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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Stip. and [Proposed] Order re: Extension for ENE Case No. 15-CV-05937-RS

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Christopher A. Callihan, City Attorney #203010 

CITY OF SALINAS 

OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY 

200 Lincoln Avenue 

Salinas, CA 93901 

Telephone: (831) 758-7256 

Facsimile: (831) 758-7257 

Vincent P. Hurley #111215 

Ryan Thompson #292281 

LAW OFFICES OF VINCENT P. HURLEY 

A Professional Corporation 

28 Seascape Village 

Aptos, California 95003 

Telephone: (831) 661-4800 

Facsimile: (831) 661-4804 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY OF SALINAS, CAMERON MURPHY, 

MARK LAZZARINI, WILLIAM YETTER, and JEFF ARENSDORF

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

JIHAN SHAWAR THISSEL, TONY LEE 

MATHEWS JR., SIDNEY THISSEL and 

JAMIE FRASIER and DOES 1-5

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

CAMERON MURPHY, an INDIVIDUAL and 

OFFICER, MARK LAZZARINI, an 

INDIVIDUAL and OFFICER, WILLIAM 

YETTER, an INDIVIDUAL and OFFICER, 

JEFF ARENSDORF, an INDIVIDUAL, KELLY 

MCMILLIN in his OFFICIAL CAPACITY, the 

SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, the CITY 

OF SALINAS and DOES 1-25,

Defendants. 

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Case No. 15-CV-05937-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER EXTENDING THE 

DEADLINE FOR PARTIES TO 

PARTICIPATE IN EARLY 

NEUTRAL EVALUATION 

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WHEREAS, on March 9, 2016, on the stipulation of the parties, Honorable Judge Ronald 

M. Whyte ordered that Early Neutral Evaluation be completed in the above-captioned matter 

within 90 days from the date of the March 9, 2016 Order (Dkt. 18); and, 

WHEREAS, given the Court’s March 9, 2016 Order (Dkt. 18), the deadline for the Early 

Neutral Evaluation to be completed was calculated to be June 7, 2016; and, 

WHEREAS, on June 2, 2016, on stipulation of the parties, Honorable Ronald M. Whyte 

ordered the Early Neutral Evaluation date be extended to July 8, 2016 (Dkt. 34); and, 

WHEREAS, on August 5, 2016, on stipulation of the parties, Honorable Ronald M. 

Whyte ordered the Early Neutral Evaluation date be extended to September 27, 2016 (Dkt. 37); and,

WHEREAS, on September 26, 2016, on stipulation of the parties, Honorable Ronald M. 

Whyte ordered the Early Neutral Evaluation date be extended to December 9, 2016 (Dkt. 44); and, 

WHEREAS, on November 30, 2016, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office 

subpoenaed Defendant Officer CAMERON MURPHY to testify on December 9, 2016 at 

9:30 a.m. in a preliminary hearing for a homicide in Monterey County Superior Court (see 

Exhibit A), and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office advised counsel for Defendants 

that the hearing is a date certain, and that it is unlikely that it will be rescheduled; and, 

WHEREAS, on December 5, 2016, Defendant Sergeant MARK LAZZARINI informed 

counsel for Defendants that the back injury for which he is currently on disability recently flared 

up, and that he is in significant pain and cannot move around without assistance; and, 

WHEREAS, on December 5, 2016, after being informed of the circumstances regarding 

Officer Murphy’s and Sergeant Lazzarini’s inability to physically attend the ENE set for 

December 9, 2016, Evaluator Randolph W. Hall informed counsel for Plaintiffs, Wendy Chau, 

and counsel for Defendants, Ryan Thompson, that the physical attendance of both Officer 

Murphy and Sergeant Lazzarini is critical to the success of the ENE; and, 

WHEREAS, Ms. Chau and Mr. Thompson are in agreement with Mr. Hall that the 

physical attendance of both Officer Murphy and Sergeant Lazzarini is critical to the success of 

the ENE; and, 

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WHEREAS, Mr. Hall, Ms. Chau, and Mr. Thompson are mutually agreeable to 

participating in the ENE session on a date mutually-agreeable to the parties and the assigned 

evaluator, on or prior to February 28, 2017; 

IT IS STIPULATED by the parties that the deadline to complete Early Neutral Evaluation 

be extended to February 28, 2017. 

Dated: December 5, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF WENDY CHAU 

By: /s/ WENDY CHAU 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs JIHAN SHAWAR THISSEL, 

TONY LEE MATHEWS JR., SIDNEY THISSEL and 

JAMIE FRASIER 

Dated: December 5, 2016 LAW OFFICES OF VINCENT P. HURLEY 

A Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ RYAN THOMPSON 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF SALINAS, 

CAMERON MURPHY, MARK LAZZARINI, 

WILLIAM YETTER and JEFF ARENSDORF 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED that the deadline for completion 

of Early Neutral Evaluation in this matter be extended to February 28, 2017. 

Dated: ______________________ 

By: ________________________________ 

HON. JUDGE RICHARD SEEBORG 

12/8/16

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