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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 AND (PROPOSED) ORDER TO RELEASE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S PHOTOGRAPHS

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JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888

BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./State Bar #222173

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Airport Corporate Centre

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, California 94621

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 Facsimile: (510) 839-3882

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney

JOANNE HOEPER, State Bar #114961

Chief Trial Attorney

BLAKE P. LOEBS, State Bar #145790

PETER J. KEITH, State Bar #206482

Deputy City Attorneys

1390 Market Street, 6th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-5408

Telephone: (415) 554-3868

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837

Attorneys for Defendants

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

HEATHER FONG, in her official capacity,

JOHN KESSOR, MICHELLE ALVIS and

PAUL MORGADO

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KATHLEEN ESPINOSA, individually and as

personal representative of the Estate of decedent

ASA SULLIVAN; A.S., by and through his

Guardian ad Litem, NICOLE GUERRA;

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

a municipal corporation; HEATHER FONG, in

her capacity as Chief of Police for the CITY

AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; JOHN

KEESOR, individually, and in his capacity as a

police officer for the CITY AND COUNTY OF

SAN FRANCISCO; MICHELLE ALVIS,

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO

RELEASE CORONER’S PHOTOGRAPHS

OF DECEDENT ASA SULLIVAN’S BODY

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individually and in her capacity as a police

officer for the CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN

FRANCISCO; PAUL MORGADO, individually

and in his capacity as a police officer for the

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO;

and, San Francisco police officers DOES 1-25,

inclusive,

 Defendants.

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STIPULATION

Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby jointly request that the Court issue an order authorizing

release of color copies of all photographs of Decedent ASA SULLIVAN’s body taken by the City

and County of San Francisco’s Medical Examiner and agents of the SAN FRANCISCO POLICE

DEPARTMENT, following the death of Mr. Sullivan. The parties request an Order be issued in

compliance with California Code of Civil Procedure section 129, which states:

“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no copy, reproduction, or facsimile

of any kind shall be made of any photograph, negative, or print, including instant

photographs and video tapes, of the body, or any portion of the body, of a deceased

person, taken by or for the coroner at the scene of death or in the course of a post

mortem examination or autopsy made by or caused to be made by the coroner,

except for use in a criminal action or proceeding in this state which relates to the

death of that person, or except as a court of this state permits, by order after good

cause has been shown and after written notification of the request for the court

order has been served, at least five days before the order is made, upon the district

attorney of the county in which the post mortem examination or autopsy has been

made or caused to be made.

This section shall not apply to the making of such a copy, reproduction, or

facsimile for use in the field of forensic pathology, for use in medical, or scientific

education or research, or for use by any law enforcement agency in this or any

other state or the United States.

This section shall apply to any such copy, reproduction, or facsimile, and to any

such photograph, negative, or print, heretofore or hereafter made.”

The parties agree that the proceedings in the above-entitled action relate to the death of ASA

SULLIVAN. The parties respectfully request that the Court issue an Order allowing the release of

color copies of all photographs of decedent ASA SULLIVAN’s body taken by the San Francisco

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Medical Examiner as well as any photographs taken by agents of the San Francisco Police

Department.

SO STIPULATED.

Dated: May 16, 2007 The Law Offices of John L. Burris

/s/ Ben Nisenbaum 

Ben Nisenbaum, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: May 16, 2007 Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney

Joanne Hoepper, Chief Trial Attorney

Blake P. Loebs, Deputy City Attorney

/s/ Blake P. Loebs 

Blake P. Loebs,

Attorney for Defendants

(PROPOSED) ORDER

Good cause shown, and the subject of the above-entitled action arising out of the death of

decedent ASA SULLIVAN, the Court hereby grants the parties’ stipulation and orders that color

copies of all photographs taken by the San Francisco Medical Examiner, and/or its agents, and/or

agents of the SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, of Decedent ASA SULLIVAN’s body

be released to the attorneys of record in the above-entitled action .

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:______________ _______________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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