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11 DOUGLAS JAMES, BY AND Case No. 2:20-cv-08689-ODW (ASx)

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LITEM, JORGE REYES,1 ORDER DENYING

13 APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF Plaintiff, COMPROMISE OF CLAIM OF 14

INCOMPETENT [13]; AND

v. 15 EX PARTE APPLICATION [15] OFFICER VALENZUELA; and 16

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL,

17 Defendants. 18 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 Plaintiff Douglas James is a sixty-three year old man with dementia who was 21 lost for six weeks after Defendant California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) officers 22 allegedly left him on the side of the road. An agreement has been reached and 23 Plaintiff’s representatives now seek court approval to compromise Plaintiff’s claims. 24 (Appl. for Approval of Compromise of Claim of Incompetent (“Application” or 25 “Appl.”), ECF Nos. 13, 15.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES 26 Plaintiff’s Application without prejudice. 27

28 1 As discussed…