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Parties Involved:
Joshua Daniels
Plaintiff
Walter Garrett
Defendant
Sonny Hightower
Defendant
City of Oakland
Defendant
Sonny Sowles
Defendant
Dameion Thomas
Defendant

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET ASIDE ENTRY OF DEFAULT AGAINST

DEFENDANT SONNY HIGHTOWER

No. 3:14-cv-03088-VC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA DANIELS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF OAKLAND, a public entity,

SONNY SOWLES (A.K.A. SONNY

HIGHTOWER), WALTER GARRETT,

DAMEION THOMAS, and DOES 4-10,

individually, jointly and severally,

Defendants.

No. 3:14-cv-03088-VC

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET

ASIDE ENTRY OF DEFAULT

AGAINST DEFENDANT SONNY

HIGHTOWER

Complaint Filed: 7/8/14

First Amended Complaint Filed: 12/8/14

Plaintiff JOSHUA DANIELS (“Plaintiff”), Defendant SONNY SOWLES (A.K.A.

SONNY HIGHTOWER) and Defendant City of Oakland, by and through their attorneys of

record, agree as follows:

WHEREAS Plaintiff requested an Entry of Default as to Defendant Hightower that was

entered November 6, 2014 by the Clerk;

WHEREAS Defendant Sowles filed an Answer to the Amended Complaint on

January 9, 2015.

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John J. Verber, State Bar No. 139917

Katrina Acosta Romero, State Bar No. 289461

BURNHAM BROWN

A Professional Law Corporation

P.O. Box 119

Oakland, California 94604

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1901 Harrison Street, 14th Floor

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 444-6800

Facsimile: (510) 835-6666

Email: jverber@burnhambrown.com

kromero@burnhambrown.com

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS

SONNY SOWLES (A.K.A. SONNY HIGHTOWER)

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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO SET ASIDE ENTRY OF DEFAULT AGAINST

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IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED that the Default as to Defendant Hightower entered

on November 6, 2014, be set aside and the Answer to Amended Complaint by Sonny Sowles

filed on January 29, 2015, be allowed to stand as the Answer to the Complaint.

DATED: February 2, 2015 BURNHAM BROWN

/s/ Katrina Acosta Romero

KATRINA ACOSTA ROMERO

Attorneys for DEFENDANTS

SONNY SOWLES (A.K.A. SONNY

HIGHTOWER)

DATED: February 2, 2015 HADDAD & SHERWIN

/s/ Genevieve K. Guertin

MICHAEL J. HADDAD

JAMES G. CHANIN

GENEVIEVE K. GUERTIN

Attorneys for PLAINTIFF

JOSHUA DANIELS

DATED: February 2, 2015 OAKLAND CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

/s/ Wendy M. Garbers

WENDY M. GARBERS

Attorneys for DEFENDANT

CITY OF OAKLAND

ORDER

Good cause appearing and the parties having stipulated to the same, the Court finds that

the above-stated stipulation to set aside the default of Defendant SONNY HIGHTOWER shall

be and now is the Order of the Court.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the default of Defendant SONNY HIGHTOWER is

hereby set aside, and the Answer to Amended Complaint filed by Defendant SONNY SOWLES

will stand as the Answer to the Complaint.

Dated:_____________________

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HONORABLE VINCE CHHABRIA

JUDGE OF THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT

4822-1760-8737, v. 1

February 9, 2015

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