Fitzgerald

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RHONDA FITZGERALD, an individual Case No.: 3:20-cv-848-JM-(MSB) and on behalf of all persons similarly 12 situated, ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION Plaintiff,

SETTLEMENT AND FORM OF

14 v. NOTICE 15 MARCUS POLLARD, et al, 16 Defendants. 17 Presently before the court is the Parties’ Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement. (Doc. No. 156.) A hearing on the motion was held on June 17, 2024. For the reasons set forth on the record, and as explained in more detail below, the motion is granted. I. BACKGROUND A. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This federal civil rights action (42 U.S.C. §1983) with pendant state claims arises out of an unclothed body search (intermittently referred to herein as a “strip search”) of Plaintiff Rhonda Fitzgerald that occurred on September 28, 2019, when she visited the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) to see…