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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

John Houston Scott, SBN 72578 Izaak D. Schwaiger, SBN 267888

SCOTT LAW FIRM Attorney at Law

1388 Sutter Street, Suite 715 130 Petaluma Avenue, Suite 1A

San Francisco, CA 94109 Sebastopol, CA 95472

Tel: (415) 561-9601 Tel: (707) 595-4414

Fax: (415) 561-9609 Fax: (707) 581-1983

john@scottlawfirm.net izaak@izaakschwaiger.com

William A. Cohan, SBN 141804 Omar Figueroa, SBN 196650

WILLIAM A. COHAN, P.C. Law Offices of Omar Figueroa

P.O. Box 3448 7770 Healdsburg Avenue, Suite A

Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Sebastopol, CA 95472

Tel: (858) 832-1632 Tel: (707) 829-0215

Fax: (858) 832-1845 Fax: (707) 861-9787

bill@williamacohan.com omar@alumni.stanford.edu

Brian Gearinger, SBN 146125 Randolph Daar, SBN 88195

GEARINGER LAW GROUP Attorney at Law

740 Fourth Street 3330 Geary Blvd., 3rd Floor East

Santa Rosa, CA 95404 San Francisco, CA 94118

Tel: (415) 440-3102 Tel: (415) 986-5591

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Attorneys for Plaintiff, EZEKIAL FLATTEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EZEKIAL FLATTEN

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF ROHNERT PARK, JACY TATUM,

JOSEPH HUFFAKER, THE HOPLAND 

BAND OF POMO INDIANS, STEVE HOBB,

and DOES 1-50, inclusive.

Defendants.

Case No: 4:18-cv-06964-HSG

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL,

WITHOUT PREJUDICE, OF PLAINTIFF’S 

CLAIMS AGAINST THE HOPLAND BAND 

OF POMO INDIANS

[FRCP 41]

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SCOTT LAW FIRM 

1388 SUTTER STREET, SUITE 715

SAN 

FRANCISCO, CA 94109

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

The plaintiff Ezekial Flatten, and one defendant, The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, by 

and through counsel of record in this matter, stipulate and agree to seek a Court Order dismissing 

the plaintiff’s claim as against this defendant only without prejudice under F.R.C.P. 41(a)(2)).

RECITALS

1. The plaintiff filed a Complaint for Damages and Injunctive relief against the City 

of Rohnert Park, Jacy Tatum, Joseph Huffaker, The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, Steve Hobb, 

and Does 1-50 on November 16, 2018, at Dkt. 1.

2. The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians (“Tribe”) responded to plaintiff’s complaint

by filing a motion to dismiss on January 10, 2019, at Dkt. 18.

3. Plaintiff and Tribe now seek to dismiss all claims presented in the plaintiff’s 

complaint as against Tribe, only, without prejudice, through this Court’s order as permitted under 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2).

STIPULATION

WHEREFORE, the plaintiff and Tribe hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. The claims which Flatten alleged as against Tribe only in his complaint be 

dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2).

2. Upon satisfactory confirmation that Steve Hobb was not involved in the incident 

giving rise to this lawsuit, the plaintiff will: (1) dismiss his claims against Tribe with prejudice; 

and, (2) not seek discovery from Tribe.

3. The Tribe preserves all defenses and rights, asserted or unasserted, to the fullest 

extent, including sovereign immunity from suit and other judicial process.

4. Each side shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: January 23, 2018 Respectfully submitted,

SCOTT LAW FIRM

By: /s/John Houston Scott

 John Houston Scott

 Attorney for Plaintiff

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SCOTT LAW FIRM 

1388 SUTTER STREET, SUITE 715

SAN 

FRANCISCO, CA 94109

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Dated: January 23, 2018 FREDERICKS PEEBLES & MORGAN LLP

By: /s/Gregory M. Narvaez

 Gregory M. Narvaez

 Attorney for Defendant 

 Hopland Band of Pomo Indians

ATTESTATION

I, John H. Scott, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to file 

the foregoing documents. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5.1(i)(3), I hereby attest that concurrence 

in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of its Signatories.

Respectfully submitted.

Dated: January 23, 2018 By: /s/John Houston Scott

 John Houston Scott

 Attorney for Plaintiff

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _____________________ ___________________________________

The Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge

1/24/2019

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