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Parties Involved:
Zahed Uddin Ahmed
Defendant
Santiago Cruz
Plaintiff

Document Text:

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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R. MORGAN GILHULY (SBN 133659; mgilhuly@bargcoffin.com) 

JULIA R. GRAESER (SBN 294117; jgraeser@bargcoffin.com) 

BARG COFFIN LEWIS & TRAPP, LLP 

350 California Street, 22nd Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104-1435 

Telephone: (415) 228-5400 

Fax: (415) 228-5450 

Attorneys for Plaintiff SANTIAGO CRUZ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SANTIAGO CRUZ, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

ZAHED UDDIN AHMED, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 4:15-cv-01855-KAW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER 

WHEREAS, on April 16, 2018, the parties participated in a settlement conference where 

the case settled in principal as to the monetary terms of the settlement. 

WHEREAS, on April 24, 2018, this Court issued an order that Plaintiff shall file a 

dismissal within 60 days of its order, absent any extension ordered by the Court. 

WHEREAS, on June 20, 2018, this Court signed the parties’ Stipulation and Proposed 

Order to extend the deadline to file a dismissal for another 30 days. 

WHEREAS, the parties’ efforts at finalizing a settlement are being held up by the 

potential for outstanding liens against Plaintiff, which are presently unknown and which the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) claims it has a legal 

obligation to satisfy from the settlement proceeds. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and his attorneys have no information about the allegedly or 

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potentially outstanding liens against Plaintiff or the source of such liens, and they are unaware of 

and have not been provided with any statutory authority requiring payment of same from 

settlement proceeds. 

WHEREAS, the parties have for the last few weeks been working to resolve this issue. 

Plaintiff’s attorneys have proposed a modest revision to the settlement agreement to ensure that 

CDCR will deduct from the settlement only those outstanding liens (if any) that CDCR is 

required by law to satisfy on Plaintiff’s behalf, and are awaiting a response from CDCR. 

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to extend the deadline for Plaintiff to file the 

dismissal until August 15, 2018 in hopes that the additional time will be sufficient for the parties 

to agree to the final terms of the settlement documentation and obtain the parties’ signatures, and 

respectfully request that this Court so order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: July 20, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

 

R. MORGAN GILHULY 

JULIA R. GRAESER 

BARG COFFIN LEWIS & TRAPP, LLP 

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/s/ Julia R. Graeser

Attorneys for Plaintiff Santiago Cruz 

Dated: July 20, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

XAVIER BECERRA

Attorney General of California 

JEFFREY R. VINCENT

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

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/s/ Rohit Kodical

Attorneys for Defendant Dr. Ahmed

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________ _____________________________ 

 The Honorable Kandis Westmore 

7/27/18

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