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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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Stipulation Re: Good Faith Settlement (2:14-cv-02730-JAM-CMK) 

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California 

ALBERTO L. GONZALEZ , State Bar No. 117605 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

CATHERINE WOODBRIDGE GUESS, State Bar No. 186186 

Deputy Attorney General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 445-8216 

Fax: (916) 322-8288 

E-mail: Catherine.Woodbridge@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

California Highway Patrol and Officer Fischer

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DREW GARDNER, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, et 

al., 

Defendants.

2:14-cv-02730-JAM-CMK 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: GOOD 

FAITH SETTLEMENT BETWEEN 

PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANTS 

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL 

AND OFFICER FISCHER 

Defendants stipulate as follows: 

1. The operative complaint, the Third Amended Complaint (Docket No. 52), alleges 

against Defendants California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Officer Fischer several causes of action 

as follows: violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 – Fourteenth Amendment due process violation for 

deprivation of liberty against Officer Fischer; intentional infliction of emotional distress against 

CHP and Officer Fischer; negligent infliction of emotional distress against Officer Fischer; false 

imprisonment against CHP and Officer Fischer, and malicious prosecution against CHP and 

Officer Fischer. Plaintiff dismissed his sixth causes of action for malicious prosecution against 

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Stipulation Re: Good Faith Settlement (2:14-cv-02730-JAM-CMK) 

CHP and Officer Fischer. Docket No. 80. Defendants CHP and Officer Fischer deny all claims 

against them. 

2. The claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of 

emotional distress, and false imprisonment are non-federal, state law supplemental claims brought 

under California law. 

3. A settlement was reached between Defendants CHP and Officer Fischer and Plaintiff 

Drew Gardner, a copy of which has been provided to all defense counsel. As a result, any alleged 

joint tortfeasor or co-obligor is hereby barred from seeking equitable comparative contribution or 

partial or comparative indemnity from Defendants CHP and Officer Fischer in this action or in 

any other action. 

4. Defendants CHP and Officer Fischer will submit a copy of the settlement agreement to 

the Court. 

Dated: December 14, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

ALBERTO L. GONZALEZ 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Catherine Woodbridge Guess 

CATHERINE WOODBRIDGE GUESS

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

California Highway Patrol

Dated: 

 /s/ Anne L. Keck___________________________ 

 ANNE L. KECK 

 Keck Law Offices 

 Attorney for Defendant McCullough 

Dated: 

 /s/ Gregory T. Fayard________________________ 

 GREGORY T. FAYARD 

 Klinedinst PC 

 Attorney for Defendant Miller 

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Stipulation Re: Good Faith Settlement (2:14-cv-02730-JAM-CMK) 

ORDER 

1. The settlement between Defendants CHP and Officer Fischer and Plaintiff was made in 

good faith; and, 

2. Defendants CHP and Officer Fischer are hereafter protected from equitable indemnity 

claims by other potential joint tortfeasors, including but not limited to the remaining defendants in 

this action. All actual or potential claims for comparative, implied or equitable indemnity by any 

parties against Defendants CHP and Officer Fischer arising from the matters or damages asserted 

in this action are forever barred pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 877.6. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 12/14/2015 

 /s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 

 Honorable John A. Mendez 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

SA2014119138 

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