Neuroth et al v. Mendocino County et al

Filing 385

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 383 Dismissing Willits Defendants filed by James Neuroth ***Civil Case Terminated. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 5/3/19. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/3/2019)

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MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114)
JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268)
MAYA RODRIGUEZ SORENSEN (State Bar No. 250722)
TERESA ALLEN (State Bar No. 264865)
HADDAD & SHERWIN LLP
505 Seventeenth Street
Oakland, California 94612
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
JAMES NEUROTH

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAMES NEUROTH, et al.,
Case No. 3:15-CV-03226-RS (LB)
Plaintiffs,

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STIPULATION AND ORDER OF
DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
BETWEEN PLAINTIFF AND
DEFENDANTS CITY OF WILLITS,
KEVIN LEEF, AND JEFF ANDRADE

v.
MENDOCINO COUNTY, et al.,
Defendants.

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This Stipulation and (Proposed) Order is between Plaintiff and Defendants City of Willits,

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Kevin Leef, and Jeff Andrade. Pursuant to settlement agreement between the parties, and the

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monetary settlements having been paid, the parties below hereby stipulate and agree to dismiss this

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matter, with all parties to bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees. The parties further stipulate that

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United States Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler shall retain jurisdiction to oversee, and if necessary

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enforce, the non-monetary terms of the settlement that were placed on the record on January 25,

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2019, including the following:

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The City of Willits sent Police Officer Christopher Derosio to three-day Crisis

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Intervention Team (“CIT”) training in February 2019, and Officer Derosio will provide

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CIT training to all sworn staff and the community service officer;

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The City’s long-term goal is eventually to have every staff member attend the CIT
STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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training;
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The City has provided body-worn video cameras to all sworn staff, and has amended its

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recording policy to state that officers shall, when practicable, record all field contacts

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with individuals;

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The City has revised its training outline for the POST-certified class for arrest and control

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to include training on the dangers of prone or maximal restraint and restraint asphyxia,

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compression asphyxia, and positional asphyxia, in the perishable skills training for police

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officers.

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Haddad & Sherwin LLP
Dated: May 1, 2019

/s/ Julia Sherwin
Julia Sherwin
Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz
LLP

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Dated: May 1, 2019

/s/ Amy S. Winters
Amy S. Winters
Attorneys for City of Willits Defendants

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* Approval of the filing of this document has been obtained from all signatories.

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND FOR GOOD CAUSE, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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May 3, 2019
Dated: _______________

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HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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