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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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OWEN T. ROONEY, ESQ. (Bar No. 127830) [G.C. 6103] 

EDRINGTON, SCHIRMER & MURPHY 

The Terraces 

2300 Contra Costa Blvd., Suite 450 

Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 

Telephone: (925) 827-3300 

Attorney for Defendants BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT 

and NOLAN PIANTA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH 

MEGAN SHEEHAN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT, 

NOLAN PIANTA, and DOES1-20, inclusive. 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C14-03156 LB 

 [PROPOSED] ORDER EXCUSING 

NOLAN PIANTA FROM ATTENDING 

THE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

Defendants, BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT and NOLAN PIANTA through 

their undersigned attorney of record, hereby request this court’s order as follows:

1. This civil rights action alleges excessive force at Santa Rita Jail on March 17, 

2014. 

2. Nolan Pianta is a police officer employed with the BART Police Dept. and a 

named defendant. 

3. This case is scheduled for a Settlement Conference with Chief Magistrate Judge 

Spero on March 1, 2016. 

4. It is requested that Nolan Pianta’s attendance at the Settlement Conference be 

excused. Mr. Pianta is a not decision-maker for settlement purposes. An authorized BART 

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representative with the authority to settle will attend the Settlement Conference. Mr. Pianta 

was excused from attending the initial Settlement Conference. 

DATED: February 16, 2016 EDRINGTON, SCHIRMER & MURPHY LLP 

 By: /s/ 

 Owen T. Rooney 

 IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: February____, 2016 

By______________________________ 

 Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero 

 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge Joseph C. Spero

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