J.M.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 J.M., a minor, by and through his guardian ad No. 1:21-cv-01766-KJM-EPG litem Farrah McWilliams, ORDER Plaintiff, 13 Vv. 14 Tulare City School District, Defendant. J.M., a minor represented in this action by his mother and guardian ad litem, Farrah McWilliams, requests this court approve the settlement and compromise of J.M.’s claims. The court submitted the motion without oral argument as provided under Local Rule 230(g). For the 20 reasons set forth below, the court grants the motion. I. BACKGROUND At the time this action arose, J.M. was a five-year-old and enrolled to attend preschool 23 during the 2019-2020 school year in the Tulare City School District (Tulare or the District). Jd. On March 16, 2020, Tulare closed in-person instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 25 offered J.M. work packets to be completed at home under McWilliams’s supervision. McWilliams reports she attempted…