D.D.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

D.D., ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00064-DAD-JLT ) Plaintiff, ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ) GRANTING APPROVAL OF THE COMPROMISE v. ) ON BEHALF OF MINOR PLAINTIFF D.D. ) COUNTY OF KERN, et al., ) (Doc. 22) ) Defendants. ) )

In this action, D.D. by and through his guardian ad litem, Tom Durbin, claimed that he was subjected to excessive force by the defendant juvenile corrections officer. The plaintiff seeks the Court’s approval for the settlement. (Doc. 22.) Because the Court finds the proposed settlement of the child’s claims to be fair and reasonable, the Court recommends that the minor’s compromise be approved.1 I. Factual and Procedural History This case arises from an incident that occurred in the James G. Bowles Juvenile Hall in Kern County, California on January 17, 2019. (Doc. 23 at 4; Doc. 1 at 5-7, Complaint ¶¶ 22-36.) Plaintiff, who…