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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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BARRETT S. LITT, SBN 45527 

Email: blitt@mbllegal.com 

LINDSAY BATTLES, SBN 262862 

Email: lbattles@mbllegal.com 

McLANE, BEDNARSKI & LITT, LLP 

975 East Green Street 

Pasadena, California 91106 

Tel: (626) 844-7660 

Fax: (626) 844-7670 

SALOMON ZAVALA, SBN 243424 

Email: szavala@zavalalawgroup.com 

ZAVALA LAW GROUP, P.C. 

1055 W. 7th Street, 33rd Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90017 

Tel: (213) 413-0144 

Fax: (323) 210-7385 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

VICENTE BENAVIDES FIGUEROA 

[Counsel for Defendants listed on following 

page] 

DO KIM, SBN 231038 

Email: dkim@dokimlaw.com 

LAW OFFICE OF DO KIM APLC 

3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2700 

Los Angeles, California 90010 

Tel: (213) 251-5440 

Fax: (213) 232-4919 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

VICENTE BENAVIDES FIGUEROA, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

KERN COUNTY; CITY OF DELANO; 

ROBERT CARBONE; GREGG 

BRESSON; RAY LOPEZ; ALFONSO 

VALDEZ; ESTATE OF JEFFREY 

NACUA; SARAH GARCIA NACUA; 

DR. JAMES DIBDIN; ET AL., 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 1:19-cv-00558-DAD-JLT 

[Hon. Dale A. Drozd] 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR LEAVE TO FILE 

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(FRCP Rule 15)

 

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Margo A. Raison, County Counsel 

Marshall S. Fontes, Chief Deputy, SBN 139567 

sfontes@kerncounty.com 

Kyle W. Holmes, Deputy, SBN 288300 

kholmes@kerncounty.com

KERN COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER 

1115 Truxton Avenue, 4th Floor 

Bakersfield, California 93301 

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF KERN (Erroneously sued and served as 

“Kern County”) 

James D. Weakley 

Brande L. Gustafson 

WEAKLEY & ARENDT, P.C. 

5200 N. Palm Avenue, Ste. 211 

Fresno, CA 93704 

Email: jim@walaw-fresno.com

 brande@walaw-fresno.com 

Attorneys for Defendants ROBERT CARBONE, RAYMOND LOPEZ AND 

GREGG BRESSON 

Kevin E. Gilbert, SBN 209236 

kgilbert@ohshlaw.com

ORBACH HUFF SUAREZ + HENDERSON, LLP 

6210 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 210 

Pleasanton, California 94588 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF DELANO, ALFONSO VALDEZ, ESTATE 

OF JEFFREY NACUA AND SARAH GARCIA NACUA 

Lara R. Shapiro, SBN 227194 

shapiro.lara@gmail.com

4344 Promenade Way, Unit 207 

Marina del Rey, California 90292 

Attorneys for Defendant DR. JAMES DIBDIN 

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 Plaintiff’s original Complaint was filed on April 29, 2019. On June 26, 

2021, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). (Dkt. 7). On August 8, 

2019, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), upon the Court’s 

order granting the Stipulation for Plaintiff to file a Second Amended Complaint. 

(Dkt. 16, 18, 19). The Scheduling Order provides that the cutoff date to stipulate to 

amending the complaint or filing a motion to amend the complaint is September 

30, 2021, making this stipulation timely under that order. 

Plaintiff recently discovered that Defendant County of Kern was 

inadvertently omitted from the SAC’s 9th cause of action for California Civil Code 

§ 52.1. After having met and conferred, Plaintiff and Defendant County of Kern 

agreed to stipulate to the filing of a Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”), with 

Plaintiff’s proposed amendments clarifying that Defendant County of Kern is also 

a defendant for the 9th cause of action by adding it to the caption for the 9th cause 

of action (with no other change to the prior complaint). Plaintiff’s proposed TAC 

is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 

All parties hereby stipulate to the filing of the proposed TAC. 

DATED: September 14, 2021 MCLANE, BEDNARSKI & LITT 

 ZAVALA LAW GROUP 

 LAW OFFICES OF DO KIM, APLC 

 / s / Barrett S. Litt 

 Barrett S. Litt 

 Lindsay Battles 

 Salomon Zavala 

 Do Kim 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

VICENTE BENAVIDES FIGUEROA 

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DATED: September 14, 2021 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL 

 COUNTY OF KERN 

 / s / Marshall S. Fontes 

 Marshall S. Fontes 

 Kyle W. Holmes 

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF 

KERN 

DATED: September 14, 2021 ORBACH, HUFF, SUAREZ & 

HENDERSON 

 / s / Kevin E. Gilbert 

 Kevin E. Gilbert 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF 

DELANO, AL VALDEZ, ESTATE OF 

JEFFREY NACUA AND SARAH 

GARCIA NACUA 

DATED: September 14, 2021 WEAKLEY & ARENDT 

 / s / Brande L. Gustafson 

 James D. Weakley 

Brande L. Gustafson 

Attorneys for Defendants ROBERT 

CARBONE, RAYMOND LOPEZ, GREGG 

BRESSON 

DATED: September 14, 2021 

 / s / Lara Shapiro 

 Lara Shapiro 

Attorneys for Defendant DR. JAMES 

DIBDIN 

 

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PROPOSED ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the parties’ stipulation for leave to file a 

Third Amended Complaint is hereby GRANTED. 

Plaintiff shall file a Third Amended Complaint within _______ days from 

the date of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date:__________ ___________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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