Viklund v. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting Plaintiff's 36 Motion to Approve GAL Recommendation Re Preliminary Disbursement of Settlement Fund. Signed by Judge Richard A. Jones.(MW)

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The Honorable Richard A. Jones

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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AMY VIKLUND, individually and on
behalf of her minor child, T. V.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.
WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND
HEALTH SERVICES, LATIA RAY,
KIMBERLY ATCHLEY, DAN
SCHNEIDER, JENNIFER STRUS, and
DEFENDANTS JANE DOES I-IX,

No. 2:18-cv-00240-RAJ
PROPOSED UNOPPOSED MOTION
AND ORDER TO APPROVE GAL
RECOMMENDATION RE
PRELIMINARY DISBURSEMENT
OF SETTLEMENT FUND
Noted for Consideration: January 24,
2020 per LCR 7(d)(1)

Defendants.

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Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court modify the Order Approving

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Settlement, Dkt. No. 35, to authorize a preliminary distribution to address Plaintiff T.V.’s

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immediate needs. This request is supported by the Supplemental Report of the Settlement

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Guardian Ad Litem, Jo-Hanna Read, attached hereto as Exhibit A. As explained in Ms.

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Read’s Supplemental Report, the Settlement Funds have not yet been disbursed, due to

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delays in setting up T.V.’s Self-Settled Individual Trust Account through the ARC

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Washington State Developmental Disabilities Endowment Trust Fund. We believe that

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these hurdles have now been overcome, and that the Trust Account will be open to receive

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the settlement proceeds in the very near future.

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In the meantime, however, the Guardian Ad Litem has identified several items that

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T.V. needs immediately (including new glasses), and recommends that there be a

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preliminary distribution to T.V. in the amount of $4,500. The balance of the settlement

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amount, $69,489.38, will be deposited into T.V.’s trust account as soon as the account has

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been opened.

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Defendants do not oppose this Motion.

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PROPOSED ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this the 23rd of March, 2020.

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The Honorable Richard A. Jones
United States District Judge