA 94558-6293, on a date and time that is 

mutually convenient to Plaintiff and Dr. Weber. 

3. The purpose of the evaluation is to assess Plaintiff’s claim of traumatic brain injury, 

which is the subject of this action. The examination will consist of a neuropsychological

interview between Plaintiff and Dr. Weber, and the administration of neuropsychological tests, 

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Stipulation and (Proposed) Order Permitting Mental Examination of Shawn Brackin (15-cv-03351-WHA)

including but not limited to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Validity Indicator Profile, 

Word Reading from Wide Range Achievement Test, Visual Discrimination from Test of Visual 

Perception Skills, Reitan-Klove Sensory Perceptual Examination, Coding and Verbal Fluency 

tests, Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale, Dynamometer Grip Strength, and Finger Tapping. No tests 

that have been completed by Plaintiff in the last 60 days will be repeated unless the parties so 

stipulate. 

4. Only Plaintiff and Dr. Weber will be present in the examination room while testing is 

performed. 

5. Plaintiff shall be cooperative to the best of his ability during the examination, and will 

make himself available for a total of an additional six (6) hours or until completion of the 

examination, whichever is sooner. Reasonable breaks for personal comfort or necessity will be 

taken as needed. Times for breaks are not included in calculating the length of the examination. 

Additional time for testing may be added by mutual agreement of the parties or further order of 

this Court. 

7. Defendant DSH-Napa shall bear the cost for the mental examination.

8. Except as provided in this Order, the mental examination shall be governed by 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 35. 

SO STIPULATED:

Dated: July 18, 2016 KARL J. FRISINGER, ESQ.

COOMBS & DUNLAP, LLP

/s/Karl J. Frisinger 

KARL J. FRISINGER, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Shawn Brackin

Dated: July 18, 2016 KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

JEFFREY R. VINCENT

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/Wil Fong 

WIL FONG

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants

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Stipulation and (Proposed) Order Permitting Mental Examination of Shawn Brackin (15-cv-03351-WHA)

ORDER

Upon good cause shown, the above Stipulation of the parties is hereby approved and made 

the Order of this Court. 

SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________ 

 HON. WILLIAM ALSUP United States District Court Judge

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90673408.docx

July 19, 2016.

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