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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 ORDER TO EXTEND STAY Case No. 2:22-cv-01378-KJM-AC 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA 

JOHN THOMAS H. DO (SBN 285075) 

EMI YOUNG (SBN 311238) 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 293-6333 

jdo@aclunc.org 

eyoung@aclunc.org 

ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE -

ASIAN LAW CAUCUS 

GLENN KATON (SBN 281841) 

55 Columbus Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

(415) 896-1701 

glennk@advancingjustice-alc.org 

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

STANLEY YOUNG (SBN 121180) 

3000 El Camino Real 

5 Palo Alto Square, 

10th Floor Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112 

(650) 632-4704 

syoung@cov.com 

Counsel for Chang, et al. Plaintiffs 

SPINELLI, DONALD & NOTT, P.C. 

J. SCOTT DONALD (SBN: 158338) 

601 University Avenue, Suite 225 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

(916) 448-7888 

scottd@sdnlaw.com 

Counsel for County of Siskiyou, et al. Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GER CHONG ZE CHANG, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

COUNTY OF SISKIYOU, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:22-cv-01378-KJM-AC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

REINSTATE STAY FOR 

SETTLEMENT PURPOSES 

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Conditioned on the agreements below, the Parties request a time-limited reinstatement of 

the earlier stay of the above captioned case for purposes of allowing the parties to attempt to 

complete their settlement discussions and ask the Court for further endorsement of this 

stipulation by Court order. The Parties represent the following in support: 

1. On August 4, 2022, the Plaintiffs filed the Complaint in the above captioned 

case. The Complaint alleges discrimination against Asian Americans by Siskiyou County and 

its Sheriff’s Department, including through the passage of three water ordinances, and includes 

claims of racial profiling in traffic stops and the use of unlawful liens. See Dkt. No. 1. 

Defendants have not yet answered the Complaint. 

2. In November 2022, Defendants proposed a stay of the case to explore the 

possibility of a global resolution of this and the related case of Lo et al. v. County of Siskiyou, 

No. 2:21-cv-00999-KJM. 

3. On December 28, 2022, the Parties stipulated to, and the Court ordered, a stay of 

the two related cases until February 28, 2023. Dkt. No. 19. Between December 28, 2022 and 

May 12, 2023, the Parties met for settlement conferences with the Honorable Magistrate Judge 

Claire four times, and the stay was correspondingly extended several times. Dkt. Nos. 24, 25, 

26, 27. On May 12, 2023, the Parties engaged in a full day of settlement negotiations with the 

plaintiffs in the related Lo case. The Lo case reached a settlement but, due to time constraints, 

Plaintiffs and Defendants in the present case were unable to complete their negotiations. The 

Honorable Magistrate Judge Claire referred this case back to the District Court, with an order 

extending the stay for two weeks following that order to permit private settlement discussions. 

The Parties in this case applied for and were granted four further extensions of the stay to 

permit further negotiations. Dkt. Nos. 29, 32, 35 and 38. 

4. The last extension, Dkt. No. 38, expired on October 30, 2023. At that time, the 

Parties had reached a point in their discussions where they were uncertain whether there was a 

path toward an agreed resolution and they were unable to agree on a request to extend the stay 

further while they continued to discuss settlement. Since October 30, 2023, however, the 

Parties have clarified certain issues between them, and they now believe that a further, but final, 

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stay--this time until December 31, 2023--will allow them either to reach an agreed resolution of 

this action or to determine that a further stay will not assist them in their discussions and the 

case should thereafter proceed on its normal course. In view of the prior stay’s expiration, and 

in compliance with Paragraph 2 of the Court’s December 28, 2022 Order, Dkt. No. 19, the 

parties held a Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) conference on November 6, 2023, and on November 13, 

2023 they submitted a Joint Rule 26(f) Report and Case Management Statement, Dkt. No. 41, 

which they propose, subject to possible revision, would govern the case if it does not settle by 

December 31, 2023. 

4. The Parties agree that, notwithstanding the impasse that led them not to request a 

continuation of the stay that expired on October 30, 2023, they now again see a possible path 

toward a settlement that is sufficient to warrant a limited additional stay while they work to 

finalize their agreement. The Parties are now continuing to build on their prior negotiations by 

having substantive video conferences among counsel, accompanied by multiple exchanges of 

written drafts. The Parties have reached and/or reconfirmed, to the extent they believe warrants 

the present motion, tentative agreements on certain substantive issues such as the liens, traffic 

stop policies, and an oversight mechanism for ensuring compliance with these substantive 

terms. The Parties continue to work together toward a written agreement, and accordingly agree 

that a further time-limited reinstatement of the earlier stay is appropriate with the conditions set 

forth below. 

