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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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STIPULATION RE: DOE ONE 

Shansoff v. County of Stanislaus, et al.

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Panos Lagos (SBN 61821 

LAW OFFICES OF PANOS LAGOS 

5032 Woodminster Lane 

Oakland, CA 94602 

Tel. (510) 530-4078 

Fax (510) 530-4725 

e-mail: panos@panoslagoslaw.com

Sanjay S. Schmidt (SBN 247475) 

LAW OFFICE OF SANJAY S. SCHMIDT 

1388 Sutter Street, Suite 810 

San Francisco, CA 94109 

Tel. (415) 563-8583 

Fax (415) 223-9717 

e-mail: ss@sanjayschmidtlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

GEVARGIZ SHANSOFF 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GEVARGIZ SHANSOFF, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, a municipal 

corporation, SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED 

STANISLAUS COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPUTIES, Individually, and DOES 1 

through 75, Jointly and Severally, 

 Defendants. 

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Case No.: 1:16-cv-00858-DAD-EPG

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

NAMING DOE ONE 

Plaintiff and Defendants, by and through their attorneys of record, hereby agree and 

stipulate that Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Deputy Darwin Summerton be named in the place and 

stead of DOE DEFENDANT ONE (Defendant Summerton) in the above-captioned matter. 

Counsel for Defendant, County of Stanislaus, waives the requirement of service of process upon 

Defendant Summerton and shall file an Answer for Defendant Summerton within 20 days. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 6, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF PANOS LAGOS 

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 LAW OFFICE OF SANJAY S. SCHMIDT 

 /s/Panos Lagos 

By: Panos Lagos, Esq. 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

 GEVARGIZ SHANSOFF 

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STIPULATION RE: DOE ONE 

Shansoff v. County of Stanislaus, et al.

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Dated: October 7, 2016 /s/Dan Farrar Dan Farrar 

 Attorney for Defendant, 

 COUNTY OF STANISLAUS 

 

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STIPULATION RE: DOE ONE 

Shansoff v. County of Stanislaus, et al.

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ORDER

Although the parties have stipulated to the substituting DOE DEFENDANT ONE with 

Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Deputy DARWIN SUMMERTON, there are no allegations in the 

Complaint specifically pertaining to DOE DEFENDANT ONE. Federal notice pleading requires 

a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, in order to 

give the defendant fair notice of what the claim is and the grounds upon which it rests. Bell Atl. 

Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555, 127 S. Ct. 1955, 1964, 167 L. Ed. 2d 929 (2007) (internal 

quotations and citations omitted). Furthermore, “[a] plaintiff must allege facts, not simply 

conclusions, that show that an individual was personally involved in the deprivation of his civil 

rights.” Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) (providing that liability under 

§ 1983 must be based on the personal involvement of the defendant). Because there are no 

specific allegations as to DOE DEFENDANT ONE in the complaint, simply substituting of DOE 

DEFENDANT ONE with DARWIN SUMMERTON on the docket is insufficient. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff is granted leave to file a First Amended Complaint within 30 days 

of this order that includes enough detail to give the new defendant fair notice of the allegations 

specifically pertaining to his alleged personal involvement in the deprivation of Plaintiff’s civil 

rights. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 21, 2016 /s/

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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