Opinion
DAN SIEGEL, SBN 56400 DEAN ROYER, SBN 233292 SIEGEL & YEE, Oakland, California. Attorneys for Plaintiff MICHAEL HUEY
Douglas Pharr, SBN 158078 Law Office of Douglas Pharr, Napa, California. Attorney for Defendant JANEEN LOTTON
STIPULATION TO REALIGN JANEEN LOTTON AS PLAINTIFF
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
Plaintiff Michael Huey, and his attorneys, and defendant Janeen Lotton, and her attorneys, make this stipulation to realign Ms. Lotton as a plaintiff.
WHEREAS, Mr. Huey filed a complaint on May 9, 2013 in which he joined Ms. Lotton as a party under Rule 19(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure based on her status as the birth mother of decedent J.H.;
WHEREAS, Mr. Huey named Ms. Lotton as a defendant because he did not have her consent to be joined as a plaintiff;
WHEREAS, Ms. Lotton intends to pursue the same claims against defendants City of Vallejo, Joseph Kreins, Robert Nichelini, and the Doe police officers as asserted by Mr. Huey in his complaint;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties stipulate that Ms. Lotton should be realigned as a plaintiff in this action.
IT IS SO ORDERED.