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ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS PAUL BUGAR’S AND DAN HO-TARD’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY CHRISTENSEN, MILLER, FINK, JACOBS, GLASER, WEIL & SHAPIRO AND THE CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE OF THE DEFENDANT CITY OF RIVERSIDE

The Court, the Honorable Robert J. Timlin, has read and considered: 1) Defendants, Cross-Claimants, and Counter- Claimants Paul Bugar and Dan Hotard (“Bugar” and “Hotard”)’s motion for preliminary injunction and/or motion to disqualify Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP (“Christensen, Miller”) and the City Attorney’s Office of the City of Riverside (“City Attorney’s Office”), 2) Defendant Greg Preece (“Preece”) and Defendant City of Riverside (“the City”) (collectively, “Defendants”)^ opposition to Bugar and Hotard’s motion, and 3) Bugar and Hotard’s reply. Based on such consideration, the Court concludes as follows:

I.

BACKGROUND

Tyisha Miller was shot and killed by City police officers on December 28, 1998 while she was seated in a parked car at a gas station. In anticipation of a civil suit being filed by Tyisha Miller’s survivors, the City in January 1999 retained Christensen, Miller to defend the City and the individual police officers involved…