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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResponsiveFrom:Claims Administrator To:Peter Depew Cc:Josh George; gmankiewicz@carlwarren.com Subject:RE: Bedroni Complaint Date:Friday, September 4, 2020 6:08:26 PM Attachments:image001.png Pete, I had the opportunity to present your settlement offer to the City Council on Tuesday. After discussion, the City remains confident that its officers acted properly and in good faith reliance on CJIS information available to them at the time. Moreover, the City supports its officers’ lawful actions to protect and assist in the removal of your clients’ minor children from the drug exposed, dangerous and squalid conditions in which they were living, notwithstanding Mr. Orndoff’s public misrepresentations as to officers’ actions and repeated statements that your clients’ children were removed due to a “dirty house.” As I have conveyed before, there is not such thing as a “discrete” settlement with a public agency; all settlement agreements with public agencies are public records. Moreover, the settlement you propose on behalf of your clients’ children would be subject to the approval of a minor’s compromise by the court. Finally, the City is not interested in entering into an agreement that would preclude it from disclosing the complete facts of this case in response to any liability claims or past or future public misrepresentations that may be made against the City or its employees. Accordingly, the City Council unanimously directed me to reject your settlement offer. We are treating this offer as a formal claim against the City for damages and I am including our claims administrator and outside defense counsel, Josh George, on this response and for further processing. Best regards, Christine Christine Dietrick City Attorney City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. 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From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 7:14 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,   I’ve attached a copy of a pre-claim settlement offer. I am cautiously optimistic that I will reach a negotiated disposition with the DA to settle the criminal case for different charges. So I think there is a contingency where I do not file additional briefs in the criminal case, no live hearings are held, and a very modest financial settlement is reached with the City. I see this as a win/win/win. The taxpayers save money because there is no multi-day hearing and multi-day trial and our respective clients have their privacy prioritized. Any chance you might be willing to discuss this on a call next week?   Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.       On Aug 7, 2020, at 6:08 PM, Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> wrote:   Pete, Thanks for the courtesy copy, but I’m a bit confused as to what complaint with the city you are referring to that could be the subject of a potential settlement. To my knowledge, the only thing you have filed with the City is a citizen complaint with the police department for investigation of alleged police misconduct, which we advised overlaps almost entirely with your client’s criminal case, the disposition of which would be necessary to any final determination of the investigation of the complaint. To my knowledge there has been no claim for monetary damages filed with the city. If you are indicating an intent to file a claim or lawsuit at some point and you present a pre-claim settlement offer, I would be obligated to convey it to my client, but absent that there is no pending monetary claim or action between your client and the city over which to discuss potential settlement. Best, Christine Christine Dietrick City Attorney <image001.png> City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you. From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:05 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,    Here is a brief we have not yet filed in Superior Court that might better illuminate our position with respect to the complaint and a potential settlement. I have not yet received the DA’s response to our initial Williams motion, so I do not expect to file this for a couple weeks.    Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.   <Master Bedroni compressed.pdf>   From:Peter Depew To:Dietrick, Christine Subject:Re: Bedroni Complaint Date:Saturday, August 29, 2020 5:56:17 PM Hi Christine, The DA has a deadline of September 4th to file a response brief to our Williams motion to suppress. I expect to file our response to that response on September 8th if the matter still needs to be litigated. I still think there is a chance to reach a negotiated disposition with both the DA and the City before then, but I wanted to let you know the timeline we are likely working on. The suppression hearing is currently set September 22nd. Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail. On Aug 25, 2020, at 5:12 PM, Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> wrote: Pete, I apologize for the delay and will ask my Paralegal, Kelly to try to find some time to discuss in the next couple days. Best, Christine Christine Dietrick City Attorney <image001.png> City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you. From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 7:14 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,    I’ve attached a copy of a pre-claim settlement offer. I am cautiously optimistic that I will reach a negotiated disposition with the DA to settle the criminal case for different charges. So I think there is a contingency where I do not file additional briefs in the criminal case, no live hearings are held, and a very modest financial settlement is reached with the City. I see this as a win/win/win. The taxpayers save money because there is no multi-day hearing and multi-day trial and our respective clients have their privacy prioritized. Any chance you might be willing to discuss this on a call next week?   Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.       On Aug 7, 2020, at 6:08 PM, Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> wrote:   Pete, Thanks for the courtesy copy, but I’m a bit confused as to what complaint with the city you are referring to that could be the subject of a potential settlement. To my knowledge, the only thing you have filed with the City is a citizen complaint with the police department for investigation of alleged police misconduct, which we advised overlaps almost entirely with your client’s criminal case, the disposition of which would be necessary to any final determination of the investigation of the complaint. To my knowledge there has been no claim for monetary damages filed with the city. If you are indicating an intent to file a claim or lawsuit at some point and you present a pre-claim settlement offer, I would be obligated to convey it to my client, but absent that there is no pending monetary claim or action between your client and the city over which to discuss potential settlement. Best, Christine Christine Dietrick City Attorney <image001.png> City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you. From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:05 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,    Here is a brief we have not yet filed in Superior Court that might better illuminate our position with respect to the complaint and a potential settlement. I have not yet received the DA’s response to our initial Williams motion, so I do not expect to file this for a couple weeks.    Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e- mail.   <Master Bedroni compressed.pdf>   <Bedroni Settlement Letter.pdf> From:Dietrick, Christine To:Peter Depew Cc:White, Kelly; Jorgensen, Markie; Amberg, Mark Subject:RE: Bedroni Complaint Date:Tuesday, August 25, 2020 5:12:00 PM Attachments:image001.png Bedroni Settlement Letter.pdf Pete, I apologize for the delay and will ask my Paralegal, Kelly to try to find some time to discuss in the next couple days. Best, Christine Christine Dietrick City Attorney City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you. From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 21, 2020 7:14 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,   I’ve attached a copy of a pre-claim settlement offer. I am cautiously optimistic that I will reach a negotiated disposition with the DA to settle the criminal case for different charges. So I think there is a contingency where I do not file additional briefs in the criminal case, no live hearings are held, and a very modest financial settlement is reached with the City. I see this as a win/win/win. The taxpayers save money because there is no multi-day hearing and multi-day trial and our respective clients have their privacy prioritized. Any chance you might be willing to discuss this on a call next week?   Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.       On Aug 7, 2020, at 6:08 PM, Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> wrote:   Pete, Thanks for the courtesy copy, but I’m a bit confused as to what complaint with the city you are referring to that could be the subject of a potential settlement. To my knowledge, the only thing you have filed with the City is a citizen complaint with the police department for investigation of alleged police misconduct, which we advised overlaps almost entirely with your client’s criminal case, the disposition of which would be necessary to any final determination of the investigation of the complaint. To my knowledge there has been no claim for monetary damages filed with the city. If you are indicating an intent to file a claim or lawsuit at some point and you present a pre-claim settlement offer, I would be obligated to convey it to my client, but absent that there is no pending monetary claim or action between your client and the city over which to discuss potential settlement. Best, Christine Christine Dietrick City Attorney <image001.png> City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you. From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:05 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,    Here is a brief we have not yet filed in Superior Court that might better illuminate our position with respect to the complaint and a potential settlement. I have not yet received the DA’s response to our initial Williams motion, so I do not expect to file this for a couple weeks.    Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.   <Master Bedroni compressed.pdf>   From:Peter Depew To:Dietrick, Christine Subject:Re: Bedroni Complaint Date:Friday, August 21, 2020 7:14:27 PM Attachments:Bedroni Settlement Letter.pdf Hi Christine, I’ve attached a copy of a pre-claim settlement offer. I am cautiously optimistic that I will reach a negotiated disposition with the DA to settle the criminal case for different charges. So I think there is a contingency where I do not file additional briefs in the criminal case, no live hearings are held, and a very modest financial settlement is reached with the City. I see this as a win/win/win. The taxpayers save money because there is no multi-day hearing and multi-day trial and our respective clients have their privacy prioritized. Any chance you might be willing to discuss this on a call next week? Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail. On Aug 7, 2020, at 6:08 PM, Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> wrote: Pete,   Thanks for the courtesy copy, but I’m a bit confused as to what complaint with the city you are referring to that could be the subject of a potential settlement. To my knowledge, the only thing you have filed with the City is a citizen complaint with the police department for investigation of alleged police misconduct, which we advised overlaps almost entirely with your client’s criminal case, the disposition of which would be necessary to any final determination of the investigation of the complaint. To my knowledge there has been no claim for monetary damages filed with the city.   If you are indicating an intent to file a claim or lawsuit at some point and you present a pre-claim settlement offer, I would be obligated to convey it to my client, but absent that there is no pending monetary claim or action between your client and the city over which to discuss potential settlement.   Best, Christine     Christine Dietrick City Attorney <image001.png> City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you.   From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:05 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,    Here is a brief we have not yet filed in Superior Court that might better illuminate our position with respect to the complaint and a potential settlement. I have not yet received the DA’s response to our initial Williams motion, so I do not expect to file this for a couple weeks.    Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.   <Master Bedroni compressed.pdf> From:Dietrick, Christine To:Peter Depew Cc:White, Kelly; Claims Administrator Subject:RE: Bedroni Complaint Date:Friday, August 7, 2020 6:08:40 PM Attachments:Master Bedroni compressed.pdf image001.png Pete, Thanks for the courtesy copy, but I’m a bit confused as to what complaint with the city you are referring to that could be the subject of a potential settlement. To my knowledge, the only thing you have filed with the City is a citizen complaint with the police department for investigation of alleged police misconduct, which we advised overlaps almost entirely with your client’s criminal case, the disposition of which would be necessary to any final determination of the investigation of the complaint. To my knowledge there has been no claim for monetary damages filed with the city. If you are indicating an intent to file a claim or lawsuit at some point and you present a pre- claim settlement offer, I would be obligated to convey it to my client, but absent that there is no pending monetary claim or action between your client and the city over which to discuss potential settlement. Best, Christine Christine Dietrick City Attorney City Attorney's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cdietrick@slocity.org T 805.781.7140 slocity.org   The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the CONFIDENTIAL use of the designated addressee named above. The information transmitted is subject to the attorney-client privilege and/or represents confidential attorney work product. Recipients should not file copies of this email with publicly accessible records. If you are not the designated addressee named above or the authorized agent responsible for delivering it to the designated addressee, you received this document through inadvertent error and any further review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by you or anyone else is strictly prohibited. IF YOU RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY BY TELEPHONING THE SENDER NAMED ABOVE AT (805) 781-7140. Thank you. From: Peter Depew <peterdepew@gmail.com>  Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:05 PM To: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Bedroni Complaint   Hi Christine,   Here is a brief we have not yet filed in Superior Court that might better illuminate our position with respect to the complaint and a potential settlement. I have not yet received the DA’s response to our initial Williams motion, so I do not expect to file this for a couple weeks.    Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.   From:Peter Depew To:Dietrick, Christine Subject:Bedroni Complaint Date:Friday, August 7, 2020 3:05:53 PM Attachments:Master Bedroni compressed.pdf Hi Christine, Here is a brief we have not yet filed in Superior Court that might better illuminate our position with respect to the complaint and a potential settlement. I have not yet received the DA’s response to our initial Williams motion, so I do not expect to file this for a couple weeks. Very Respectfully, Pete Depew CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify me immediately by e-mail.