Prasad et al v. County of Sutter et al

Filing 150

ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 5/20/14: Plaintiffs' Motion for Approval of Minors' Compromise and for Orders to Deposit Money into Blocked Accounts is hereby GRANTED.(Kaminski, H)

1 MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891
ERNEST GALVAN – 196065
2 KATHRYN G. MANTOAN – 239649
AARON J. FISCHER – 247391
3 JENNIFER L. STARK – 267062
ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP
4 315 Montgomery Street, Tenth Floor
San Francisco, California 94104-1823
5 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

10 Estate of NATHAN PRASAD, deceased, by and
through MARY PRASAD; MARY PRASAD; T.P.,
11 a minor; A.P., a minor; and N.S., a minor,
Plaintiffs,
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v.
13 COUNTY OF SUTTER; J. PAUL PARKER,
14 Sutter County Sheriff’s Department Sheriff;
DAVID SAMSON, Sutter County Jail Division
BIDWELL, Sutter
15 Commander; NORMANLieutenant; LOU ANNE
County Jail Corrections
16 CUMMINGS, Sutter County Health Officer;
AMERJIT BHATTAL, Sutter County Assistant
of Human Services – Health Division;
17 Director GARBETT, Sutter County Jail Nurse
BRENT
18 Program Manager; DORIS BROWN, Sutter
County Jail Advanced Registered Nurse
19 Practitioner; MELODY YOUNG, Sutter County
Jail Licensed Vocational Nurse; KIMBERLY
20 WEISS, Sutter County Jail Licensed Vocational
Nurse; GURKIRAT BHANGU, Sutter County
21 Jail Licensed Vocational Nurse; CHRISTINA
STOHLMAN, Sutter County Jail Correctional
22 Officer; LESTER EATON, Sutter County Jail
Correctional Officer; MIGUEL AGUILAR,
Deputy Officer; OLGA
23 Sutter County Jail County Jail Deputy Officer;
TAHARA, Sutter
DIAZ, Sutter
Jail Deputy Officer;
24 ROSACRAWFORD,CountyCounty Jail Deputy
ERIC
Sutter
BALJINDER RAI, Sutter County Jail
25 Officer;Officer; SHANE DICKSON, Sutter
Deputy
Deputy Officer; FREMONT26 County Jail HEALTH GROUP; and MICHAEL
RIDEOUT
27 FRATERS, D.O.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 2:12-CV-00592-TLN-CKD
ORDER GRANTING MOTION
FOR APPROVAL OF MINORS’
COMPROMISE AND FOR
ORDERS TO DEPOSIT MONEY
INTO BLOCKED ACCOUNTS
Judge:
Date:
Time:
Crtrm.:

Hon. Troy L. Nunley
May 8, 2014
2:00 p.m.
2, 15th Floor

2:12-CV-00592-TLN-CKD
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MINORS’ COMPROMISE AND FOR ORDERS TO
DEPOSIT MONEY INTO BLOCKED ACCOUNTS

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This Court has reviewed and considered Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Minors’

2 Compromise and for Orders to Deposit Money Into Blocked Accounts submitted by
3 plaintiff MARY PRASAD as Court-appointed guardian ad litem for plaintiffs T.P., A.P.
4 and N.S. (collectively, the “Minor Plaintiffs”), and the materials submitted in support.
5

The Court finds that the proposed settlement, which will yield $394,103.94

6 collectively to the Minor Plaintiffs in compensation for their injuries and loss, divided
7 evenly amongst them (for an amount of $131,367.98 each), is an appropriate, fair, and
8 reasonable settlement and compromise of the Minor Plaintiffs’ claims in this action, and
9 serves their best interests. See Shannon A. v. Orland Unified, No. 2:11-cv-00718-TLN10 DAD, 2013 WL 4828140, at *2 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 6, 2013); Robidoux v. Rosengren, 638
11 F.3d 1177, 1179 (9th Cir. 2011). The Court finds Plaintiffs’ counsel’s fees and costs to be
12 fair and reasonable. The Court further finds that the allocation of the Minor Plaintiffs’
13 settlement shares set forth in the settlement agreements and paragraph 16 of Plaintiffs’
14 Motion, and the proposed schedules of payments and payees set forth in the settlement
15 agreements and paragraphs 20-21 of Plaintiffs’ Motion, to be fair, reasonable, and in the
16 minors’ best interests, and approves them accordingly. The Court further finds that
17 establishment of blocked accounts for each of the Minor Plaintiffs is fair, reasonable, and
18 in the minors’ best interests, and accordingly separately enters orders to deposit money
19 into those accounts for each of the Minor Plaintiffs.
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For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Minors’ Compromise

21 and for Orders to Deposit Money into Blocked Accounts is hereby GRANTED.
22

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge
2:12-CV-00592-TLN-CKD
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ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MINORS’ COMPROMISE AND FOR ORDERS TO
DEPOSIT MONEY INTO BLOCKED ACCOUNTS