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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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BERKELEY OFFICER DEFS’ APPLIC TO NOT ATTEND THE SETT CONF 

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MANUELA ALBUQUERQUE, City Attorney SBN 67464

MATTHEW J. OREBIC, Deputy City Attorney SBN 124491

MOrebic@ci.berkeley.ca.us 

2180 Milvia Street, Fourth Floor 

Berkeley, CA 94704 

TEL.: (510) 981-6950 

FAX.: (510) 981-6960 

Attorneys for Defendants Sgt. Lester Soo, 

Officer Bruce Feduloff, and Officer Anthony Lau 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH 

SHANNON B. JAMES, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

SGT. DOLTER, ET AL.,

 Defendants. 

NO. C 04 1195 MMC 

APPLICATION AND ORDER TO 

EXCUSE BERKELEY SGT. SOO, 

OFFICER FEDULOFF, AND OFFICER 

LAU, FROM ATTENDING THE 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE 

Date: July 31, 2006 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Ctrm: A 15th floor 

Magistrate Joseph C. Spero 

Defendants Berkeley Police Sgt. Lester Soo, Officer Bruce Feduloff, and Officer 

Anthony Lau request permission not to attend the Settlement Conference in this case set for July 

31, 2006. All three officers are represented by undersigned defense counsel from the Berkeley 

City Attorney’s office. By local law, the City Attorney’s office has the sole authority to enter 

into a settlement up to $15,000 and also has the sole authority to recommend a settlement to the 

City Council for any amount greater than $15,000. The City of Berkeley also indemnifies and 

defends the officers under the terms of California Government Code section 825. 

Officer Feduloff no longer works for the City of Berkeley and Officer Lau works at night. 

Sgt. Soo does work on weekdays, but he is needed for police duties. Therefore, it would impose 

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a great hardship on the officers and the City to require these officers attend the settlement 

conference. Since the City Attorney’s office is the City Council’s delegated representative for 

settlement conferences, and the officers have no authority to recommend a settlement to the 

Council, undersigned defense counsel requests that the officers not be required to attend. 

Plaintiff’s counsel, Khari Tillery, informed undersigned counsel that he has no objection 

to this request that the officers not be required to attend. 

Dated: July 17, 2006 MANUELA ALBUQUERQUE, City Attorney 

MATTHEW J. OREBIC, Deputy City Attorney 

By: /s/ 

MATTHEW J. OREBIC 

Attorneys for the Berkeley officers 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED: _____________________ 

 _____________________________________ 

 JOSEPH C. SPERO 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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