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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Stip. and [Proposed] Order for IME (C 14-00695 JST (PR))

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

JAY C. RUSSELL

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

EDWARD R. FLUET

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 247203

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5836

Fax: (415) 703-5843

E-mail: Ned.Fluet@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants J. Beard, M. Spearman, 

R. Coffin, J. Lozano, A. Adams, A. Newton, D. Van 

Leer, and L. Zamora

HERMAN J. HOYING

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

ONE MARKET, SPEAR STREET TOWER

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105-1126

TELEPHONE: 415.442.1000

FACSIMILE: 415.442.1001

HHOYING@MORGANLEWIS.COM

Attorney for Plaintiff Michelle-Lael Norsworthy

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MICHELE-LAEL NORSWORTHY,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFFREY BEARD, et al.,

Defendants.

C 14-00695 JST (PR)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER FOR RULE 35 INDEPENDENT 

MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF 

PLAINTIFF

Judge: The Honorable Jon S. Tigar

Trial Date: None set

Action Filed: February 14, 2014

The Parties, having met and conferred, stipulate to the independent medical examination of 

Plaintiff Michelle-Lael Norsworthy per Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The 

examination is to take place on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Mule Creek State Prison, at a 

mutually convenient time to be determined by the Parties and Mule Creek State Prison, by 

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Stip. and [Proposed] Order for IME (C 14-00695 JST (PR))

defendants’ proposed expert witness, Dr. Stephen B. Levine, M.D. The independent medical 

examination will include a 2-3 hour clinical interview of Plaintiff regarding her gender identity 

dysphoria and her desire for sex-reassignment surgery and may include the Minnesota 

Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). 

Plaintiff takes no position at this time with regard to whether Dr. Levine is a “suitably 

licensed or certified” examiner under Rule 35 and the Parties agree that Plaintiff, by entering this 

stipulation, does not waive any right and expressly reserves all rights to challenge Dr. Levine’s 

qualifications and opinions. Counsel for Plaintiff will be permitted to be present for the initial 

introduction of Plaintiff to Dr. Levine and present outside of the examination room but counsel 

for Plaintiff shall not be permitted to attend the examination.

Except as expressly noted, the Parties agree that the standard for a Rule 35 examination has 

been met. Given this stipulation, Defendants withdraw their Motion for a Mental Examination 

(ECF No. 50) as moot. 

SO STIPULATED, on January 15, 2015:

/s/ Herman J. Hoying /s/ Edward R. Fluet

_________________________ _________________________

HERMAN J. HOYING EDWARD R. FLUET1

Attorney for Plaintiff Deputy Attorney General

Michelle-Lael Norsworthy Defendants J. Beard, M. Spearman, 

R. Coffin, J. Lozano, A. Adams, A. 

Newton, D. Van Leer, and L. Zamora

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

January 16, 2015 _________________________

Dated HON. JON S. TIGAR 

United States District Judge

 

1 Under Northern District General Order 45, subsection X.B., Defendant’s counsel attests 

that Plaintiff’s counsel’s gave him permission to electronically sign this Stipulation on his behalf.

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