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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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Case No. 2:08-CV-00455-GEB-EFB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO FILE FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT

Geri Lynn Green, (State Bar No. 127709)

LAW OFF LC ICES OF GERI LYNN GREEN

A Law Corporation

155 Montgomery Street, Suite #901

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 982-2600

Facsimile: (415) 358-4562

Email: gerilynngreen@gmail.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SHERIE LEMIRE individually and as personal representative for the ESTATE OF 

ROBERT ST. JOVITE; GERARD CHARLES ST. JOVITE and NICOLE ST. JOVITE

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

DAVID A. CARRASCO

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

DIANA ESQUIVEL, State Bar No. 202954

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 445-4928

Facsimile: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Diana.Esquivel@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

Alcaraz, Cahoon, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Carey, Chua, Dusay,

Hak, Hicks, Holliday, LaBonte, Martinez, Nuehring, Noriega, Orrick, Schwarzenegger, Sisto,

Soliz, Tilton, Traquina, Wade, and Wong

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SHERIE LEMIRE individually and

as personal representative for the ESTATE OF 

ROBERT ST. JOVITE; GERARD CHARLES 

ST. JOVITE and NICOLE ST. JOVITE

Plaintiffs,

 vs.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al.

 Defendants.

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Case No. 2:08-CV-00455-GEB-EFB

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO FILE

FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT

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Pursuant to Local Rule 83-143 the parties stipulate as follows: 

Pursuant to Stipulation, Plaintiffs amended their complaint on January 1, 2009. Since that

time, Plaintiffs have served all those Defendants they have named except Defendants Thor, Hill,

and Harris. On or about October 21, 2009, the parties stipulated to allow Plaintiffs to file the

Third Amended Complaint which did not seek to add any new defendants, merely to clarify the

alleged involvement of the already named defendants. The Court so ordered, and Plaintiffs filed

the Third Amended Complaint on October 27, 2009. The Court ordered Defendants to respond to

the amended complaint by November 26, 2009.

In a meet and confer discussion with defense counsel, it became apparent that Plaintiff had,

through computer and operator error, inadvertently and mistakenly e-filed the wrong complaint,

which added parties not intended to be added and deleted others. The parties therefore stipulate

to the filing of the attached Fourth Amended Complaint to correct these errors. 

Concomitant with this filing, the parties agree to the dismissal of Defendants Haviland,

Cate, Hill, Harris, Thor, Soliz and LaBonte and all allegations and claims against them. The

parties further agree and stipulate that these Defendants will seek no costs or attorney’s fees and

that no costs or fees will be awarded. 

The proposed Fourth Amended Complaint re-inserts the erroneously removed Defendant

then-Warden D. K. Sisto as a defendant, who had already appeared in this action, and defense

counsel agrees to continue to accept service on his behalf. 

 Accordingly, the parties agree to allow Plaintiffs to file the attached Fourth Amended

Complaint in order to properly clarify the parties and remedy the errors.

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The parties further agree that Defendants will be excused from responding to the Third

Amended Complaint, and Defendants will respond to the Fourth Amended Complaint within the

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Case No. 2:08-CV-00455-GEB-EFB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO FILE FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT

time provided under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: November 19, 2009 Respectfully submitted,

LC LAW OFFICES OF GERI LYNN GREEN

 By: /S/ Geri Lynn Green

Geri Lynn Green (State Bar No. 127709)

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: November 19, 2009 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

 By: /S/ Diana Esquivel

Attorney for Defendants

ORDER

Plaintiffs are hereby allowed to file the Fourth Amended Complaint and that amended

complaint must be filed no later than three days from the date of this order. Defendants are

excused from responding to the Third Amended Complaint and shall file their response to the

Fourth Amended Complaint within the time specified under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15.

Defendants Haviland, Cate, Hill, Harris, Thor, Soliz and LaBonte are hereby dismissed with

prejudice, and each party shall bear its own costs and fees.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 25, 2009

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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