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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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JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888 

BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./State Bar #222173 

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS 

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120 

Oakland, California 94621 

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 Facsimile: (510) 839-3882 

MICHAEL J. HADDAD, Esq./ State Bar #189114 

JULIA SHERWIN, Esq./ State Bar #189268 

HADDAD & SHERWIN 

505 Seventeenth Street 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 452-5500 Facsimile: (510) 452-5510 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAHSAN KOUNTZ, THOMAS ROBERSON, 

and B.M., a minor, by and through his next 

friend, Felicia Williams; STEPHEN JOHNSON,

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

CITY OF OAKLAND, a municipal corporation; 

WAYNE TUCKER, in his capacity as Chief of 

Police for the CITY OF OAKLAND; JAMES 

BASSETT, individually and in his capacity as a 

police officer for the CITY OF OAKLAND; 

SHANE TARUM, individually and in her 

capacity as a police officer for the CITY OF 

OAKLAND; EVAN FRAZIER, individually and 

in his capacity as a police officer for the CITY 

OF OAKLAND; R. HOLTON, individually and 

in his capacity as a police officer for the CITY 

OF OAKLAND; PATRICK GONZALES, 

individually and in his capacity as a police 

officer for the CITY OF OAKLAND; M. 

GARCIA, individually and in his capacity as a 

police officer for the CITY OF OAKLAND; 

BRUCE VALLIMONT, individually and in his 

official capacity as a police officer for the CITY 

OF OAKLAND; B. RIVERA, individually and 

in his official capacity as a police officer for the 

CITY OF OAKLAND; and, DOES 1-50, 

inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

 / 

 Case No. 09-05316 MHP 

STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER 

TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

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 On Monday, April 26, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. counsel from the Law Offices of John L. Burris, 

Haddad and Sherwin and the City of Oakland are scheduled to appear at a Case Management 

Conference in the matter of Rahsan Kountz et al v. City of Oakland et al. The instant matter is related 

to the James Taylor et al v. City of Oakland et al, cases which are set for Bench Trial, Closing 

Arguments on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. The parties are requesting that the Case 

Management Conference currently set for Monday, April 26, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. in the instant matter, 

be continued. 

 The instant case was filed on November 9, 2009. The defendants were served with the 

Complaint and Summons on January 25, 2010. The defendants were granted an extension by the 

plaintiffs beyond the date of February 16, 2010 to file an answer in the instant matter due to both 

parties working jointly through all of the trial preparation in the related cases. On March 4, 2010, the 

Court issued an order in the Kountz matter deeming plaintiffs' claims as misjoined and directing that 

all but one of the plaintiffs be dismissed and new actions be filed as to each of the dropped plaintiffs 

within twenty days of the Court's order. Thereafter, the Court granted the plaintiffs an extension 

beyond twenty days to undertake the matter due to the fact the parties were currently in the midst of 

trial on the related cases. 

 In light of the foregoing, the parties believe that a Case Management Conference in the 

Kountz matter at this juncture would not be productive and are therefore requesting that the Case 

Management Conference be continued to a date in June or July 2010 after the parties have had an 

opportunity to address the outstanding issues in the Kountz case. 

 

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Respectfully submitted, 

 Dated: April 21, 2010 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS 

 /s/ John L. Burris 

John L. Burris, Esq. 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Dated: April 21, 2010 HADDAD & SHERWIN 

 /s/ 

 Michael J. Haddad, Esq. 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Dated: April 21, 2010 OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY 

CITY OF OAKLAND 

 _______/s/________________________

 Arlene M. Rosen, 

 Attorney for Defendant 

CITY OF OAKLAND, et al. 

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(PROPOSED) ORDER 

 GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, the Case Management Conference is continued to 

 2010 at 4:00 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:_________________ _____________________________ 

 Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

July 26, April 22, 2010

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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