Langley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STACIA LANGLEY, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00635-DJC-CSK 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER APPROVING MINORS’ COMPROMISE GUIDING HANDS SCHOOL, INC., et al., Defendants.

Plaintiffs brought this action based on allegations that students with disabilities enrolled at Defendant Guiding Hands School, Inc. were subject to frequent and unnecessary use of restraints. Among the plaintiffs are several minor children including Plaintiff M.S. by and through his mother, Melanie Stark1, and Guardian Ad Litem, Christopher Stark. Plaintiffs have filed a Motion to Approve Settlement for Minor Plaintiff M.S. (Mot. (ECF No. 296).) This motion is unopposed by any party. Plaintiffs have also provided supplemental briefing in support of the motion. (Suppl. Mem. (ECF No. 303).) 26

1 Plaintiff Stark is also individually a plaintiff in this action and a party to the proposed settlement For the reasons set forth below, the Court partially lifts…