The Parties to the above captioned case therefore stipulate as follows and request that the 

Court enter an order accordingly: 

1. The Parties have continued their settlement discussions and stipulate that this case is 

stayed until December 31, 2023. Any party may request that the stay be lifted earlier if settlement 

discussions fail. Defendants’ time to respond to the Complaint, which was deemed served as of 

October 14, 2022, should be extended to fourteen (14) days after the stay is lifted. The Parties do 

not currently anticipate that they will request any further stay for settlement purposes beyond 

December 31, 2023. 

2. As an additional condition of reinstating the stay, the Parties stipulate that, while the stay 

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is in effect, Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department personnel will report all traffic stops they 

conduct or participate in via dispatch call and will complete all Racial and Identity Profiling Act 

stop data reports as required by California Government Code section 12525.5, which the 

Department maintains it has been doing. 

3. Solely to facilitate good faith settlement discussions and without prejudice to later 

opposing the relief sought in Claims Ten and Eleven of the Complaint regarding liens, Defendants 

shall, within ten days of the issuance of the Court’s order, ensure that all their employees and 

attorneys have been instructed to refrain, during the pendency of the stay and for ninety (90) days 

thereafter, from enforcing or threatening enforcement of liens under County Code sections 10-

14.100 or 1-5.09 or under any other County Code section where the purpose is to collect fines or 

penalties for County Code violations. Until ninety (90) days after the lifting of the stay, Defendants, 

their employees and their attorneys shall not issue any further liens under County Code section 10-

14.100 or 1-5.09, or under any other County Code section where the purpose is to collect fines or 

penalties for County Code violations; shall not enforce or threaten to enforce any such existing 

liens; and shall not otherwise act to foreclose on any properties pursuant to any such liens. 

Dated: November 13, 2023 Respectfully submitted, 

AMERICAL CIVIL LIBERTIES 

UNION FOUNDATION OF 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 

 By: /s/ Emi Young (authorized 11/13/23) 

 JOHN THOMAS H. DO 

 EMI YOUNG 

 GRAYCE ZELPHIN 

ASIAN AMERICANS 

ADVANCINGJUSTICE-ASIAN LAW 

CAUCUS 

 By: /s/ Megan Vees (authorized 11/13/23) 

 GLENN KATON 

 MEGAN VEES 

 

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COVINGTON & BURLING LLP 

 By: /s/ Stanley Young 

 STANLEY YOUNG 

 ALISON WALL 

 SILVIA WU 

 

 Counsel for Chang, et al. Plaintiffs 

 

SPINELLI, DONALD & NOTT 

 By: /s/ J. Scott Donald (authorized 11/13/2023) 

 DOMENIC D. SPINELLI 

 J. SCOTT DONALD 

 

Counsel for County of Siskiyou, et al. 

Defendants 

 

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ORDER 

 Pursuant to the Stipulation, and Good Cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. This case is stayed until December 31, 2023. Any party may request that the stay 

be lifted earlier if settlement discussions fail. 

2. Defendants’ time to respond to the Complaint, which was deemed served as of 

October 14, 2022, is extended to fourteen (14) days after the stay is lifted. 

3. While the present stay is in effect, Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department 

personnel will report all traffic stops they conduct or participate in via dispatch call and will 

complete all Racial and Identity Profiling Act stop data reports as required by California 

Government Code section 12525.5. 

4. Solely to facilitate good faith settlement discussions and without prejudice to later 

opposing the relief sought in Claims Ten and Eleven of the Complaint regarding liens, Defendants 

shall, within ten days of the issuance of this order, ensure that all their employees and attorneys 

have been instructed to refrain, during the pendency of the stay and for ninety (90) days thereafter, 

from enforcing or threatening enforcement of liens under County Code sections 10-14.100 or 1-5.09 

or under any other County Code section where the purpose is to collect fines or penalties for County 

Code violations. Until ninety (90) days after the lifting of the stay, Defendants, their employees and 

their attorneys shall not issue any further liens under County Code section 10-14.100 or 1-5.09, or 

under any other County Code section where the purpose is to collect fines or penalties for County 

Code violations; shall not enforce or threaten to enforce any such existing liens; and shall not 

otherwise act to foreclose on any properties pursuant to any such liens. 

DATED: November 15, 2023. 

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