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CASE NO. 08-CV-4149 

TSEGAI HAILE 

2039 BEDFORD STREET 

SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 

TELEPHONE: 707.508.8546 

tsegaihaile@comcast.net 

KAHN BROWN & POORE LLP 

30 FIFTH STREET, SECOND FLOOR 

PETALUMA, CA 94952 

TELEPHONE: 707.763.7100 

FACSIMILE: 707.763.7180 

DAVID M. POORE, CA BAR NO. 192541, dpoore@kahnbrownlaw.com 

ATTORNEYS OF RECORD FOR PLAINTIFF TSEGAI HAILE

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 

ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 600 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111-3404 

TELEPHONE: 415.434.4484 

FACSIMILE: 415.434.4507 

KEVIN F. WOODALL, CA BAR NO. 180650, kwoodall@foley.com 

CHRISTOPHER G. WARD, CA BAR NO. 238777, cward@foley.com 

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

TSEGAI HAILE 

 Plaintiff, 

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SANTA ROSA MEMORIAL 

HOSPITAL; ST. JOSEPH HEALTH 

SYSTEM SONOMA COUNTY, and 

DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 

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CASE NO. 08-CV-4149

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER 

RE SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL TO 

ALLOW PLAINTIFF TO PROCEED IN

PRO SE

TRIAL DATE: FEBRUARY 8, 2010

JUDGE: HON. MAXINE M. CHESNEY

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff, Tsegai Haile, His 

Present Counsel of Record, David M. Poore, Kahn Brown & Poore LLP, and 

Defendant, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, through their counsel of record, that 

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Plaintiff be allowed to proceed In Pro Se until he can locate new counsel of record.

It is further stipulated that David M. Poore, Kahn Brown & Poore LLP, be 

permitted to withdraw as counsel of record. There is good cause to grant this 

request in light of Plaintiff’s Motion for a New Trial. (Doc. 173.) By entering into 

this stipulation, the parties are not waiving their respective rights to proceed with, 

or oppose, the pending Motion for a New Trial.

DATED: MARCH 11, 2010 KAHN BROWN & POORE LLP

DAVID M. POORE

/s/David M. Poore

DAVID M. POORE

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF TSEGAI 

HAILE

DATED: MARCH 11, 2010

DATED: MARCH 11, 2010

TSEGAI HAILE

/s/Tsegai Haile 

TSEGAI HAILE

PLAINTIFF

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

KEVIN F. WOODALL

CHRISTOPHER G. WARD

/s/Christopher G. Ward

CHRISTOPHER G. WARD

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT SANTA

ROSA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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ORDER

For good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff Tsegai 

Haile be permitted to proceed In Pro Se.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s current counsel, David M. 

Poore, Kahn Brown & Poore, is permitted to withdraw as Counsel of Record for 

the Plaintiff. 

Date Hon. Maxine Chesney 

March 15, 2010

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