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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF PLAINTIFF’S DUE PROCESS DAMAGES CLAIMS AND CLAIMS RE THE 

CELLING OF AMERICA

Lisa Ells – Cal. Bar No. 243657*

Caroline E. Jackson – D. Md. Bar No. 18545*

ROSEN BIEN

GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP

101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, California 94105-1738

Telephone: (415) 433-6830

Facsimile: (415) 433-7104

lells@rbgg.com

cjackson@rbgg.com

Sabarish Neelakanta – Fla. Bar No. 26623*

Daniel Marshall – Fla. Bar No. 617210*

Masimba Mutamba – Fla. Bar No. 102772*

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER

Post Office Box 1151

Lake Worth, Florida 33460-1151

Telephone: (561) 360-2523

Facsimile: (866) 735-7136

sneelakanta@humanrightsdefensecenter.org

dmarshall@hrdc-law.org

mmutamba@hrdc-law.org

David J. Bodney – Ariz. Bar No. 006065

Michael A. DiGiacomo – Ariz. Bar No. 032251

BALLARD SPAHR LLP

1 East Washington Street, Suite 2300

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2555

Telephone: (602) 798-5400

Facsimile: (602) 798-5595

bodneyd@ballardspahr.com

digiacomom@ballardspahr.com

*Admitted Pro Hac Vice

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Prison Legal News, a project of the Human 

Rights Defense Center,

Plaintiff,

v.

Charles L. Ryan, et al,

Defendants.

Case No. CV-15-2245-PHX-ROS

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

Judge: Hon. Roslyn O. Silver

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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF PLAINTIFF’S DUE PROCESS DAMAGES CLAIMS AND CLAIMS RE THE 

CELLING OF AMERICA

Plaintiff Prison Legal News (“PLN”), by and through its undersigned counsel, 

hereby submits this Notice of Settlement to inform the Court that the parties have reached 

a settlement on the following remaining triable issues in this matter:

1. PLN’s Fourteenth Amendment damages claims against Defendants Ryan and 

Olsen for the refusal to deliver issues of Prison Legal News; and

2. PLN First and Fourteenth Amendment claims against Defendants for the 

refusal to deliver The Celling of America.

The parties will file a stipulation and proposed order, mostly likely next week, 

confirming the terms of the settlement these claims as soon as the parties have finalized

those documents. It is therefore respectfully requested that the October 16-17, 2019, trial,

and all associated deadlines be vacated.

DATED: September 13, 2019 Respectfully submitted,

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER

By: /s/ Masimba Mutamba

Masimba M. Mutamba

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF PLAINTIFF’S DUE PROCESS DAMAGES CLAIMS AND CLAIMS RE THE 

CELLING OF AMERICA

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on the 13th day of September, 2019, I electronically transmitted a 

PDF version of this document to the Office of the Clerk of the Court, using the CM/ECF 

System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to all CM/ECF registrants 

listed for this matter.

By: /s/ Masimba Mutamba

Masimba M. Mutamba

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