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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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MUTUAL REQUEST FOR INFORMAL HEARING 470177 

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RICHARD DOYLE, City Attorney (#88625) 

NORA FRIMANN, Chief Trial Attorney (#93249) 

ROBERT BURCHFIEL, Sr. Deputy City Attorney (#112318) 

MICHAEL R. GROVES, Sr. Deputy City Attorney (#85620) 

Office of the City Attorney 

200 East Santa Clara Street 

San Jose, California 95113-1905 

Telephone: (408) 535-1900 

Facsimile: (408) 998-3131 

Email: cao.main@sanjoseca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

CITY OF SAN JOSE, SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 

and OFFICER J. MITCHELL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

APOLONIO SOLORIO, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

CITY OF SAN JOSE, THE CITY OF SAN 

JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE 

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CITY OF 

SAN JOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 

SERGEANT DAVID HOBER, OFFICER J. 

MITCHELL AKA GEORGE F. MITCHELL, 

OFFICER D. GUESS, OFFICER A. 

BROWN, OFFICER GALEA, OFFICER 

YOUNG, OFFICER LOPEZ, DETECTIVE 

HOVE AND DETECTIVE PEREA, 

OFFICER VARGAS AND SERGEANT 

MORALES, and DOES, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

NO.: C04-03029 JW 

MUTUAL REQUEST FOR 

INFORMAL HEARING 

Trial Date: April 8, 2008 

This is a mutual request by the parties for a meeting with the court (approximately 

30 minutes) to discuss a recently discovered fundamental legal issue which bears great 

influence on the direction of going forward with the jury trial currently scheduled to begin 

on April 8, 2008 in this court. The Pretrial Hearing is currently scheduled for March 31, 

2008 at 3:00 p.m. Both parties believe that this judicial economy would be best served by 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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DENIED

Judge James Ware

ORDER DENYING PARTIES' 

MUTAL REQUEST FOR 

INFORMAL HEARING;

CHANGE OF TIME FOR PRETRIAL 

CONFERENCE; INSTRUCTIONS TO 

PARTIES 3/26/2008

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having this legal issue discussed prior to the Pretrial Hearing and therefore both parties 

request a meeting with the court (approximately 30 minutes) any time on March 23, 

March 24 or March 25 (p.m.) The legal issue at the focus of this discussion is presented in 

Defendants’ Supplemental Pretrial Statement e-filed on this date and Plaintiff’s counsel will 

provide a response if appropriate prior to the requested meeting. 

Dated: March 21, 2008 FARBSTEIN & BLACKMAN 

BY: ___/s/ 

MICHAEL A. FARBSTEIN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, APOLONIO SOLORIO 

Dated: March 21, 2008 RICHARD DOYLE, City Attorney 

BY: ___/s/ 

ROBERT BURCHFIEL 

Sr. Deputy City Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

CITY OF SAN JOSE, SAN JOSE POLICE 

DEPARTMENT, and OFCR. J. MITCHELL 

**** IT IS SO ORDERED:

The Court DENIES the parties' request for an informal meeting prior to the scheduled Final Pretrial 

Conference. The Court will address the parties' concerns at the Final Pretrial Conference. The Court 

ADVANCES the Final Pretrial Conference from 3:00 PM to 11:00 AM March 31, 2008. The parties 

are instructed to bring all documentary evidence to the Final Pretrial Conference, including the video 

tape that was in the possession of Officer J. Mitchell and photos from the video produced by Officer 

J. Mitchell as well as the enhanced photos later produced by the District Attorney office.

Dated: March 26, 2008 ____________________________________ 

 United States District Judge

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