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Nature of Suit Code: 441
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Voting
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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COOLEY GODWARD 

KRONISH LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCI SCO

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

FILING OF FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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JOAQUIN G. AVILA, Bar No. 56484 

18336 Aurora Avenue North, Suite 112 

M.B. 148 

Shoreline, Washington 98133 

Telephone: (206) 398-4117 

FAX: (206) 398-4036 

E-mail: avilaj@seattleu.edu

ROBERT RUBIN, State Bar No. 85084 

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights 

of the San Francisco Bay Area 

131 Steuart Street, Suite 400 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 543-9444 

Facsimile: (415) 543-0296 

E-mail: rrubin@lccr.com

MICHAEL TRAYNOR, Bar No. 31474 

E-mail: mtraynor@cooley.com

MAUREEN P. ALGER, Bar No. 208522 

E-mail: malger@cooley.com

CHARLES M. SCHAIBLE, Bar No. 173107 

cschaible@cooley.com

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH, LLP 

101 California Street, Fifth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 

Telephone (415) 693-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 693-2222 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

FELIX M. LOPEZ AND ELIZABETH RUIZ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FELIX M. LOPEZ and ELIZABETH RUIZ, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MERCED COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, et al. 

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:06-CV-01526-OWW-DLB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

FILING OF FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

WHEREAS Plaintiffs desire to amend their present Complaint to add certain additional 

Plaintiffs and to dismiss certain Defendants; and, 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

FILING OF FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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WHEREAS Plaintiffs and Defendants wish to maintain the March 15, 2007 hearing on 

their Motion to Dismiss; and, 

WHEREAS Defendants do not otherwise object to the filing of Plaintiffs’ First Amended 

Complaint, 

THEREFORE it is hereby agreed and stipulated by and between the parties, through 

counsel, as follows: 

1. Plaintiffs may file and serve a First Amended Complaint, adding certain Plaintiffs 

and deleting certain Defendants, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

2. Defendants’ pending Motions to Dismiss shall be deemed to apply to the First 

Amended Complaint which shall still be heard by the Court on March 15, 2007; insofar as any of 

the Motions to Dismiss are based on lack of standing, the Defendant asserting that defense will 

advise the court at the time of filing its reply brief whether it will pursue that defense in light of 

the First Amended Complaint. 

3. Defendants shall have the right to file and serve Answers to the First Amended 

Complaint in the ordinary course asserting any and all denials, objections and defenses available 

to them. 

DATED: February 28, 2007 JOAQUIN AVILA 

/s/ Joaquin Avila 

Joaquin Avila 

Attorney of Record for Plaintiffs 

FELIX M. LOPEZ and ELIZABETH RUIZ 

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DATED: March 1, 2007 ALLEN PROIETTI & FAGALDE 

/s/ Terry L. Allen 

Terry L. Allen 

Attorney of Record for Defendant 

CITY OF ATWATER 

DATED: February 28, 2007 BERLINER COHEN 

/s/ Thomas Ebersole 

Thomas E. Ebersole 

Attorney of Record for Defendant 

CITY OF GUSTINE 

DATED: March 3, 2007 ABBOTT & KINDERMANN, LLP 

/s/ Joseph Wells Ellinwood______________

Joseph Wells Ellinwood 

Attorney of Record for Defendants 

CITY OF LOS BANOS, CITY OF DOS 

PALOS, and SANTA NELLA COUNTY 

WATER DISTRICT 

DATED: February 28, 2007 COUNTY OF MERCED 

 

James Nathan Fincher 

Attorney of Record for Defendant 

COUNTY OF MERCED 

DATED: February 28, 2007 BURKE WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP 

/s/ Sara Peters Gorman 

Sarah Peters Gorman 

Attorney of Record for Defendant 

CITY OF LIVINGSTON 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

FILING OF FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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DATED: February 28, 2007 LINNEMAN, BURGESS 

/s/ Thomas J. Keene 

Thomas J. Keene 

Attorney of Record for Defendants 

MIDWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES 

DISTRICT; SOUTH DOS PALOS 

COUNTY WATER DISTRICT; LE GRAND 

COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT 

DATED: February 28, 2007 NIELSEN MERKSAMER PARRINELLO 

/s/ Marguerite Mary Leoni 

Marguerite Mary Leoni 

Attorney of Record for Defendant 

COUNTY OF MERCED 

DATED: February 28, 2007 GRIFFITH & MASUDA 

/s/ Roger K. Masuda 

Roger K. Masuda 

Attorney of Record for Defendants 

MERQUIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, 

and TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT 

DATED: February 28, 2007 MINASIAN SPRUANCE, MEITH 

/s/ Paul Minasian 

Paul Ryan Minasian 

Attorney of Record for Defendant 

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT 

DATED: February 28, 2007 BACIGALUPI, NEUFELD & ROWLEY 

/s/ Craig Mortensen 

Craig Merrill Mortensen 

Attorney of Record for Defendants 

WINTON WATER AND SANITARY 

DISTRICT, DELHI COUNTY WATER 

DISTRICT, FRANKLIN COUNTY 

WATER DISTRICT, HILMAR COUNTY 

WATER DISTRICT, and PLANADA 

COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

FILING OF FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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DATED: February 28, 2007 BEST BEST & KRIEGER, LLP 

/s/ Eugene Tanaka 

Eugene Tanaka 

Attorney of Record for Defendant 

LOCAL AREA FORMATION 

COMMISSION OF MERCED COUNTY 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 5, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

Honorable Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

DATED: March __, 2007 

Honorable Jay S. Bybee 

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE 

DATED: March __, 2007 

Honorable Anthony w. Ishii 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

1027667 v1/SF 

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