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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 For Entry of Judgment; [Proposed] Judgment Case No. C 06-0545 WHA

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JAMES McMANIS (40958)

MARWA ELZANKALY (206658)

ELIZABETH PIPKIN (243611)

CHRISTINE PEEK (234573)

McMANIS FAULKNER

A Professional Corporation

50 W. San Fernando, 10th Floor

San Jose, CA 95113

Telephone: (408) 279-8700

Facsimile: (408) 279-3244

melzankaly@mcmanislaw.com

cpeek@mcmanislaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff, Rahinah Ibrahim

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RAHINAH IBRAHIM, an individual,

 Plaintiff,

v. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY, et al.

 Defendants.

CASE NO. C06-0545 WHA

STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF 

JUDGMENT; 

[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT 

Date Action Filed: January 27, 2006

Trial Date: None

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WHEREAS, on January 27, 2006, plaintiff, Rahinah Ibrahim (“plaintiff”), filed her 

Complaint in the above-entitled action.

WHEREAS, on April 2, 2009, plaintiff filed her Second Amended Complaint in the 

above-entitled action. 

WHEREAS, plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint named the following defendants: a) 

the City and County of San Francisco (which includes the San Francisco Airport and the San 

Francisco Police Department), Richard Pate, James Cunningham, and Elizabeth Maron 

(collectively “the San Francisco Defendants”); b) John Bondanella (“Bondanella”) and US 

Investigations Services, Inc. (now known as Altegrity, Inc.) (“USIS”), based on its alleged 

employment of Bondanella; and c) the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, 

Michael Chertoff, Tom Ridge, Eric H. Holder, the Terrorist Screening Center, Leonard C. Boyle, 

Donna A. Bucella, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, Arthur M. Cummings, 

II, the National Counterterrorism Center, Michael E. Leiter, the Department of State, and Hillary 

Clinton (collectively “the Federal Defendants”)

WHEREAS, on June 1, 2009, the Federal Defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s 

Second Amended Complaint. 

WHEREAS, on July 27, 2009, the Court issued an Order dismissing plaintiff’s claims 

against the Federal Defendants. At that time, the Court did not enter partial judgment on 

plaintiff’s claims against the Federal Defendants.

WHEREAS, plaintiff’s remaining causes of action against the San Francisco defendants 

are her Third Cause of Action for violation of her Fourth Amendment rights under the United 

States Constitution and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, her Ninth Cause of Action for interference with 

exercise of civil rights under California Civil Code section 52.1, her Tenth Cause of Action for 

false imprisonment, her Eleventh Cause of Action for intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

and her Twelfth Cause of Action for negligent infliction of emotional distress. 

WHEREAS, plaintiff’s remaining causes of action against Bondanella are her Fourth 

Cause of Action for violation of her Fourth Amendment rights under the United States 

Constitution, her Eleventh Cause of Action for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and 

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her Twelfth Cause of Action for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress.

WHEREAS, plaintiff’s remaining causes of action against USIS are her Eleventh Cause 

of Action for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and her Twelfth Cause of Action for 

Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress. 

WHEREAS, on March 1, 2010, the San Francisco Defendants, Bondanella and USIS 

served plaintiff with their Offer To Compromise (attached hereto as Exhibit A) pursuant to Rule 

68 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, (“Offer to Compromise”), offering to allow entry of 

judgment as follows:

a. Against the City and County of San Francisco (including San Francisco Airport and 

the San Francisco Police Department) in the amount of One Hundred and Seventy 

Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00.) 

b. Against USIS in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00.); and 

c. Said judgments shall be the total amount to be paid for any liability, accrued costs and 

attorneys’ fees, as against the San Francisco Defendants, Bondanella and USIS.

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2010, plaintiff served and filed her Notice of Plaintiff’s 

Acceptance of Offer to Compromise (“Notice of Acceptance”), attached hereto as Exhibit B.

