Coffey
Tariq Coffey v. County of Alameda, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 TARIQ COFFEY, Case No. 4:24-cv-06837-KAW
8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
APPROVE COMPROMISE OF AN
9 v. INCOMPETENT PERSON'S CLAIMS
10 COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 34 11 Defendants.
12 13 On August 27, 2025, Plaintiff Tariq Coffey, by and through his guardian ad litem, Jamilah 14 Coffey, filed an unopposed motion to approve the Parties’ settlement agreement. 15 On October 16, 2025, the Court held a hearing, and, for the reasons set forth below, 16 GRANTS the motion for approval. 17 I. BACKGROUND 18 On September 28, 2024, Plaintiff Tariq Coffey filed a complaint alleging federal and state 19 law-based excessive force claims against Alameda County deputies arising from an incident at 20 Santa Rita Jail. (Compl., Dkt. No. 1.) 21 In March 2025, Plaintiff suffered a serious, traumatic brain injury (unrelated to the 22 underlying litigation) that rendered him incompetent to make…