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Parties Involved:
City of Lathrop
Cross Defendant
Dan Mac Neilage
Defendant
Ron Rhodes
Cross Claimant
Tom Sayles
Cross Defendant

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Stipulated Resolution of Motion to Strike Portions of Complaint

NATHANIEL POTRATZ, ESQ., SBN 215734

LAW OFFICES OF NATHANIEL POTRATZ

4790 Dewey Drive, Suite A

Fair Oaks, California 95628

Telephone: (916) 962-2780

Facsimile: (916) 962-2705

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Tom Sayles,

Plaintiff

vs.

City of Lathrop; Dan Mac Neilage, in his

individual, official and/or agency capacity;

Ron Rhodes, in his individual, official and/or

agency capacity; Does 1 through 10, inclusive,

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CASE NO.: 2:09-CV-03564 MCE KJM

STIPULATED RESOLUTION OF

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STRIKE

PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFF’S

COMPLAINT OR FOR MORE DEFINITE

STATEMENT; ORDER THEREON

Courtroom: 7

Judge: Morrison England

Date: March 11, 2010

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Counsel for Plaintiff and for Defendant have met and conferred and hereby stipulate to the

following in resolution of Defendant City of Lathrop’s Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff’s

Complaint or for More Definite Statement. 

Referring to Defendant’s Proposed Order, Counsel for Plaintiff and for Defendant agree that:

(1) The punitive damages allegations against defendant City of Lathrop are stricken from the

Complaint because punitive damages are not available against a public entity as a matter of law.

(2) The tenth cause of action (violation of right to due process) is stricken because a tenth

cause of action was not included.

(3) The references to defendant Ron Rhodes are not stricken as such are proper and legal and

Plaintiff has the right to plead in the alternative that Ron Rhodes is an employee and/or a nonemployee volunteer.

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Stipulated Resolution of Motion to Strike Portions of Complaint

(4) The eighth cause of action for violation of the Brown Act is not stricken because notice

pleading is sufficient and Plaintiff has sufficiently provided notice to Defendant of the eighth cause

of action.

(5) The third and fourth causes of action for assault and battery are not stricken nor is a more

definite statement needed because notice pleading is sufficient and Plaintiff has sufficiently provided

notice to Defendant of these causes of action.

As a result of counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendant having met and conferred, and

in light of the agreement noted above, counsel stipulate that Plaintiff’s Complaint shall proceed

forward but with the punitive damages allegations stricken as against City of Lathrop and with the

tenth cause of action stricken.

DATED: March 1, 2010 BORTON PETRINI

By: /s/ CRYSTAL SWANSON 

CRYSTAL SWANSON

Attorney for Defendant

DATED: March 1, 2010 LAW OFFICES OF NATHANIEL POTRATZ

 By: /s/ NATHANIEL POTRATZ 

NATHANIEL POTRATZ

Attorney for Plaintiff

ORDER

Defendant City of Lathrop’s Motion to Strike (Docket No. 6) is hereby granted in accordance

with the above-enumerated stipulation of the parties. Plaintiff is hereby directed to file an amended

complaint consistent with the terms of said stipulation not later than ten (10) days from the date of

this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2010

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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