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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 20:1401 Education: Handicapped Child Act

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MCCORMICK, BARSTOW,

SHEPPARD, WAYTE &

CARRUTH LLP 

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W.N., ET AL. V. RIPON USD, ET AL. 2:07-CV-00166-GEB-EFB 

Jeffrey R. Olson, # 120945 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

Centre Plaza Office Tower 

1150 Ninth Street, Suite 1200 

Modesto, CA 95354 

Telephone: (209) 524-1100 

Facsimile: (209) 524-1188 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Ripon Unified School District, Leo Zuber, Camille 

Taylor, Carla Travaille, Larry Stewart, David 

Withycombe, Frank Ferral, Claudia Nepote, San Joaquin 

County Office of Education, Janet A. Legris, Ernie 

Tyhurst and Donna Parks 

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT 

W.N., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et 

al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-CV-00166-GEB-EFB 

STIPULATION BY ALL PARTIES THAT 

RIPON DEFENDANTS MAY AMEND 

THEIR ANSWER TO PLAINTIFF’S 

COMPLAINT, AND ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES through their 

respective attorneys of record as follows: 

1. All parties that have made an appearance in this action hereby agree that 

Defendants RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LEO ZUBER, CAMILLE 

TAYLOR, CARLA TRAVAILLE, LARRY STEWART, DAVID 

WITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, CLAUDIA NEPOTE, SAN JOAQUIN 

COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, JANET A. LEGRIS, ERNIE TYHURST, 

and DONNA PARKS, hereinafter refereed to as RIPON DEFENDANTS, may 

amend their Answer to Plaintiffs’ Complaint (includes all complaints consolidated 

under the above referenced case number) to add a thirty-eighth affirmative defense 

which shall read as follows: “AS AND FOR A THIRTY-EIGHTH, SEPARATE 

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AND DISTINCT AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE, Defendants CARLA 

TRAVAILLE, LARRY STEWART, DAVID WITHYCOMBE, FRANK 

FERRAL, CLAUDIA NEPOTE, ERNIE TYHURST and DONNA PARKS allege, 

without admitting any of the allegations of Plaintiffs’ Complaint except those set 

forth herein, that as school board members they are not vicariously liable for 

injuries caused by the act or omission of Ripon Unified School District, pursuant 

to the provision of California Government Code § 820.9. 

2. A copy of RIPON DEFENDANTS Proposed First-Amended Answer to the 

Complaint, as to affirmative defenses only, is attached as Exhibit “A” to this 

Stipulation. This First-Amended Answer shall have no effect on RIPON 

DEFENDANTS’ previously filed answers that address the allegations in each of 

the paragraphs contained in the complaints consolidated in this action. 

3. RIPON DEFENDANTS may promptly serve and file the First-Amended Answer 

upon the filing of this Order. 

Dated: October 1, 2008 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, 

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By: _____/s/ Jeffrey R. Olson____________ 

Jeffrey R. Olson 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Ripon Unified School District, Leo Zuber, 

Camille Taylor, Carla Travaille, Larry Stewart, 

David Withycombe, Frank Ferral, Claudia 

Nepote, San Joaquin County Office of 

Education, Janet A. Legris, Ernie Tyhurst and 

Donna Parks 

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Dated: September 29, 2008 LOUGHREY & WOELFEL LLP 

By:_______/s/Tamara L. Loughrey______ 

Tamara L. Loughrey 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: September 18, 2008 PORTER SCOTT, A PROFESSIONAL 

CORPORATION 

By________/s/Timothy M. Blaine______ 

Timothy M. Blaine 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Stone Soup Child Care Programs 

ORDER 

 

 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/1/08 

 

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