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Parties Involved:
Michael Ambrose
Defendant
Rebecca Belk
Defendant
City of Fairfield
Defendant
Fairfield Police Department
Defendant
Jerome Hill
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Hill v Fairfield Police Department, et al. Case No.: 3:15-cv-02380-HSG 

Gregory M. Fox, State Bar No. 070876

BERTRAND, FOX, ELLIOT, OSMAN & WENZEL

The Waterfront Building

2749 Hyde Street

San Francisco, California 94109

Telephone: (415) 353-0999

Facsimile: (415) 353-0990

Attorneys for Defendants City of 

Fairfield, Fairfield Police Department, 

Rebecca Belk and Michael Ambrose 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEROME HILL,

Plaintiff,

vs.

FAIRFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT; CITY 

OF FAIRFIELD, a municipal corporation; 

REBECCA BELK, individually and as a Police 

Officer for the CITY OF FAIRFIELD; 

MICHAEL AMBROSE, individually and as a 

Police Officer for the CITY OF FAIRFIELD; 

and DOES 1-50,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:15-cv-02380-HSG

STIPULATION TO TRANSFER VENUE TO THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 

FILLING OF AN AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Date: CMC September 1, 2015

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Location: Courtroom 15

Date: Motion to Dismiss, Sept. 10, 2015

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

Defendants City of Fairfield, acting on behalf of itself and the Fairfield Police Department which 

is not a legal entity capable of suing or being sued, and police officers Rebecca Belk and Michael 

Ambrose filed a Motion to Dismiss and/or alternatively, Motion To Transfer Venue To The Eastern 

District of California, and Motion to Strike Punitive Damages Claim Against The City, which is 

scheduled for hearing on Tuesday, September 10, 2015. This matter also was scheduled by the Court for 

a Case Management Conference (CMC) on September 1, 2015. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES, through their attorneys of 

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STIPULATION CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Hill v Fairfield Police Department, et al. Case No.: 3:15-cv-02380-HSG 

record, that pursuant to 28 USC §1391 and 28 U.S.C. § 1406, venue of this case be transferred from this 

Court in the Northern District of California to the Eastern District of California. Venue in the Northern 

District of California is not proper on any of the grounds set forth in § 1391(b). Plaintiff’s complaint 

shows that none of the defendants are residents in the Northern District of California; all of the alleged 

events or omissions giving rise to his claims occurred exclusively in Fairfield California, which is 

situated in the Eastern District of California (Cal. Govt. Code § 23648; 28 U.S.C. § 84); and jurisdiction 

in the Northern District cannot be justified under Section 1391(b)(3), as this action can, and should, be 

brought in the Eastern District, thus subsection (b)(3) is inapplicable. Under Section 1391(b), the Eastern 

District is the only district in which venue proper for this lawsuit. (Ervin v. Judicial Council of 

California, 2007 WL 1489255 * 3, C 06-7479 CW (N.D. Cal. 2007).) 

Plaintiff also has agreed to amend his complaint in response to defendants’ motion to dismiss. 

Plaintiff shall file his amended complaint within 30 days of the date the Eastern District issues Notice 

acknowledging the transfer of venue and jurisdiction over this case. Defendants’ responsive pleading 

shall be filed within 30 days after plaintiff’s amended complaint is filed. 

The Case Management Conference scheduled for September 1, 2015, and hearing on Defendants’ 

Motion to Dismiss and/or alternatively, Motion To Transfer Venue To The Eastern District of California, 

and Motion to Strike Punitive Damages Claim Against The City, scheduled for hearing on September 10, 

2015, shall be taken off calendar. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: August 25, 2015 BERTRAND, FOX, ELLIOT, OSMAN & WENZEL

By: /s/Gregory Fox

Gregory M. Fox

Attorneys for Defendants 

City of Fairfield, Fairfield Police Department, 

Rebecca Belk and Michael Ambrose

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STIPULATION CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND RELATED DEADLINES AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Hill v Fairfield Police Department, et al. Case No.: 3:15-cv-02380-HSG 

Dated: August 25, 2015

By: /s/ Paul Alaga

Lewis Romero

 Paul Alaga

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Jerome Hill

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ATTORNEY ATTESTATION

I, GREGORY FOX, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER. I have obtained concurrence in and authorization of the 

filing of this document from Lewis Romero. I shall maintain records to support this concurrence for 

subsequent production for the Court if so ordered or for inspection upon request by a party.

Dated: August 25, 2015 BERTRAND, FOX, ELLIOT, OSMAN & 

WENZEL

By: /s/ Gregory Fox 

Gregory M. Fox 

 Attorneys for Defendant

 City of Fairfield, Fairfield Police Department, 

 Rebecca Belk and Michael Abrose

8/25/2015

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