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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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Notice of Pending Settlement 

CASE NO. 15-cv-01833KAW

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

CHERYL ADAMS, State Bar #164194

Chief Trial Deputy 

PETER J. KEITH, State Bar #206482

Deputy City Attorney 

Fox Plaza 

1390 Market Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-5408 

Telephone: (415) 554-3908 

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837 

E-Mail: peter.keith@sfgov.org 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

Russell A. Robinson, State Bar # 163937

Law Office of Russell A. Robinson 

345 Grove Street, First Floor 

San Francisco CA 94102 

Telephone: 415.861.4416 

Facsimile: 415.431.4526 

E-Mail: rlaw345@gmail.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

BRUCE E. KRELL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BRUCE KRELL, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, OFFICER BEL GELASIO, 

(#20), OFFICE OF THE TREASURE AND 

TAX COLLECTOR, RON MEUNIER (#14), 

OFFICER CHARLES SMITH, OFFICER 

ADRIAN GIANINI, and DOES 1-40, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 15-cv-01833 KAW 

JOINT NOTICE OF PENDING 

SETTLEMENT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TERMINATING PENDING MATTERS AND 

VACATING HEARING DATES 

 

Trial Date: Not Set. 

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TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT: 

THE PARTIES HEREBY JOINTLY NOTIFY THE COURT that a settlement has been 

reached in this matter, pending approval of all appropriate governing bodies, including, but not limited 

to, the City and County of San Francisco. The parties respectfully request a 45-day period to give the 

parties an opportunity to effectuate the settlement and file a request for dismissal with prejudice. 

In light of this settlement, the parties are filing this notice of settlement in lieu of their initial 

joint case management statement, which now appears moot. 

The parties hereby request that the court take all pending matters off calendar: 

1. The Motion to Dismiss Complaint [Dkt. No. 8] and Special Motion to Strike [Dkt. No. 

9] set for hearing before Judge Westmore on October 1, 2015 at 11am. 

2. The Initial Case Management Conference set for hearing before Judge Westmore on 

October 6, 2015 at 1:30pm. 

3. The Settlement Conference set for hearing before Judge James on October 9, 2015 at 

10:30am. 

Dated: September 29, 2015 

DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

CHERYL ADAMS 

Chief Trial Deputy 

PETER J. KEITH 

Deputy City Attorney 

By:/s/ Peter J. Keith 

PETER J. KEITH 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

Dated: September 29, 2015 

Law Office of Russell A. Robinson 

By:/s/ Russell A. Robinson 

RUSSELL A. ROBINSON 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

BRUCE KRELL 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER TERMINATING PENDING MATTERS AND VACATING HEARING 

DATES 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court hereby orders that all pending matters be terminated 

and all hearings be vacated: 

1. The Motion to Dismiss Complaint [Dkt. No. 8] and Special Motion to Strike [Dkt. No. 

9] set before Judge Westmore on October 1, 2015 at 11am. 

2. The Initial Case Management Conference set before Judge Westmore on October 6, 

2015 at 1:30pm. 

3. The Settlement Conference set before Judge James on October 9, 2015 at 10:30am. 

The parties are hereby directed to, by November 12, 2015, file either a request for dismissal or 

a report to the Court regarding any additional time needed to conclude the settlement. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _______________________ 

__________________________________________ 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

 

9/29/15

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