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WEEKS LAW FIRM PLLC PO BOX 126 Marana, AZ 85653-0126 Tel 520-318-1209 Fax 520-327-3118 weeks@weekslegal.com Stephen M. Weeks, SBN 020726 Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

CHRISTINA GARDILCIC, an unmarried woman,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JOEL MANN, an Arizona Resident ROBERTO VILLASENOR , an Arizona Resident, the CITY OF TUCSON, an Arizona Municipality,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 4:15-CV-00099-JAS

NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF RULE 68 OFFER OF JUDGMENT HON. JAMES A. SOTO

Pursuant to Rule 68 Fed.R.Civ.P., Plaintiff Christina Gardilcic, by and

through counsel undersigned, hereby accepts the defendants joint offer of

judgment.

DATED this 5th day of May, 2015.

/s Stephen M. Weeks Stephen Weeks, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the 5th day of May, 2015, I electronically filed the foregoing Document with the United States District Court using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Michelle Saavedra Principal Assistant City Attorney Office of the City Attorney, Civil Division 255 W. Alameda, 7th Floor Tucson, AZ 85701 Attorney for Defendants City of Tucson and Roberto Villasenor Daryl A. Audilett AUDILETT KASTNER PC 335 N. WILMOT ROAD, SUITE 500 TUCSON, AZ 85711 Attorney for Defendant Joel Mann

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Michelle R. Saavedra Sivan R. Korn

2 Principal Assistant Ci ty Attorneys for MICHAEL G. RANKI N

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4 Tucson. AZ 85726-7210 Te lephone: (520) 79 1-422 1

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UN ITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRI CT OF ARIZONA

CHRISTINA GARDTLCI C, an unm arried woman,

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Plaintiff,

15 JOEL MANN, an Arizona resident, individually and in his official capacity as

16 TPD Sergeant; ROBERTO 17 VILLASENOR, an Arizona res ident; the

CITY OF TUCSON, an Arizona municipality; JOI-IN AND JANE DOES 1-100;

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CV IS-00099-JAS

DEFENDANTS CfTY OF TUCSON'S, ROBERTO VILLASENOR'S AND JOEL MANN'S RULE 68 JOINT OFFER OF JUDGMENT

(I-Ton . James Soto)

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CHRISTINA GARDILCIC, PLAINTIFF, AND STEl'HEN M. WEEKS, ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

23 Defendants City of Tucson, Roberto Vill asenor, and Joel Mann, pursuant to

24 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 68, jointly offer to confess judgment in the

25 amount of One Hundred Thousand and One Dollar ($ 100,001.00), plus taxab le costs

26 and reasonable attorney 's fees incurred to date, to be determined by the Court if the

27 parties cannot agree on the amount of reasonable attorney's fees incurred to date.

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This offer of judgment is not an admi ss ion of liability. Nor is this ofTer of

2 judgment an admiss ion that Christina Gardil cic suffered any damages. Thi s offer is 3

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made for the purpose of sett lement and a spcedy resolution of this matter early in the

litigation. This offer is also made fa r the purpose of precluding Chri stina Gardilcic 's

recovery of attorney ' s fees incurred after the date of this offer of judgment, in the event

this offer of judgment is not accepted and a jury tria l results in a judgment against the

City of Tucson, Roberto Vi llaseiior and/or .J oe l Mann in the amount of, or less than, the

$ 100,00 1.00, contained in this offer of judgmcnt.

Thi s is a Confidenti al Settlement and not admissible under f.edera l Rules of

Evidence, Rule 408 .

DATED: April 22, 20 15.

M1 C]-]AEL G. RANK IN City Attorney

By sl Michelle R. Saavedra Michelle R. Saavedra Principal Ass istant City Attorney

sl Sivan R. Korn Sivan R. Korn Principa l Ass istant City Attorney

AUDILETT KASTNE R, PC

sl Daryl A. Audi lett Daryl A. Audilett Attorneys for Defendant Mann

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ORJGINAL of the forego ing mai led via certified mail and emai l 2 thi s 22nd day of April , 20 15, to:

3 Stephen M. Weeks, Esq. Weeks Law F inn PLLC

4 PO Box 126 5 Marana, AZ 85653-0 126

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7 COpy of the fo regoing ma iled this 22 nd day of April , 2015 , to

8 Dary l A . Aud ilell, Esq.

9 A udilett, Kastner PC

10 335 N. Wil mot, Su ite 500 Tucson, AZ 857 11-2636

11 AI/orney f or Defendant Mann

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