M.F. v. Center Joint Unified School District

Filing 61

ORDER signed by District Judge Troy L. Nunley on 2/13/2017 CONFIRMING settlement of minor's claims; GRANTING the #56 Petition for Order Confirming Settlement; ORDERING Defendant Center Unified School District to pay the total sum of $77,175.05 to Ruderman & Knox, LLP for attorneys' fees and costs, and $87,824.95 to Ruderman & Knox, LLP Attorney Client Trust, to be placed in a Special Needs Trust for the sole benefit of Plaintiff M.F.; ORDERING that fees and costs for the establishment of the Special Needs Trust be paid by said trust; WAIVING the requirements of Local Rule 202(f). CASE CLOSED. (Michel, G.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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M.F., by and through her guardian ad litem, NO.: 2:15-cv-00849-TLN-CKD
S.F.,
ORDER CONFIRMING
Plaintiff,
SETTLEMENT OF MINOR’S CLAIMS
vs.
CENTER JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT, SCOTT LOEHR, STEVE
JACKSON, PATTI STEVER, ROBERT
SMITH, and CYNTHIA WACHOB,
Defendants.

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The Court has considered the pleadings and papers filed in support of Plaintiff’s Petition for
Order Confirming Settlement of Minor’s Claims, and good cause appearing, hereby ORDERS:

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1. Plaintiff’s Petition Confirming Settlement of Minor’s Claim is granted;

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2. The Court orders that Defendant Center Joint Unified School District pay the total sum of

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$77,175.05 to Ruderman & Knox, LLP for attorneys’ fees and costs, and $87,824.95 to

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Ruderman & Knox, LLP Attorney Client Trust, to be placed into a Special Needs Trust

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(“SNT”) for the sole benefit of M.F., after resolution of any lien for mental health

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services provided to Plaintiff in connection with the injuries at issue in this case.

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3. Fees and costs for the establishment of the SNT may be paid by the SNT.

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4. The Court waives the requirements of Local Rule 202(f).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: February 13, 2017

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Troy L. Nunley
United States District Judge

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