WHEREAS, in her Notice of Acceptance, plaintiff stated that her acceptance applies only 

as to the defendants who made the Offer to Compromise, namely the San Francisco Defendants, 

Bondanella and USIS. Plaintiff specifically reserved the right to pursue her claims against the 

Federal Defendants. 

NOW THEREFORE, plaintiff, the San Francisco Defendants, Bondanella, and USIS, by 

and through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Pursuant to the Court’s Order dated July 27, 2009, granting the Federal 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss, judgment shall be entered in favor of the Federal Defendants. 

Plaintiff reserves her right to appeal the Court’s Order dismissing the Federal Defendants and 

final entry of judgment in their favor.

2. Pursuant to the Offer to Compromise, and the Notice of Acceptance, judgment 

shall be entered in plaintiff’s favor in the total amount of $225,000.00, as follows:

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a. against the City and County of San Francisco (which includes the San 

Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Airport), in the total amount of One Hundred 

and Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00); and

b. against USIS in the total amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). 

3. Plaintiff shall dismiss, with prejudice, her claims against Bondanella, Richard 

Pate, James Cunningham, and Elizabeth Maron.

4. As among plaintiff, the San Francisco defendants, Bondanella, and USIS, all 

parties are to bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees.

5. Plaintiff does not release or waive any right to recover her costs or attorneys’ fees 

against the Federal Defendants.

Dated: March 15, 2010 McMANIS FAULKNER

By: /s/ Marwa Elzankaly

MARWA ELZANKALY

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RAHINAH IBRAHIM

Dated: March 15, 2010 DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney

JOANNE HOEPER, Chief Trial Deputy

RONALD P. FLYNN, Deputy City Attorney

PETER J. KEITH, Deputy City Attorney

By: /s/ Peter Keith

PETER J. KEITH, Esq.

Attorney for Defendants

SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT, CITY AND 

COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN 

FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, JAMES 

F. CUNNINGHAM, ELIZABETH MARON AND 

RICHARD E. PATE

Dated: March 15, 2010 ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

By: /s/ Sharon Douglass Mayo 

SHARON DOUGLASS MAYO, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendants 

U.S. INVESTIGATIONS SERVICES, INC. and 

JOHN BONDANELLA

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[PROPOSED] JUDGMENT

Pursuant to the Court’s Order of July 27, 2009, and pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, 

this Court enters judgment as follows:

1. Pursuant to the Court’s Order dated July 27, 2009, granting the motion to dismiss 

of defendants, Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Michael Chertoff, Tom 

Ridge, Eric H. Holder, the Terrorist Screening Center, Leonard C. Boyle, Donna A. Bucella, the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, Arthur M. Cummings, II, the National 

Counterterrorism Center, Michael E. Leiter, the Department of State, and Hillary Clinton 

(collectively “the Federal Defendants”), judgment is hereby entered in favor of the Federal 

Defendants. 

2. Pursuant to the March 1, 2010, Offer to Compromise, and the March 11, 2010, 

Notice of Acceptance, judgment is hereby entered in favor of plaintiff, Rahinah Ibrahim 

(“plaintiff”), in the total amount of TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND 

DOLLARS ($225,000.00), as follows:

a. against the City and County of San Francisco (which includes the San 

Francisco Police Department and the San Francisco Airport), in the total amount of ONE 

HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($175,000.00); and

b. against US Investigations Services, Inc. (“USIS”), in the total amount of 

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00). 

3. Plaintiff’s claims against defendants, John Bondanella, (“Bondanella”) Richard 

Pate, James Cunningham, and Elizabeth Maron, are hereby dismissed with prejudice.

4. As among plaintiff, the City and County of San Francisco, Richard Pate, James 

Cunningham, Elizabeth Maron, Bondanella and USIS, all parties are to bear their own costs and 

attorneys’ fees.

IT IS SO ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED.

DATED: ________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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IT IS SO ORDERED. THE CLERK SHALL CLOSE THE FILE.

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge William Alsup

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