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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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HASSARD BONNINGTON LLP 

MARC N. ZIMMERMAN, ESQ., State Bar No. 100521 

JOANNA L. STOREY, ESQ., State Bar No. 214952 

Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, California 94111-3941 

Telephone: (415) 288-9800 

Fax: (415) 288-9801 

Email: jls@hassard.com

Attorneys for Defendants

JOSEPH R. MATEL, M.D. 

and RICHARD FLINDERS, M.D. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VALERIE GEORGE, et. al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT, et. al., 

 Defendants. 

No. C-08-02675 EDL 

STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Requested Hearing Date: 08-10-2010 

Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte 

Third Amended Complaint Filed: 

 February 24, 2009

Jury Trial Date: January 24, 2011 

 Defendants Joseph R. Matel, M.D. and Richard Flinders, M.D. intend to submit 

a motion for determination of good faith settlement. IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND 

AGREED, by and between the undersigned counsel, pursuant to Local Rule 6-1(b), that, 

subject to the Court’s approval, that the motion for determination of good faith settlement to 

be brought by defendants Joseph R. Matel, M.D. and Richard Flinders, M.D. may be heard on 

shortened time. The reason the parties request the shortened time for the motion is that 

discovery and dispositive motion deadlines are imminent. Also, the minor’s compromise was 

only recently approved by the Court. 

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The parties further agree to the following briefing schedule: 

Motion due: July 27, 2010. 

Opposition due: August 3, 2010. 

Reply due: August 6, 2010. 

Hearing Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. 

Dated: July 23, 2010 HASSARD BONNINGTON LLP 

 / S / Joanna L. Storey ______________________________

Joanna L. Storey 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JOSEPH R. MATEL, M.D. and RICHARD 

FLINDERS, M.D. 

Dated: July 23, 2010 SANFORD WITTELS & HEISLER LLP 

 / S / (as authorized on 07/23/2010)

______________________________

Steven Wittels 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

VALERIE GEORGE, DONALD GEORGE, 

JAIDA GEORGE, and 

RYAN GEORGE, JR. 

Dated: July 23, 2010 SPAULDING, MCCULLOUGH & TANSIL LLP 

 / S / (as authorized on 07/23/2010)

______________________________

Terry S. Sterling 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPARTMENT, BILL COGBILL AND 

COUNTY OF SONOMA 

Dated: July 23, 2010 TRIMBLE SHERINIAN & VARANINI 

 / S / (as authorized on 07/22/2010)

______________________________

Jerome M. Varanini 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL 

GROUP, INC., MICHAEL E. DAGEY, R.N., 

JAMES LUDERS, M.D. 

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Dated: July 23, 2010 LAFOLLETTE JOHNSON DEHAAS 

 / S / (as authorized on 07/23/2010)

______________________________

Larry Byron Thornton 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SUTTER HEALTH AND SUTTER 

MEDICAL CENTER OF SANTA ROSA 

Dated: July 23, 2010 ROGASKI, PREOVOLOS, WEBER & PATTERSON

 / S / (as authorized on 07/23/2010)

______________________________

Ralph Andino 

Attorneys for Defendants 

NORICK JANIAN, M.D. 

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 GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

the motion for determination of good faith settlement by defendants Joseph R. Matel, M.D. 

and Richard Flinders, M.D. shall be heard on shortened time with the following briefing 

schedule:

Motion due: July 27, 2010. 

Opposition due: August 3, 2010. 

Reply due: August 6, 2010. 

Hearing Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ______________ _____________________________ 

 Elizabeth D. Laporte 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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August 2

August 3

Wednesday, August 11

noon on

July 26, 2010

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