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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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Preston v. City of Oakland, et al., No. 3:14-CV-02022 NC

Plaintiff’s Stipulation Regarding Plaintiff’s Emotional Distress

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DAN SIEGEL, SBN 56400

SONYA Z. MEHTA, SBN 294411

SIEGEL & YEE

499 14th Street, Suite 300

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 839-1200

Facsimile: (510) 444-6698

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DARYELLE LAWANNA PRESTON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARYELLE LAWANNA PRESTON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF OAKLAND; DEANNA 

SANTANA, in her individual capacity,

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:14-CV-02022 NC

STIPULATION REGARDING 

PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGED 

EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

Trial Date: September 14, 2015

Plaintiff Daryelle Lawanna Preston (“Plaintiff”) hereby agrees to stipulate as 

follows:

1. Plaintiff stipulates that she is not making a claim for a specific mental or 

psychiatric injury or disorder, or for unusually severe emotional distress. Plaintiff 

further stipulates that she is not making a claim for mental and emotional 

distress over and above that usually associated with the alleged treatment of 

Plaintiff at issue in this case. This stipulation may be read to the jury. 

2. Plaintiff at trial will not call any treating psychotherapist or other expert, 

regarding her alleged emotional distress damages. Plaintiff will call up to two 

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third-party witnesses at trial to testify in support of her alleged emotional distress 

claims, and she must identify to defendants those witnesses by February 4, 2015, 

and must make those witnesses available for deposition. Plaintiff may also testify 

as to her own damages. 

3. Based upon Plaintiff’s representations and agreements herein, the Court will 

deny Defendants’ motion to compel an independent mental examination of 

Plaintiff.

Dated: February 3, 2015

SIEGEL & YEE

By: /s/ Sonya Z. Mehta

SONYA Z. MEHTA

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Daryelle LaWanna Preston

Dated: February 3, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Nathanael M. Cousins 

IT IS SO ORDERED

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