Cotterill
Cotterill v. City and County of San Francisco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 CHERYL COTTERILL, Case No. 08-cv-02295-JSW
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOITON TO
v. VACATE JUDGMENT
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN Re: Dkt. No. 394 FRANCISCO, et al., 16 Defendants.
17 Now before the Court is a motion to vacate the judgment filed by Gregory M. Haynes (“Haynes”), attorney for the nominative plaintiff. Ten years after entry of judgment and eight years after the judgment and award was affirmed on appeal, Haynes seeks to vacate the judgment. For the reasons stated herein, the motion is DENIED. BACKGROUND The factual background is familiar to the parties. Haynes represented Cheryl Cotterill (“Plaintiff”) in the underlying lawsuit for claims of civil rights violations by The Regents of the University of California (“Regents”), the City and County of San Francisco (the “City”), and multiple individuals who were employees of these defendant entities. After dismissal, both the …