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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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CLAUDIA QUINTANA 

City Attorney, SBN 178613 

BY: KELLY J. TRUJILLO 

Deputy City Attorney, SBN 244286 

CITY OF VALLEJO, City Hall 

555 Santa Clara Street, P.O. Box 3068 

Vallejo, CA 94590 

Tel: (707) 648-4545 

Fax: (707) 648-4687 

MARK A. JONES, SBN 96494 

KRISTEN K. PRESTON, SBN 125455 

JONES & DYER 

A Professional Corporation 

1800 J Street 

Sacramento, CA 95811 

Tel: (916) 552-5959 

Fax: (916) 442-5959 

Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, Officer Dustin B. Joseph, 

Officer Sean G. Kenney and Vallejo Chief of Police Joseph M. Kreins 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH L. JOHNSON, an individual, 

CYNTHIA A. MITCHELL, an individual, 

and as successor-in-interest 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. 

AND CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS 

 Case No.: 2:13-CV-01072-JAM-KJN 

(Consolidated with Case No.: 2:13-CV02060-JAM-KJN) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITH 

PREJUDICE OF “DOE” DEFENDANTS 

AND SECOND, TENTH AND TWELFTH 

CAUSES OF ACTION 

 On October 4, 2013 plaintiffs filed a complaint and demand for trial by jury in this case, 

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identifying as defendants “DOES 1-5”. Plaintiff Mitchell also alleged causes of action against 

Defendants Dustin Joseph and Sean Kenney for “Wrongful Death/42 U.S.C. §1983” (second cause 

of action) and against Defendants City of Vallejo, Dustin Joseph and Sean Kenney for negligent 

infliction of emotional distress (tenth cause of action). Plaintiffs Mitchell and Johnson further 

alleged a cause of action for violation of Ca. Civil Code section 51.7 as against Defendants City of 

Vallejo, Dustin Joseph and Sean Kenney (twelfth cause of action). 

 IT IS HEREBY stipulated and agreed by and between Plaintiffs CYNTHIA MITCHELL 

AND JOSEPH L. JOHNSON and Defendants CITY OF VALLEJO, JOSEPH M. KREINS, 

DUSTIN B. JOSEPH AND SEAN G. KENNEY by and through their undersigned counsel, that 

the “DOE” defendants identified in the complaint and the second, tenth and twelfth causes of 

action be dismissed with prejudice as to all defendants pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure 41(a)(2), each party to bear their own attorney’s fees and costs. 

Dated: March 20, 2015 JONES & DYER 

 By: /s/ Mark A. Jones 

 Mark A. Jones 

 Kristen K. Preston 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

 D. Joseph, S. Kenney and J. Kreins 

Dated: March 20, 2015 CITY OF VALLEJO 

 By: /s/ Kelly J. Trujillo . 

 Claudia Quintana 

 Kelly J. Trujillo 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of Vallejo, 

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

 

Dated: March 10, 2015 BOWLES & VERNA LLP 

 By: /s/ Lawrence Goldberg . 

 Lawrence Goldberg 

 William Nagle 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Cynthia Mitchell and 

Joseph Johnson 

 

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ORDER 

 The Court, having considered the foregoing stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing 

therefor, the Court hereby orders that all “DOE” defendants alleged in the complaint of Plaintiffs 

Cynthia Mitchell and Joseph Johnson be and hereby are dismissed. 

It is further ordered that the second, tenth and twelfth causes of action alleged in the complaint 

of Plaintiffs Mitchell and Johnson [Docket No. 2] be and hereby are dismissed with prejudice. 

The court further orders that, by stipulation, the Defendants herein are precluded from recovery 

of attorney’s fees and costs of litigation as to the aforementioned causes of action on the basis of this 

Court’s order of dismissal of these claims. 

Dated: 3/23/2015 

 /s/ John A. Mendez_____ 

 John A. Mendez 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

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