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Parties Involved:
City of Vallejo
Defendant
Ronell Foster, Sr.
Plaintiff
I.F.
Plaintiff
Paula McGowan
Plaintiff
Ryan McMahon
Defendant
R.F.
Plaintiff

Document Text:

No: 2:18-cv-00673-JAM-CKD STIPULATION AND FOR EXAMINATION AND SAMPLING OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL 1

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MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114)

JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268)

TERESA ALLEN (State Bar No. 264865)

HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP

505 Seventeenth Street

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 452-5500

Facsimile: (510) 452-5510

Attorneys for Plaintiff I.F.

JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq., SBN 69888 

ADANTE D. POINTER, Esq., SBN 236229 

PATRICK M. BUELNA, Esq., SBN 317043 

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS 

Airport Corporate Center 

7677 Oakport St., Suite 1120 

Oakland, CA 94621 

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 

Facsimile: (510) 839-3882

Attorneys for Plaintiffs R.F., Paula McGowan, and Ronell Foster Sr. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

I.F., by and through her guardian ad litem SHASTA 

SKINNER, individually and as successor-in-interest to 

Decedent RONELL FOSTER; R.F., by and through his 

guardian ad litem SHENA BATTEN, individually and 

as successor-in-interest to Decedent RONELL 

FOSTER; PAULA MCGOWAN, individually; and 

RONELL FOSTER, SR., individually. 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF VALLEJO, a municipal corporation; RYAN 

MCMAHON, individually and in his official capacity as 

a Police Officer for the CITY OF VALLEJO; and 

DOES 1-50, inclusive. 

Defendants.

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No: 2:18-cv-00673-JAM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

FOR FORENSIC 

EXAMINATION AND 

SAMPLING OF DECEDENT’S 

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES

 

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On February 17, 2020, Plaintiff I.F. served a subpoena requiring the Solano County 

Coroner’s Office and forensic pathologist Arnold Josselson, MD, to produce recuts of histological 

slides to, and permit examination and sampling of decedent Ronell Foster’s biological material by,

Plaintiff’s expert forensic pathologist, Bennet I. Omalu, MD, MBA, MPH, CPE, DABP-AP, CP, 

FP, NP, including:

1) Produce recuts of ALL tissue histology slides stained with hematoxylin and eosin stains, 

including sections of ALL tissues and organs in stock jars, concerning Ronell Diangelo 

Foster (Case No. 2018-0159, DOB 11/18/1984, DOD 2/13/2018), and do NOT freeze 

samples, slides, or stock jars; and

2) Permit entry onto premises for Bennet I. Omalu, MD, MBA, MPH, CPE, DABP-AP, CP, 

FP, NP, to inspect, measure, examine, photograph, test, and take samples and sections of any 

and all tissues, blood, and other biological matter and create additional tissue and/or 

histology slides and samples relating to Ronell Diangelo Foster (Case No. 2018-0159, DOB 

11/18/1984, DOD 2/13/2018).

 Solano County and Dr. Josselson do not object to the required production and 

examination, but has stated that it requires a Stipulation and Order to comply with the subpoena. 

The parties to this matter, as well as Solano County and Dr. Josselson, hereby stipulate and agree 

that, at a time and date mutually convenient for Solano County, the parties, Dr. Josselson and Dr. 

Omalu, the inspection and sampling set forth in the subpoena shall occur.

DATED: March 3, 2020 HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP

 /s/ Julia Sherwin

JULIA SHERWIN

Attorneys for Plaintiff I.F.

 

DATED: March 5, 2020 City Attorney for the City of Vallejo

 /s/ Timothy R. Smyth

TIMOTHY R. SMYTH

Deputy City Attorney

Attorney for Defendants

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DATED: March 5, 2020 Law Offices of John Burris

 /s/ Adante D. Pointer 

ADANTE D. POINTER

PATRICK BUELNA

Attorney for Plaintiffs, R.F., et al.

 

DATED: March 5, 2020 Solano County Counsel

 /s/ Ramona M. Margherio

RAMONA M. MARGHERIO

Deputy County Counsel

Attorney for Solano County and Dr. Josselson

ORDER

Based on the parties’ stipulation, and with good cause appearing therefore, 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 12, 2020

16.18cv673.stip

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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