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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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MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

GEOFFREY T. HOLTZ, SBN 191370

BRENDAN E. RADKE, SBN 275284

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126

Tel: 415.442.1000

Fax: 415.442.1001

geoffrey.holtz@morganlewis.com

brendan.radke@morganlewis.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff ROBERT MITCHELL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT MITCHELL et al.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

TOM FELKER, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:08-CV-1196 TLN

JOINT STIPULATION OF 

DISMISSAL OF ACTION WITH 

PREJUDICE PURSUANT TO FRCP 

41(A) and ORDER

Plaintiff Robert Mitchell (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants Matthew Cate, Tom

Felker, F. Foulk, George Giurbino, D. Hellwig, Scott Kernan, Terri McDonald, J. 

Owen, J. Tilton, D. Vanderville, and M. Wright (“Defendants”) (collectively, the 

“Parties”), through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate and agree as follows, 

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a):

WHEREAS, on May 30, 2008, Plaintiff filed a complaint (“Complaint”) 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, alleging constitutional deprivations and 

claims for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress as a result of

race-based lockdown policies, in the matter captioned Robert Mitchell v. T. Felker, 

Warden, et al., Case No. 2:08-cv-01196-TLN-EFB (Dkt.# 1);

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WHEREAS, on September 23, 2011, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended 

Complaint that asserted class claims on behalf of inmates affected by the racebased lockdown policies, sought injunctive relief on a class-wide basis, and sought 

damages on an individual basis for Plaintiff (Dkt.# 84); 

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2015, the parties filed a Stipulated Settlement 

that resolved the class claims for injunctive relief in this action, but that did not 

resolve Mr. Mitchell’s individual claims for damages (the “Class Settlement”) 

(Dkt.# 332-1);

WHEREAS, on May 21, 2015, the Court set a jury trial date of August 8, 

2016, to address Mr. Mitchell’s individual claims for damages (Dkt.# 343);

WHEREAS, the matter came before the Court for a settlement conference 

on April 27, 2016, at which time the matter settled and the parties executed a 

Settlement Agreement and Release (Dkt.# 386);

NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between 

Plaintiff and Defendants, through their respective counsel, that Plaintiff’s 

individual damages claims in this action, Case No. 2:08-cv-01196-TLN-EFB, be 

and hereby are dismissed with prejudice as to the Parties, pursuant to Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 41(a). 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that the Court shall retain full 

jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this Stipulation and the Settlement Agreement 

and Release. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that neither this Stipulation nor the 

Settlement Agreement and Release affects the Class Settlement in any way or

Plaintiff’s status as a class representative or member of the class, or terminates any 

outstanding obligations under the Class Settlement, including any injunctive relief 

described therein.

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED that the Parties bear their own attorneys’ 

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fees and costs with respect to Plaintiff’s individual damages claims in this action,

and this Stipulation has no effect on any fees and costs that were addressed in the 

class settlement approved by the Court. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED TO BY THE UNDERSIGNED:

Dated: June 2, 2016 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP

By: /s/ Brendan E. Radke

Geoffrey T. Holtz

Brendan E. Radke

Attorneys for Plaintiff ROBERT 

MITCHELL

Dated: June 2, 2016

By:

 /s/ Damon G. McClain

 (as authorized on 5/24/2016)

Damon G. McClain

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants M. CATE, S. 

KERNAN, T. MCDONALD, G. 

GIURBINO, J. TILTON, T. FELKER, M. 

WRIGHT, F. FOULK, D. VANDERVILLE, 

J. OWEN, AND D. HELLWIG

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED: 

Plaintiff Robert Mitchell’s individual claims for damages against Defendants 

are dismissed with prejudice from this action pursuant to the Settlement Agreement 

and Release between the Parties. Each side shall bear its own attorneys’ fees and 

costs with respect to Plaintiff’s individual claims for damages.

Dated: June 2, 2016

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