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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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MCNAMARA, DODGE, NEY, BEATTY, SLATTERY, PFALZER, BORGES & BROTHERS LLP 

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OF COUNSEL 

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GEORGE D. McLEMORE 

ANTHONY J. DeMARIA 

GARY A. WATT 

James V. Fitzgerald, III 

james.fitzgerald@mcnamaralaw.com 

Honorable Joseph C. Spero 

United States District Court, 15th Floor 

450 Golden Gate Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Re: Fuller v. City of Richmond

Case No. C-03-5616 MMC (JCS) 

Dear Magistrate Judge Spero: 

We are writing to formally request that your excuse our four police officer Defendants 

from their personal attendance at the upcoming November 30th settlement conference. You will 

recall that all five Defendant officers (one has since been dismissed) personally attended the last 

settlement conference with you on May 23rd and you had the opportunity to interact with them. 

However, due to staffing issues at the City of Richmond, having these four officers 

personally attend the upcoming settlement conference would put an undue hardship on the 

officers and the City. None of them have anything to do with settlement authority. Further, 

Plaintiff’s counsel does not have an objection to their attendance via telephone standby. As 

such, we request that your excuse these officers from a personal appearance on November 30th

and allow them to participate in the conference via telephone standby. As you are also probably 

aware, Mr. Fuller will be participating only via telephone standby due to his incarceration in 

state prison. 

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned, or 

Noah G. Blechman, the associate assisting on this matter. 

November 20, 2006 

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Hon. Joseph C. Spero 

November 20, 2006 

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Re: Fuller v. City of Richmond

Very truly yours, 

/s/ 

James V. Fitzgerald, III 

JVF:ngb 

cc: Kirsten Daru, Esq. 

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