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Parties Involved:
Rufus Catchings
Plaintiff
Anne Kinsinger
Defendant
Marcia McNutt
Defendant
Ken Salazar
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER PERMITTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT - Case No. 10-00625

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CSBN 44332)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

VICTORIA R. CARRADERO (CSBN 217885)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 9 Floor TH

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-7181

Fax: (415) 436-6748

Email: victoria.carradero@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendant Ken Salazar

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RUFUS CATCHINGS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KEN SALAZAR, IN HIS OFFICIAL

CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE

INTERIOR, MARCIA MCNUTT, IN HER

OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF

THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL

SURVEY, ANNE KINSINGER, IN HER

OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS REGIONAL

DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN REGION

OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL

SURVEY, AND DOES 1-50. 

Defendant.

 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER PERMITTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT - Case No. 10-00625

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Plaintiff Rufus Catchings (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant Ken Salazar, Secretary of the

Interior (“Defendant”) by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, Defendant’s response to Plaintiff’s Complaint is due on May 5, 2010. The 

parties have communicated regarding certain pleading defects in Plaintiff’s Complaint and wish

to resolve pleading issues without motion practice.

WHEREAS, the parties agree that Plaintiff will file a First Amended Complaint to cure

the pleading issues raised by Defendant. Specifically, Plaintiff will file a First Amended

Complaint that: (1) dismisses improperly named Defendants Marcia Mcnutt, Anne Kinsinger and

DOE defendants; (2) dismisses the request for punitive damages. The parties have not agreed to

any other amendments or changes to the Complaint. 

ACCORDINGLY, the due date for Defendant to respond to the Plaintiff’s Complaint is

continued such that Plaintiff can file a First Amended Complaint. Plaintiff will file a First

Amended Complaint within five (5) calendar days of the Court’s order approving this stipulation

and Defendant will file a responsive pleading to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint within ten

(10) calendar days of the filing of the First Amended Complaint. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED

DATED: May 4, 2010 HOYER & ASSOCIATES

________/s/_______________

Richard A. Hoyer, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff 

DATED: May 4, 2010 JOSEPH RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

__________/s/______________

Victoria R. Carradero

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: __________________________

The Honorable Thelton Henderson

United States District Court Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Thelton E. Henderson

05/05/10

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