Attorneys

John R. Whitefleet

Since joining Porter Scott in 2003, John’s litigation practice has focused on defending governmental entities and employees in civil rights and employment related cases including unlawful search and seizure, use of force, dangerous condition of property, wrongful death, wrongful termination, and has successfully handled numerous cases involving constitutional claims under the Federal and California Constitutions, as well as federal and state law including 42 U.S.C. section 1983, Title VII, the Fair Employment & Housing Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Unruh and Bane Acts.

• Dean’s List
• American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Practice

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude
• Golden Key National Honor Society
• Phi Alpha Delta

• Specially assigned to OSIA (now DTRA)
• Recipient of National Defense Meritorious Service Medal 1993

• Employment
• Discrimination Based On Age, Disability, Gender, National Orgin
• Retaliation / Wrongful Termination
• Sexual Harassment
• Personal Injury
• Auto Liability
• Slip & Fall
• Wrongful Death
• Public Entities
• Civil Rights
• Corrections
• Law Enforcement
• Public Property

All California State Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
United States District Court for the Southern District of California

Federal Bar Association

Askew v. County of El Dorado, et al. [Civil Rights/Excessive Force]
Barnes v. County of Sutter, et al. [Civil Rights/Eighth Amendment]
Brockmeier v. County of Solano, et al. [Civil Rights/Unlawful Entry and Search/Fourteenth Amendment]
Sidetracked v. County of Lake Sanitation District, et al. [Inverse Condemnation]

Davila v. City of Tracy, et al. (9th Cir. 2011), Unpublished Opinion
James v. County of Butte (9th Cir. 2010), Unpublished Opinion 
Multi Denominational Ministry of Cannabis and Rastafari Inc., et al. v. Michael B. Mukasey et al. (9th Cir. 2010), Unpublished Opinion
Temple v. Adams, et al. (9th Cir. 2010), Unpublished Opinion
Gillham v. County of Lake, et al., First District Court of Appeal (2010), Unpublished Opinion
Valadez v. County of Sierra, et al., Third District Court of Appeal (2010), Unpublished Opinion
McNeely v. County of Sacramento (9th Cir. 2009), Unpublished Opinion, Cert. Denied (2010)
Johnson v. Lewis (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 443
Mortenson v. County of Sacramento (9th Cir. 2004), 386 F.3d 1082