Crossley v. Niazi et al

Filing 115

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 10/10/2017 and agreed between the parties to the substitution of CDCR in place of defendants. Defendants Niazi and Galloway are DISMISSED with prejudice. CDCR further agrees t hat it is bound to the 8/8/2017 Settlement Agreement reached before the Honorable Kendall J. Newman. Defendants Niazi and Galloway will not seek costs of suit or attorneys' fees. Defendants Niazi and Galloway further shall not bring any action i n any forum against plaintiff Lamont Crossley, his heirs or assigns, for any claim they may have arising from any incident related to this action. Plaintiff shall not seek costs of suit or attorneys' fees against defendants Niazi and Galloway.(Yin, K)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 JAMES E. HOUPT (State Bar No. 187878) jhoupt@orrick.com RACHEL J. MUOIO (State Bar No. 278371) rmuoio@orrick.com MICHAEL C. WOOD (State Bar No. 292683) mwood@orrick.com ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 3000 Sacramento, CA 95814-4497 Telephone: 916-447-9200 Facsimile: 916-329-4900 JAMES W. WALTER (State Bar No. 173481) James.Walter@doj.ca.gov Deputy Attorney General OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 1300 I Street, Suite 125 P.O. Box 944255 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 Telephone: 916-324-0244 Facsimile: 916-322-8288 STEPHANIE ALBRECHT (State Bar No. 281474) salbrecht@orrick.com ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3200 Los Angeles, California 90017-5855 Telephone: 213-629-2020 Facsimile: 213-612-2499 Attorneys for Defendants Abraham Niazi, R.N.; Dr. Richard Parnell Galloway; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – General Attorneys for Plaintiff Lamont Crossley 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 LAMONT CROSSLEY, 17 18 19 Case No. 2:12-cv-02180-TLN-CKD (PC) Plaintiff, JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER OF SUBSTITUTION v. ABE NIAZI, et al., 20 Defendant. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 OHSUSA:767440300.2 Plaintiff Lamont Crossley (“Plaintiff”), Defendants Abraham Niazi, R.N. and Dr. Richard 1 2 P. Galloway (“Defendants”), and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 3 (“CDCR”), hereby stipulate as follows: 4 1. On August 21, 2012, Plaintiff initiated this action against Defendants seeking 5 relief under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 and related state law claims for personal physical injuries to 6 Plaintiff’s right hand and events related to complications from a surgery on this hand; 7 2. On August 8, 2017, Plaintiff, Defendants, and CDCR participated in a settlement 8 conference before the Honorable Kendall J. Newman and reached a final and binding agreement 9 to settle their dispute (“August 8, 2017 Settlement Agreement”); 10 3. Plaintiff, Defendants, and CDCR desire to submit to the jurisdiction of the Court 11 for purposes of implementing, interpreting, or enforcing the terms of the August 8, 2017 12 settlement agreement. 13 14 4. Defendants Niazi and Galloway shall be dismissed with prejudice from this action if, and only if, CDCR is substituted in as a defendant in this action. 15 5. CDCR agrees to be and shall be substituted in as a defendant in this action. CDCR 16 further agrees that it is bound to the August 8, 2017 Settlement Agreement reached before the 17 Honorable Kendall J. Newman. 18 19 6. Defendants Niazi and Galloway will not seek costs of suit or attorneys’ fees upon entry of an appropriate pleading dismissing them from this lawsuit. 20 7. Defendants Niazi and Galloway further shall not bring any action in any forum 21 against Plaintiff Lamont Crossley, his heirs or assigns, for any claim they may have arising from 22 any incident related to United States District Court Case No. 2:12-cv-2180-LKK-CKD P, entitled 23 Lamont Crossley v. Abe (Abraham) Niazi R.N. et.al., filed in the Eastern District of California. 24 8. 25 Galloway. 26 /// 27 /// 28 Plaintiff shall not seek costs of suit or attorneys’ fees against defendants Niazi and /// 2 OHSUSA:767440300.2 1 9. CDCR does not and shall not object to being substituted in as defendant for the 2 duration of litigation in this matter or file any legal memoranda challenging jurisdiction, statute of 3 limitations, or other legal theory. 4 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 5 6 Dated: October 6, 2017 JAMES E. HOUPT STEPHANIE ALBRECHT RACHEL J. MUOIO MICHAEL C. WOOD Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 7 8 9 10 By: 11 12 13 Dated: October 6, 2017 /s/ Stephanie Albrecht STEPHANIE ALBRECHT Attorneys for Plaintiff Lamont Crossley JAMES W. WALTER Office of the Attorney General 14 15 By: 16 17 18 19 20 ORDER 21 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: October 10, 2017 24 25 26 27 28 3 OHSUSA:767440300.2 /s/ James W. Walter (as authorized on October 6, 2017) JAMES W. WALTER Attorneys for Defendants Abraham Niazi, R.N.; Dr. Richard Parnell Galloway; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation – General

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