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Parties Involved:
Mark Buras
Plaintiff
City of Santa Rosa
Defendant
Michael Paetzold
Defendant
Santa Rosa Police Department
Defendant
Brett Siwy
Defendant

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CAROLINE L. FOWLER, City Attorney (SBN 110313)

JOHN J. FRITSCH, Assistant City Attorney (SBN 172182)

City of Santa Rosa

100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Room 8

Santa Rosa, California 95404

Telephone: (707) 543-3040

Facsimile: (707) 543-3055

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, SANTA ROSA POLICE DEPT.; BRETT SIWY,

an individual and officer of the SRPD; and MICHAEL PAETZOLD, an individual

and officer of the SRPD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK BURAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, a government

entity; SANTA ROSA POLICE

DEPARTMENT, a government entity;

BRETT SIWY, individually; MICHAEL

PAETZOLD, individually; and DOES 1

to 20, inclusive, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. C 15-1070 TEH

 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER RE CONTINUANCE OF

MANDATORY SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

Date: October 9, 2015

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Ctrm: 4, 3rd Floor

1301 Clay St.

Oakland, CA 94612

Before: Mag. Judge Donna M. Ryu

TO THE COURT AND TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between plaintiff MARK BURAS (BURAS)

and Defendants CITY OF SANTA ROSA, a government entity; SANTA ROSA POLICE

DEPARTMENT, a government entity; BRETT SIWY; MICHAEL PAETZOLD

(collectively, CITY), through their respective counsel of record, as follows:

1. The Court’s Minute Entry dated June 16, 2015 (Doc. 18) orders that

Settlement Conference to be completed within 120 days.

2. Counsel of record Fritsch and Rush met and conferred, and agreed upon

the discovery necessary to facilitate a productive Settlement Conference. To wit, CITY

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undertook to obtain the testimony of plaintiff BURAS and percipient witness Sirkka

Erkkila. Plaintiff undertook to obtain the testimony of Officers SIWY and PAETZOLD,

and witness Officer Berg. 

3. Plaintiff BURAS’ deposition is complete;

4. Witness Erkkila appeared for her deposition via CITY subpoena on

September 11, 2015. After several hours, witness Erkkila adjourned the deposition to go

to work. Attempts to contact and reschedule her deposition have been unsuccessful to

date. 

5. Plaintiff BURAS noticed the depositions of Officers SIWY and PAETZOLD

for September 25, 2015. Officer SIWY is presently assigned to Investigations, and was

called out late in the evening on September 24, 2015 to investigate a hash lab explosion,

and was continuing to work that investigation at the scheduled time of his deposition

on September 25, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. The incident is reported here:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/4528615-181/santa-rosa-man-injured-in?gallery=4

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By agreement of counsel, the depositions of the officers are to be re-scheduled. 

6. This matter is set for a Mandatory Settlement Conference before

Magistrate Judge Ryu on October 9, 2015; 

7. Counsel for defendants and plaintiff BURAS agree that in the interests of

judicial economy and justice, all would benefit from a continuance of the period for the

Settlement Conference to be completed to be extended an additional 60 days to a date in 

December 2015 or a period to be determined by the court.

SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: September 29, 2015

/s/ signature authorized

____________________________________

James Rush

Attorney for Plaintiff

MARK BURAS

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Dated: September 29, 2015 OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY

/s/ John J. Fritsch

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John J. Fritsch

Assistant City Attorney

Attorney for Defendants

CITY OF SANTA ROSA, Det. BRETT

SIWY and Officer MICHAEL

PAETZOLD

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the period for the Settlement Conference to be

completed to be extended an additional 60 days to a date in December 2015. The

present Settlement Conference date is vacated. 

Updated Case Management Conference Statements shall be due on _________;

A further Case Management Conference shall be held on ________ at ______. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________ _____________________________________

Hon. Thelton E. Henderson

 Judge, U.S. District Court 

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Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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