Nieto v. Allison et al

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Stipulated Request to Excuse Defendants’ Appearance at Settlement Conference (4:22-cv-06983-JST)
R OB B ONTA
Attorney General of California
J ANET N. C HEN
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
J ENNIFER B URNS
Deputy Attorney General
State Bar No. 312364
1300 I Street, Suite 125
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 210-6393
Fax: (916) 324-5205
E-mail: Jennifer.Burns@doj.ca.gov
Attorneys for Defendants
J. Peffley and I. Perez-Pantoja
DANIEL BOOKIN (S.B. #78996)
dbookin@omm.com
GEOFFREY YOST (S.B. #159687)
gyost@omm.com
JACQUELINE MALDONADO (S.B.
#357645)
jmaldonado@omm.com
SADIE LOGERFO-OLSEN (S.B.
#359344)
slogerfo-olsen@omm.com
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Two Embarcadero Center
28ᵗʰ Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-3823
Telephone: 	+1 415 984 8700
Facsimile: 	+1 415 984 8701
BIOLA MACAULAY (S.B. #330265)
bmacaulay@omm.com
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
1625 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: 	+1 202 383 5300
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Michael Nieto
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION
MICHAEL NIETO,
Plaintiff,
v.
K. ALLISON, et al.,
Defendants.
4:22-cv-06983-JST
STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXCUSE
PERSONAL APPEARANCES OF
DEFENDANTS AT SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE
Date: 	January 28, 2026
Time: 	10:00 a.m.
Location: 	Via Videoconference
Judge: 	The Honorable Robert M. Illman
Plaintiff Michael Nieto and Defendants Peffley and Perez-Pantoja, by and through their
counsel of record, stipulate and request the Court excuse Defendants’ appearance at the January
28, 2026, settlement conference with the Honorable Robert M. Illman. Defense counsel and a
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Stipulated Request to Excuse Defendants’ Appearance at Settlement Conference (4:22-cv-06983-JST)
representative for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) will
appear and have full settlement authority for this matter.
Defendants are employed at CDCR institutions, and it would impose an undue hardship on
those institutions if Defendants were not available for their shifts since the prison would be
required to find coverage. Moreover, Defendants are indemnified by the State of California, and
their presence is not necessary to achieve settlement. Finally, defense counsel and a
representative of CDCR will attend the conference with full settlement authority for this matter.
Accordingly, the parties stipulate and request that Defendants be excused from personally
appearing at the settlement conference.
Dated: January 13, 2026 	Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Geoff Yost_(as authorized on 1/13/26)
GEOFF YOST
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff Michael Nieto
Dated: January 13, 2026 	Respectfully submitted,
R OB B ONTA
Attorney General of California
J ANET N. C HEN
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
J ENNIFER B URNS
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants
J. Peffley and I. Perez-Pantoja
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Stipulated Request to Excuse Defendants’ Appearance at Settlement Conference (4:22-cv-06983-JST)
ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1
Pursuant to the Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that
concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories.
Dated: January 13, 2026 	Respectfully submitted,
R OB B ONTA
Attorney General of California
J ANET N. C HEN
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
J ENNIFER B URNS
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants
J. Peffley and I. Perez-Pantoja
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Stipulated Request to Excuse Defendants’ Appearance at Settlement Conference (4:22-cv-06983-JST)
[PROPOSED] ORDER
The parties jointly request Defendants Peffley and Perez-Pantoja be excused from the
January 28, 2026, settlement conference with the Honorable Robert M. Illman. Upon due
consideration and good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the parties’ request. Defendants
Peffley and Perez-Pantoja are excused from appearing at the settlement conference on January 28,
2026.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: ________________________ 	____________________________________________
ROBERT M. ILLMAN
United States Magistrate Judge
SF2023402159
39574346.docx
January 14, 2026
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