Urias
Leon Hawkins v. C. Urias
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEON HAWKINS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00170-KES-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO
DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION AS MOOT
v. (Doc. No. 51) C. URIAS,
FOURTEEN-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD
Defendant. 16 On August 5, 2025, Plaintiff filed a motion regarding Plaintiff’s settlement payment. (Doc. No. 51). Plaintiff claims that as of the date he signed the motion—July 10, 2025—he had not yet received the settlement funds under the Settlement Agreement which were due on or about July 22, 2025. (Id. at 2). Liberally construed, Plaintiff seeks to enforce the settlement agreement he reached with the California Department of Corrections. On August 22, 2025, Defendant filed an opposition to the motion. (Doc. No. 52). Defendant attaches the Declaration of John W. Nam, Deputy Attorney General. Deputy Attorney General Nam attests that “an update from CDCR’s settlement coordinator” indicates that the “settlement fund payment occurred on August…