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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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28 Stipulation to (1) Permit Filing of an Amended

Complaint, (2) Extend County Defendants’ Time to

Respond to the Complaint, and (3) Reschedule Case

Management Conference Dates; [Proposed] Order 1 USDC Case No. CV-10-00841 RS 

STEVEN M. WOODSIDE, State Bar No. 58684

County Counsel

ANNE L. KECK, State Bar No. 136315

Deputy County Counsel

County of Sonoma

575 Administration Drive, Room 105A

Santa Rosa, California 95403-2815

Telephone: (707) 565-2421

Facsimile: (707) 565-2624

E-mail: akeck@sonoma-county.org

Attorneys for Defendants the County

of Sonoma, Sheriff-Coroner William 

Cogbill, and County employees Michael 

Shanahan, Caroline Japp, Jo Weber, 

and Robin Smith 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SALLY STEINHART,

Plaintiff,

 v.

COUNTY OF SONOMA, SHERIFF-CORONER

BILL COGBILL and DEPUTY SHERIFFS M.

SHANAHAN and CAROLYN ZOE; HUMAN

SERVICES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR JO

WEBER; FAMILY, YOUTH & CHILDREN’S

SERVICES DIVISION DIRECTOR CAROL

BAUER, AND CHILD WELFARE

SERVICES/PROTECTIVE SERVICES SOCIAL

WORKER ROBIN SMITH, individually and in their

official capacities, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT

OF SOCIAL SERVICES, DOES 1-50, et al., 

Defendants.

/

No. CV-10-00841 RS

STIPULATION TO (1) PERMIT

FILING OF AN AMENDED

COMPLAINT, (2) EXTEND COUNTY

DEFENDANTS’ TIME TO RESPOND

TO THE COMPLAINT, AND (3) RESCHEDULE CASE MANAGEMENT

CONFERENCE DATES; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

This joint stipulation and request for entry of order is entered into by and between Plaintiff in

pro per, Sally Steinhart (“Plaintiff”), and Defendants the County of Sonoma, Sheriff-Coroner

William Cogbill, Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Shanahan, Sheriff’s Deputy Caroline Japp (erroneously

sued herein as Carolyn Zoe), and Sonoma County employees Jo Weber and Robin Smith

*E-Filed 5/27/10*

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28 Stipulation to (1) Permit Filing of an Amended

Complaint, (2) Extend County Defendants’ Time to

Respond to the Complaint, and (3) Reschedule Case

Management Conference Dates; [Proposed] Order 2 USDC Case No. CV-10-00841 RS 

(collectively, “County Defendants”). Defendant the State Department of Social Services is not a

party to this stipulation. This stipulation and concomitant request for order is made based upon

Plaintiff’s stated intent to amend the Complaint, as well as to provide County Defendants additional

time in which to respond to the Complaint, and to reschedule the dates set forth in the Order Setting

Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines, entered on February 26, 2010 (Docket

No. 2, hereinafter the “CMC Order”). The terms and provisions of this stipulation and request for

order are set forth below.

RECITALS

A. Plaintiff filed her Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Damages

herein on February 26, 2010 (the “Complaint”). Plaintiff believes that she effectuated service of the

Complaint on all County Defendants identified above on or about May 12, 2010. Plaintiff has not

yet effectuated service on Defendant the State Department of Social Services, nor Defendant and

former Sonoma County employee Carol Bauer (retired).

B. Plaintiff has informed counsel for County Defendants of her intent to amend the

Complaint. Further, counsel for County Defendants has agreed to provide information to Plaintiff to

assist her in amending her Complaint.

C. The CMC Order sets the initial case management conference date for June 10, 2010,

and requires the parties to have met certain requirements by May 20, 2010; such requirements have

not been met based on the date of service of the Complaint. In addition, the parties believe that the

case management conference will be more effective if held after the pleadings have been settled.

WHEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and request entry of a court order as follows:

STIPULATION

1. Should Plaintiff desire to amend her complaint, she must file and serve an amended

complaint in this action on or before June 15, 2010.

2. County Defendants shall file and serve their responsive pleading to either the initial

Complaint or any amended complaint, as applicable, on or before July 15, 2010.

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Complaint, (2) Extend County Defendants’ Time to

Respond to the Complaint, and (3) Reschedule Case

Management Conference Dates; [Proposed] Order 3 USDC Case No. CV-10-00841 RS 

3. The dates set forth in the CMC Order shall be amended and revised to set the initial

case management conference to occur on October 21, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.; all other dates set forth in

the CMC Order shall be continued accordingly.

4. This stipulation does not prevent or preclude the parties from seeking additional relief

from this Court, to amend this stipulation and order or otherwise.

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: May 25, 2010 Stephen M. Woodside, County Counsel

By: /s/ Anne L. Keck 

Anne L. Keck, Deputy County Counsel

Attorneys for County Defendants

Dated: May 25, 2010 Sally Steinhart, Plaintiff in pro per

By: /s/ Sally Steinhart 

Sally Steinhart

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, and with good cause appearing, 

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have through June 15, 2010, to file an amended

complaint herein, and County Defendants shall have through July 15, 2010, to file a responsive

pleading to either the initial or amended complaint, as applicable.

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall issue an amended and revised CMC Order,

rescheduling the initial case management conference for October 21, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., and

continuing all other dates set forth in the original CMC Order (Docket No. 2) accordingly.

Date: _____________ ___________________________________

HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

May 26, 2010

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