1 CLAUDIA M. QUINTANA City Attorney, SBN 178613 2

BY: TIMOTHY R. SMYTH

3 Deputy City Attorney, SBN 258661 CITY OF VALLEJO, City Hall 4 555 Santa Clara Street, P.O. Box 3068 Vallejo, CA 94590 5 Tel: (707) 648-4545 6 Fax: (707) 648-4687 Email: timothy.smyth@cityofvallejo.net 7 Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF VALLEJO, 8 OFFICER KENNETH JACKSON, OFFICER ROBERT DeMARCO 9 STANLEY GOFF (Bar No. 289564) 10 LAW OFFICE OF STANLEY GOFF 15 Boardman Place Suite 2 11 San Francisco, CA 94103 12 Telephone: (415) 571-9570 Email: scraiggoff@aol.com 13 Attorneys for Plaintiff BRIAN BUSTER 14

15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

16 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 17 18 BRIAN BUSTER, Case No. 2:18-cv-01860-TLN-EFB 19 Plaintiff,

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY

20 vs. CASE PENDING RESOLUTION OF 21 C JAIT CY K SO OF N V , A OL FL FE ICJO ER, O RF OF BIC EE RR T K DE EN MN AE RT CH O

C RIMINAL ACTION

22 and DOE VALLEJO POLICE OFFICERS 1- 25; 23 24 Defendants. 25

26 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties to this action through their 27 designated counsel that City Defendants and Plaintiff Brian Buster stipulate that good cause 28 exists for the Court to stay the present action pending resolution of criminal proceedings against 1 Plaintiff Brian Buster currently pending in Solano County Court (Case No. VCR224537) which 2 involves the same set of underlying facts and circumstances giving rise to this civil litigation. 3 Good cause exists to stay this action as a conviction in the criminal action will potentially bar or 4 limit Plaintiff’s claims in this action pursuant to Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). In 5 addition, under California law Plaintiff’s claims may not be brought while a criminal case is 6 pending pursuant to Government Code § 945.3. 7 The parties shall notify the court within 15 days of resolution of the criminal action, or 8 provide a brief status report updating the court by no later than March 1, 2020. 9 10 DATED: November 15, 2019 Respectfully submitted,

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12 /s/ Timothy R. Smyth

TIMOTHY R. SMYTH

13 Deputy City Attorney Attorney for Defendants, CITY OF VALLEJO, 14

OFFICER KENNETH JACKSON, OFFICER

15 ROBERT DeMARCO

16 DATED: November 15, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 17

18 /s/ Stanley Goff 19 STANLEY GOFF Attorney for Plaintiff BRIAN BUSTER 20

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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23 DATED: November 18, 2019 24

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