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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

T.G., et al., ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-0257 JLT ) Plaintiffs, ) ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL ) OF THE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT v. ) ) (Doc. 36) KERN COUNTY, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) )

T.G., P.P., and J.A. assert they suffered discrimination as minors with disabilities held in Kern County’s juvenile detention facilities. According to Plaintiffs, “these facilities have the effect of punishing, isolating, and intimidating the young people in their care, while depriving them of crucial educational and rehabilitative opportunities.” (Doc. 1 at 2) Thus, Plaintiffs filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from Kern County; the Kern County Probation Department; and T.R. Marickel, Chief of the Probation Department; (“the Probation Defendants”), as well as Kern County Superintendent of Schools and Mary Barlow, Superintendent of Schools (“the Schools Defendants”). T.G. and P.P. have…