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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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Joint Stipulation Requesting an Order: (1) Permitting

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Anne L. Keck, State Bar No. 136315

KECK LAW OFFICES

418 B Street, Suite 206

Santa Rosa, California 95401

Telephone: (707) 595-4185

Facsimile: (707) 657-7715

Email: akeck@public-law.org 

Attorneys for Defendants the

County of Mendocino, Mendocino 

County Sheriff-Coroner Thomas D. 

Allman, and Sheriff’s Deputy 

Kaitlyn Olson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOELLE BURGESS, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

COUNTY OF MENDOCINO, et al., 

 Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02414-WHO

JOINT STIPULATION REQUESTING AN 

ORDER: (1) PERMITTING THE FILING OF A 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT; AND (2) 

RESCHEDULING THE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE; ORDER

This Joint Stipulation is submitted by all named parties in this action, including: (1) Plaintiffs 

Victoria Lee Dalbec, Jason Jay Havranek, Joelle Burgess, and Kara Marzan (collectively, 

“Plaintiffs”); (2) Defendants the County of Mendocino, Mendocino County Sheriff-Coroner Thomas 

Allman, and Sheriff’s Deputy Kaitlyn Olson (collectively, “County Defendants”); and (3) Defendant 

California Forensic Medical Group, Inc. (“CFMG Defendant”).

The parties to this stipulation request the Court to enter an order: (1) allowing Plaintiffs to 

file a first amended complaint; and (2) continuing the Case Management Conference currently 

scheduled to occur in this matter on August 16, 2016, to September 27, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The 

parties submit that good cause supports their requests, as set forth below.

RECITALS

A. Plaintiffs filed their complaint in this case on May 3, 2016, seeking damages related 

to the death of their mother, Gloria Burgess, who was a jail inmate held in the custody of the 

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Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. Plaintiffs’ complaint avers causes of action based on 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983, common law negligence, and California Government Code § 845.6, generally related to the 

alleged deliberate indifference to the decedent’s medical needs and interference with their familial 

rights.

B. The parties agree that all named defendants have been properly served, either through 

personal service or agreement of the parties to accept service via email through their counsel of 

record. CFMG Defendant filed an answer to the complaint on July 1, 2016. County Defendants 

have not yet responded to the complaint, based on the following.

C. Plaintiffs and County Defendants have been engaged in discussions with respect to 

the viability of certain causes of action alleged in the complaint against certain defendants. Pursuant 

to such discussions, Plaintiffs have agreed to amend their complaint to dismiss Sheriff Allman as a 

defendant in the case and to remove other County Defendants from some of the causes of action. In 

exchange for such amendments, County Defendants have agreed not to file a motion to dismiss on 

those and other claims in the complaint. Plaintiff has also agreed not to add any additional causes of 

action or defendants to the first amended complaint without the prior consent of the parties or the 

Court. The CFMG Defendant has no objection to the filing of a first amended complaint under these 

terms and conditions.

D. At the present time, the only matters scheduled in this case are an ADR Telephone 

Conference set for August 15, 2016, and the Initial Case Management Conference set for August 16, 

2016.

E. The parties request this Court to continue the August 16th Initial Case Management 

Conference to September 27, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., or to a date/time thereafter as is convenient for the 

Court. The bases for this request are twofold. First, rescheduling the Initial Case Management 

Conference will allow time for the filing of the first amended complaint as well as Defendants’ 

answers to that complaint, which will put the case at issue thereby allowing the Court to address 

scheduling and other case management issues at the conference. Second, counsel for County 

Defendants has a conflict on the date currently set for the Initial Case Management Conference of 

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August 16th, as her appearance is required in another county.

WHEREFORE, the parties to this stipulation hereby agree and request entry of an order as 

follows:

STIPULATION

1. The parties request this Court to enter an order allowing Plaintiffs to file a first 

amended complaint in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth above, which shall be filed 

no later than August 12, 2016.

2. The parties request the Court to enter an order rescheduling the Initial Case 

Management Conference, currently set for August 16, 2016, to September 27, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. 

3. Nothing in this Stipulation and request for order is intended to modify the other 

matters addressed in any Court order unless expressly identified herein, nor does it preclude the 

parties from seeking additional relief from this Court, to amend this stipulation and order or 

otherwise.

Respectfully Submitted, 

Dated: August 5, 2016 Keck Law Offices

By: /s/ Anne L. Keck

Anne L. Keck

Attorneys for County Defendants

Dated: August 5, 2016 Law Offices of Jerome M. Varanini

By: /s/ Jerome M. Varanini

Jerome M. Varanini

Attorneys for CFMG Defendant

Dated: August 5, 2016 Law Offices of John L. Burris

By: /s/ Benjamin Nisenbaum

Benjamin Nisenbaum

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ORDER

Pursuant to and in accordance with the foregoing Stipulation, and with good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiffs are allowed to file a first amended complaint under the terms and conditions 

set forth in the parties’ Stipulation, which shall be filed no later than August 12, 2016.

2. The Initial Case Management Conference, currently set to be held in this case on

August 16, 2016, shall be rescheduled to September 27, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall submit 

a joint case management statement at least one week prior to the Initial Case Management 

Conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: August 8, 2016 ____________________________________

HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Court Judge

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