Opinion
Case No. 4:11-cv-02396 PJH (MEJ)
03-19-2013
R.H., a minor, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, ELIZABETH TOWN; and K.H., a minor, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, ELIZABETH TOWN; WILLIAM HATFIELD; and JUDY HATFIELD, Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF LAKE; LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; RODNEY MITCHELL; JASON FINDLEY, JEREMY WICHLAZ; RYAN WEST; MICHAEL HARTMAN; MARI GALLARDO; ROBERTA BRUCK; JANICE MILLS; YVETTE PADILLA; LAKE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; PATRICIA TRUJILLO; CITY OF CLEARLAKE; CLEARLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT; ALLAN McCLAIN, TIMOTHY HOBBS; RODD JOSEPH; LAUREN VANCE; TRAVIS LENZ; TYLER PAULSEN; CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, INC.; ROBIN BRIGGS; KC GRIGSBY; F. ANTONIO; ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL, INC. d/b/a St. Helena Hospital Clearlake; WILLIAM T. DURKIN, Jr., M.D., WILLIAM T. DURKIN, Jr., M.D., INC.; and DOES 1 THROUGH 50, Defendants.
DALE L. ALLEN, JR., SBN 145279 DIRK D. LARSEN, SBN 246028 KEVIN P. ALLEN, SBN 252290 LOW, BALL & LYNCH Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF CLEARLAKE, ALLAN WADE MCCLAIN, TIMOTHY HOBBS, RODD JOSEPH, LAUREN VANCE, TRAVIS LENZ, and TYLER PAULSEN
DALE L. ALLEN, JR., SBN 145279
DIRK D. LARSEN, SBN 246028
KEVIN P. ALLEN, SBN 252290
LOW, BALL & LYNCH
Attorneys for Defendants
CITY OF CLEARLAKE, ALLAN WADE MCCLAIN,
TIMOTHY HOBBS, RODD JOSEPH, LAUREN
VANCE, TRAVIS LENZ, and TYLER PAULSEN
CITY OF CLEARLAKE
DEFENDANTS' REQUEST TO BE
EXCUSED FROM PERSONALLY
ATTENDING THE SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED]
ORDER.
Date: April 3, 2013
Judge: Hon. Maria-Elena James
Defendants CITY OF CLEARLAKE, ALLAN McCLAIN, TIMOTHY HOBBS, RODD JOSEPH, LAUREN VANCE, TRAVIS LENZ and TYLER PAULSEN (collectively the "City Defendants") respectfully request that defendants McClain, Hobbs, Joseph, Vance, Lenz, and Paulsen be permitted to attend the April 3, 2013 settlement conference by telephone standby.
With the exception of Chief McClain, who is now retired and lives out-of-state, the individual defendants are officers of the Clearlake Police Department, a small municipal department that may not be able to provide full staffing and back-up for the purpose of public safety if five of its officers are in San Francisco for the settlement conference. In addition, the depositions of Chief McClain, Officer Vance, and Officer Lenz have not been taken in this matter.
Trial counsel Dale L. Allen, Jr. and/or Dirk D. Larsen will attend the settlement conference in person, along with a representative from the City of Clearlake. The representative will have the full authority to settle the matter on behalf of the individual defendants, and be fully able to participate in the settlement conference. This request is also made for the convenience of the Court, with respect to the number of persons attending the conference.
LOW, BALL & LYNCH
By ________________________
DALE L. ALLEN. JR.
DIRK D. LARSEN
KEVIN P. ALLEN
Attorneys for Defendants
CITY OF CLEARLAKE. ALLAN WADE
MCCLAIN. TIMOTHY HOBBS. RODD
JOSEPH. LAUREN VANCE. TRAVIS LENZ.
and TYLER PAULSEN
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE
Defendants ALLAN McCLAIN, TIMOTHY HOBBS, RODD JOSEPH, LAUREN VANCE, TRAVIS LENZ and TYLER PAULSEN are hereby allowed to appear at the April 3, 2013 settlement conference by telephone standby.
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Honorable Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James