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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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CREGGER & CHALFANT, LLP. 

701 University Ave., #110 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

(916) 443-4443 

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STIP. RE: EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

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CREGGER & CHALFANT LLP

ROBERT L. CHALFANT, SBN 203051 

Email: rlc@creggerlaw.com 

ALEXANDER L. NOWINSKI, SBN 304967 

Email: anowinski@creggerlaw.com 

701 University Avenue, Suite 110 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Phone: 916.443-4443 

Fax: 916.443-2124 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO and 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT 

KEVIN W. HARRIS SBN 133084 

Attorney at Law 

1387 Garden Hwy., Ste. 200 

Sacramento, CA 95833 

Tel.: (916) 271-0688 

Fax: (855) 800-4454 

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

CHONG VANG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHONG VANG, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO; 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT; SGT. ERIN McATEE; 

DEPUTY RYAN TRAPANI (BADGE No. 

1395); DEPUTY NICK SHEEHAN 

(BADGE No. 524); DEPUTY WRIGHT 

(BADGE No. 32); DEPUTY JACOB 

THRALL (BADGE No. 1215); DEPUTY 

CHILANG (BADGE No. 1399) and DOES 

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Defendants. 

No.: 2:15-cv-02468 JAM EFB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND 

DEFENDANT COUNTY OF 

SACRAMENTO’S TIME TO RESPOND 

TO THE COMPLAINT 

 WHEREAS on May 26, 2015, an action was commenced in the Superior Court of the 

State of California for the County of Sacramento, entitled Chong Vang, Plaintiff vs. County of 

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Sacramento, et al., Defendants, Case No. 34-2015-00179654; 

WHEREAS on November 30, 2015, Plaintiff’s complaint was removed to this Court by 

Defendant pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a); 

WHEREAS the case was assigned to United States District Judge John A. Mendez; 

WHEREAS pursuant to the Court’s standing order on filing requirements, counsel for 

Plaintiff and Defendant County met and conferred by phone on November 30, 2015, and by letter 

on December 1, 2015, and agreed on a desire to avoid unnecessary motions practice and discuss 

resolution of the case; 

 WHEREAS counsel stipulated and this Court so ordered that Defendants’ deadline to file 

a response be extended from December 7, 2015, to January 6, 2016; 

WHEREAS counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant County are engaged in sincere and 

earnest settlement negotiation; 

WHEREAS counsel for Defendant County received Plaintiff’s December 19, 2015, 

settlement offer and supporting materials over the holiday and have been unable to confer 

meaningfully with various necessary agents of client County; 

WHEREAS counsel for Defendant County has been unable to contact numerous 

individual Defendants in order to seek permission to accept service; 

WHEREAS counsel for the parties maintain their wish to avoid unnecessary motions 

practice and pursue resolution of this matter; 

 THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate, by and through their counsel of record, as 

follows: 

1. Upon the Court’s approval of this stipulation, Defendant shall have sixty (60) days in 

which to file a responsive pleading in any manner authorized by Rule 12 of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. Defendants’ deadline to file a response is extended until March 

7, 2016. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATE: January 4, 2016 CREGGER & CHALFANT LLP 

 /s/ Alexander L. Nowinski 

ROBERT L. CHALFANT 

ALEXANDER L. NOWINSKI 

Attorneys for Defendants County of Sacramento and 

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department 

DATE: January 4, 2016 /s/ Kevin W. Harris 

 KEVIN W. HARRIS 

 Attorney for Plaintiff Chong Vang 

ORDER 

After considering the Stipulation by and between the parties through their counsel of record, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. Defendants County of Sacramento and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department shall 

have until March 7, 2016, to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint in any manner authorized by 

Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: 1/5/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez_______________________ 

 HON. JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

CASE: Chong Vang v. County of Sacramento, et al. 

NO.: U. S. District Court, Eastern Dist. Cal. No. 2:15-cv-02468 JAM EFB

 The undersigned declares: 

 I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County of Sacramento. I am 

over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within above-entitled action; my business 

address is 701 University Avenue, Suite 110, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

 I am readily familiar with this law firm’s practice for collection and processing of 

correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service; said correspondence will 

be deposited with the United States Postal Service the same day in the ordinary course of 

business. 

 On the date indicated below I served the within STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND DEFENDANT COUNTY OF 

SACRAMENTO’S TIME TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINT on all parties in said 

action as addressed below by causing a true copy thereof to be: 

 x placed in a sealed envelope with first class postage thereon fully prepaid in a 

designated area for outgoing mail; 

 delivered by hand; 

 telecopied by facsimile;

 express mailed by overnight delivery. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Kevin W. Harris 

1387 Garden Hwy., Ste. 200 

Sacramento, CA 95833 

Telephone: (916) 271-0688 

Fax: (855) 800-4454 

Ryan P. Friedman 

Friedman Law Firm, Inc. 

1383 Garden Hwy., Ste. 200 

Sacramento, CA 95833 

Telephone: (916) 800-4454 

Fax: (855) 800-4454 

 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

 Executed this January 5, 2016 at Sacramento, California. 

 /s/ Janelle C. Fluken 

 Janelle C. Fluken 

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