(PC) Dubrin et al v. Bonilla

Filing 145

ORDER ADOPTING #143 Findings and Recommendations Approving #140 Minor's Compromise, signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 11/23/16. (Marrujo, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DUBRIN et al.,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 1:11-cv-01484-DAD-JLT

v.
MICHAEL STAINER et al.,

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Defendants.

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVING
MINOR’S COMPROMISE
(Doc. Nos. 140, 143)

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This civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and filed on September 2,

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2011, involves multiple plaintiffs and multiple defendants. (See Doc. Nos. 2, 38.) The matter

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was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local

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Rule 302.
On October 5, 2016, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations,

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recommending that this court approve the compromise of a minor’s claims with respect to the

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settlement of the claim being pursued on behalf of plaintiff Juan Manuel Sanchez-Zavala, now

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deceased, by his minor child through a guardian ad litem. (Doc. No. 143.) The findings and

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recommendations were served on the parties and contained notice that objections were to be filed

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within thirty days. (Id.) No objections have been filed and the time provided for their filing has

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passed.
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In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), the court has conducted a

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de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the court finds the findings

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and recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper analysis.

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Accordingly,

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1. The October 5, 2016 findings and recommendations (Doc. No. 143) are adopted in

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full; and
2. Plaintiff’s petition for approval of the compromise of the claims of Prissilla Anamarie

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Sanchez1—in the sum of $2,650.00, minus attorney’s fees2 of $662.50, which results

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in a final net distribution to minor Sanchez of $1,987.50—is granted.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

November 23, 2016
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Minor Sanchez is the surviving biological daughter of decedent Juan Manuel Sanchez-Zavala,
who was housed in the SHU at Techachapi and who died on June 28, 2014.
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Plaintiffs’ counsel has agreed to waive reimbursement of costs from minor Sanchez. (Doc. No.
140 at 2.)
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