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Parties Involved:
Brandon Buell
Defendant
City of Etna
Defendant
County of Siskiyou
Defendant
Lee Hawj
Plaintiff
J.H.
Plaintiff
L.H.
Plaintiff
Lee Her
Plaintiff
Levi Machado
Defendant
Jacob Nicholas
Defendant
R.H.
Plaintiff
Tony Stacher
Defendant

Document Text:

STIPULATION TO DISMISS COUNTS 4 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY –

RATIFICATION); 5 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – INADEQUATE TRAINING); 

AND 6 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – CUSTOM/PRACTICE/POLICY) BROUGHT 

AGAINST DEFENDANT CITY OF ETNA, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

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LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY PEACOCK 

Gregory Peacock, ESQ. (SBN. 277669) 

4063 Birch Street, Suite 100 

Newport Beach, CA 92660 

Telephone: (949) 292-7478 

Email: gregorypeacockesq@gmail.com 

LAW OFFICE OF CLAYTON T. ROBERTSON 

Clayton T. Robertson, ESQ. (SBN 229430) 

1300 Clay Street, Suite 685 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (408) 418-6403 

Email: ctr@robertsonlitigation.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Lee Hawj, L.H., J.H., and R.H.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEE HAWJ, individually, and as 

successor in interest to Decedent 

Soobleej Kaub Hawj; L.H., 

individually and as successor in interest 

to decedent Soobleej Kaub Hawj, by 

and through her guardian ad litem, LEE 

HER; J.H., individually and as 

successor in interest to decedent 

Soobleej Kaub Hawj, by and through 

his guardian ad litem, LEE HER; R.H., 

individually and as successor in interest 

to decedent Soobleej Kaub Hawj, by 

and through her guardian ad litem, LEE 

HER, 

Plaintiffs, 

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Case No. 2:22-cv-01978-JAM-AC

STIPULATION TO DISMISS COUNTS

4 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY –

RATIFICATION); 5 (MUNICIPAL 

LIABILITY – INADEQUATE 

TRAINING); AND 6 (MUNICIPAL 

LIABILITY –

CUSTOM/PRACTICE/POLICY) 

BROUGHT AGAINST DEFENDANT 

CITY OF ETNA, WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE 

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS COUNTS 4 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY –

RATIFICATION); 5 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – INADEQUATE TRAINING); 

AND 6 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – CUSTOM/PRACTICE/POLICY) BROUGHT 

AGAINST DEFENDANT CITY OF ETNA, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

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TO THIS HONORABLE COURT AND ALL PARTIES TO THIS ACTION:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED TO AND AGREED UPON by and between the 

Plaintiffs and Defendant City of Etna, to dismiss Count 4 (Municipal Liability –

Ratification); Count 5 (Municipal Liability – Inadequate Training); and Count 6 

(Municipal Liability – Unconstitutional Custom, Practice and/or Policy) as to Defendant 

City of Etna only, without prejudice. 

 LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY PEACOCK

Dated: March 17, 2023 /S/ Gregory Peacock______

 Gregory Peacock

 Lawyer for Plaintiffs

vs. )

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COUNTY OF SISKIYOU; CITY OF )

ETNA; LEVI MACHADO; TONY ) 

STACHER; BRANDON BUELL: )

JACOB NICHOLAS; and DOES 1 )

through 10, inclusive, )

Defendants. 

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS COUNTS 4 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY –

RATIFICATION); 5 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – INADEQUATE TRAINING); 

AND 6 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – CUSTOM/PRACTICE/POLICY) BROUGHT 

AGAINST DEFENDANT CITY OF ETNA, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEE HAWJ, individually, and as 

successor in interest to Decedent 

Soobleej Kaub Hawj; L.H., individually 

and as successor in interest to decedent 

Soobleej Kaub Hawj, by and through her 

guardian ad litem, LEE HER; J.H., 

individually and as successor in interest 

to decedent Soobleej Kaub Hawj, by and 

through his guardian ad litem, LEE HER; 

R.H., individually and as successor in 

interest to decedent Soobleej Kaub Hawj, 

by and through her guardian ad litem, 

LEE HER, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

 

COUNTY OF SISKIYOU; CITY OF

ETNA; LEVI MACHADO; TONY 

STACHER; BRANDON BUELL: 

JACOB NICHOLAS; and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive, 

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Case No. 2:22-cv-01978-JAM-AC

ORDER RE STIPULATION TO 

DISMISS COUNTS 4 (MUNICIPAL 

LIABILITY – RATIFICATION); 5 

(MUNICIPAL LIABILITY –

INADEQUATE TRAINING); AND 6 

(MUNICIPAL LIABILITY –

CUSTOM/PRACTICE/POLICY) 

BROUGHT AGAINST DEFENDANT 

CITY OF ETNA, WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

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STIPULATION TO DISMISS COUNTS 4 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY –

RATIFICATION); 5 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – INADEQUATE TRAINING); 

AND 6 (MUNICIPAL LIABILITY – CUSTOM/PRACTICE/POLICY) BROUGHT 

AGAINST DEFENDANT CITY OF ETNA, WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

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Pursuant to the Stipulation by and between the Plaintiffs and Defendant City of 

Etna, through their respective attorneys of record, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

Count 4 (Municipal Liability – Ratification); Count 5 (Municipal Liability – Inadequate 

Training); and Count 6 (Municipal Liability – Unconstitutional Custom, Practice and/or 

Policy) are DISMISSED as to Defendant City of Etna only, without prejudice. 

It is further ORDERED that Defendant City of Etna may file an Answer on 

Monday, March 20, 2023. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: March 22, 2023 /s/ John A. Mendez

THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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