Velez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KRISTOPHER VELEZ, No. 2:18-cv-01914-MCE-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER CITY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Defendants. 16 This is a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law filed by Plaintiff Kristopher Velez (“Plaintiff”) against two sets of defendants: (1) City of Sacramento, Daniel Farnsworth, and John Harshbarger (collectively, “City Defendants”); and (2) Brian Smith, Alex Hastings, Bail Hotline Bail Bonds, Inc., Fugitive Recovery Investigations, Inc., and American Surety Company (collectively, “Bail Defendants”). On August 12, 2021, the parties engaged in private mediation in which City Defendants agreed to pay Plaintiff $3,250,000 in exchange for the dismissal of this action with prejudice. ECF No. 48 at 4. Bail Defendants did not agree to any settlement payment. Id. On August 27, 2021, City Defendants filed an application for a good faith settlement determination pursuant to California Code of Civil…