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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JANIS TRULSSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN DISTRICT 

ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:11-CV-02986 KJM DAD 

ORDER 

This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion to exonerate the supersedeas 

bond. (ECF No. 196.) Plaintiff has filed a statement of non-opposition. (ECF No. 198.) The 

court hereby GRANTS defendant’s motion, and the said bond is hereby EXONERATED. 

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 62(d), a stay of a monetary judgment may 

be obtained by posting a supersedeas bond. Under Local Rule 151(d), “a supersedeas bond shall 

be 125 percent of the amount of the judgment unless the Court otherwise orders.” When “the 

purpose of the supersedeas bond has been fulfilled,” the court can exonerate it. See Ministry of 

Def. & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Cubic Def. Sys., Inc., No. 

98-1165, 2012 WL 2152068, at *3 (S.D. Cal. June 12, 2012). 

Here, the purpose of the supersedeas bond has been fulfilled. On October 22, 

2014, defendant filed a notice of appeal of the judgment in this case. (ECF No. 187.) On the 

same day, defendant also filed a notice of posting supersedeas bond in the amount of $3,177,028. 

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(ECF No. 188.) On March 27, 2015, defendant filed a notice of satisfaction of judgment. (ECF 

No. 195.) On March 31, 2015, the Ninth Circuit dismissed defendant’s appeal by granting 

defendant’s motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 197.) Accordingly, because the “obligations secured 

by the supersedeas bond have been satisfied,” the court GRANTS defendant’s motion. This order 

resolves ECF No. 196. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 14, 2015. 

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