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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Neuroth, et al. v. Mendocino County, et al., U.S.D.C. No. 3:15-cv-03226-RS

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MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114)

JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268)

MAYA RODRIGUEZ SORENSEN (State Bar No. 250722)

TERESA ALLEN (State Bar No. 264865)

HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP

505 Seventeenth Street

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 452-5500

Fax: (510) 452-5510

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JAMES NEUROTH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES NEUROTH, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

MENDOCINO COUNTY, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-CV-03226-RS (LB) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER OF 

DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 

BETWEEN PLAINTIFF AND 

DEFENDANTS CITY OF WILLITS, 

KEVIN LEEF, AND JEFF ANDRADE 

This Stipulation and (Proposed) Order is between Plaintiff and Defendants City of Willits, 

Kevin Leef, and Jeff Andrade. Pursuant to settlement agreement between the parties, and the 

monetary settlements having been paid, the parties below hereby stipulate and agree to dismiss this 

matter, with all parties to bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees. The parties further stipulate that

United States Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler shall retain jurisdiction to oversee, and if necessary 

enforce, the non-monetary terms of the settlement that were placed on the record on January 25, 

2019, including the following:

• The City of Willits sent Police Officer Christopher Derosio to three-day Crisis

Intervention Team (“CIT”) training in February 2019, and Officer Derosio will provide

CIT training to all sworn staff and the community service officer;

• The City’s long-term goal is eventually to have every staff member attend the CIT

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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training;

• The City has provided body-worn video cameras to all sworn staff, and has amended its

recording policy to state that officers shall, when practicable, record all field contacts

with individuals;

• The City has revised its training outline for the POST-certified class for arrest and control

to include training on the dangers of prone or maximal restraint and restraint asphyxia,

compression asphyxia, and positional asphyxia, in the perishable skills training for police

officers.

Haddad & Sherwin LLP

Dated: May 1, 2019 /s/ Julia Sherwin

Julia Sherwin

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz

LLP

Dated: May 1, 2019 /s/ Amy S. Winters

Amy S. Winters

Attorneys for City of Willits Defendants

* Approval of the filing of this document has been obtained from all signatories.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND FOR GOOD CAUSE, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _______________ ________________________________

HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

May 3, 2019

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