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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING TESTING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

Bowles & Verna LLP 

2121 N. California 

Suite 875 

Walnut Creek 94596 

MICHAEL P. VERNA (# 84070) 

LAWRENCE D. GOLDBERG (# 168142) 

BOWLES & VERNA LLP 

2121 N. California Blvd., Suite 875 

Walnut Creek, California 94596 

Telephone: (925) 935-3300 

Facsimile: (925) 935-0371 

Email: mverna@bowlesverna.com 

 lgoldberg@bowlesverna.com 

 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JOSEPH L. JOHNSON 

and CYNTHIA A. MITCHELL, individually and 

as successor-in-interest and personal 

representative of decedent MARIO D. S .M. ROMERO 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH L. JOHNSON, an individual, CYNTHIA 

A. MITCHELL, an individual, and as successor-ininterest and personal representative of decedent 

MARIO D. S .M. ROMERO, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

THE CITY OF VALLEJO, a municipality and 

charter city; POLICE OFFICER DUSTIN B. 

JOSEPH, an individual, POLICE OFFICER SEAN 

G. KENNEY, an individual, VALLEJO CHIEF OF 

POLICE JOSEPH M. KREINS, an individual and 

DOES 1-5 inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO. 2:13-cv-01072-JAM-KJN

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING TESTING OF 

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

The parties to this action hereby stipulate to the procedure set forth below for 

transferring biological samples of the deceased, Mario D.S.M. Romero, from the Solano 

County Coroner’s Office to a laboratory designated in the Order below for the purpose 

of obtaining DNA information. All the parties stipulate to the foregoing and to the 

chain of custody identified in the Order as follows: 

GOOD CAUSE having been made to appear and pursuant to the stipulation of all 

counsel it is ordered that: Genex Diagnostics, Inc., #180-4616 25th Avenue NE, Seattle, 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING TESTING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

Washington 98105 will overnight a DNA test kit directly to the Solano County 

Coroner’s Office at 530 Union Avenue, Suite 100, Fairfield, CA 94533, Phone: 707-

784-7000, via Federal Express. An official at the Solano County Coroner’s Office will 

sign for the test kit to maintain the chain of custody. An official from the Coroner’s 

Office will then submit a blood spot card in the test kit pursuant to the directions by 

Genex Diagnostics, and the blood on the blood spot card will be blood taken from the 

decedent Mario D.S.M. Romero. The Solano County Coroner’s Officer will verify prior 

to providing the sample from the decedent that more blood samples from the decedent 

Mario D.S.M. Romero are available and will be preserved. The Solano County 

Coroner’s Office official will then overnight the test kit and the blood spot card to 

Genex Diagnostics via Federal Express. Upon receipt of the test kit and the blood spot 

card, an official from Genex Diagnostics will sign for the test kit and the blood spot card 

to ensure that the chain of custody is maintained. 

Genex Diagnostics will then perform a blood test to confirm that it has adequate 

blood samples on the blood spot card to perform a DNA test on Mario D.S.M. Romero. 

Once it confirms that fact, it will perform the DNA test, and upon completion of the 

DNA testing, the results of all testing reports shall be sent to William Nagle at Bowles 

& Verna LLP, 2121 North California Boulevard, Suite 875, Walnut Creek, California 

94596, to Catherine Haley at the Law Offices of Catherine Haley, 1633 San Pablo 

Avenue, Oakland, California 94612, and to Mark A. Jones at Jones & Dyer, 1800 J 

Street, Sacramento, California 95811. After the completion of all the testing, the blood 

spot card can be destroyed. 

Upon completion of the DNA test, a swab of Namaria Romero’s saliva will be 

sent by Natasha Romero on behalf of the minor Namaria Romero directly to Genex 

Diagnostics in Vallejo California. A swab of Natasha Romero’s saliva will also be sent 

directly to Genex Diagnostics in Vallejo California. Written results of all DNA testing 

will be provided to all parties to this action. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING TESTING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

All fees for the above-referenced DNA testing, including delivery costs are to be 

paid by Bowles & Verna. 

Dated: June 5, 2014 JONES & DYER 

 By: /s/____________________________________ 

 Mark A. Jones 

 Kristen K. Preston 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

 D. Joseph, S. Kenney and J. Kreins 

Dated: June 5, 2014 CITY OF VALLEJO 

 By: /s/____________________________________ 

 Claudia Quintana 

 Kelly J. Trujillo 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

 D. Joseph, S. Kenny, and J. Kreins 

 

 

Dated: June 5, 2014 BOWLES & VERNA LLP 

 By: /s/____________________________________ 

 Lawrence Goldberg 

 William Nagle 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: June 5, 2014 THE HALEY LAW OFFICES, P.C. 

 LAW OFFICES OF CATHERINE HALEY 

 By: /s/____________________________________ 

 Matthew D. Haley 

 Catherine Haley 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING TESTING OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

ORDER 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 6/5/2014 /s/ John A. Mendez_________ 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

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