E.L.
E.L. v. Fernandez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSICA LONG, et al., No. 2:22-cv-01527-DAD-AC Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION
TO MODIFY SETTLEMENT OF A MINOR’S
JERRY FERNANDEZ, et al., CLAIM Defendants. (Doc. No. 142)
17 On February 6, 2025, plaintiff E.L., by and through her mother and guardian ad litem, plaintiff Jessica Long, filed a motion for an order modifying the court’s previous order approving the settlement of a minor’s claims in this action. (Doc. No. 142.) Plaintiffs attached a declaration indicating that defendants have no objection to the pending motion, and no opposition has been filed. (Doc. No. 142-1.) In their motion, plaintiffs explain that to maximize the benefit of plaintiff E.L.’s settlement, her family and an outside firm specializing in settlement management created the Long Family Settlement Trust. (Doc. No. 142 at 5.) Following the court’s previous order, plaintiffs sought to invest the settlement…