McNelis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANNE MCNELIS, individually and as No. 2:22-cv-00369-DJC-JDP Guardian ad litem for L.N. and L.N., a minor, Plaintiff, ORDER APPROVING MINOR’S

COMPROMISE

v. COUNTY OF EL DORADO, KIMBERLY

PIERCE, CAITLYN HAYDEN,

SAMANTHA DODGE, and DOES 1–10, inclusive, 17 Defendants. 18 19 On July 5, 2023, Anne McNelis, Plaintiff, filed an Ex-Parte Petition for Approval of Minor’s Compromise on behalf of her daughter, L.N., as Guardian ad litem. (See Ex- Parte Pet. for Approval of Minor’s Compromise (ECF No. 36) [hereinafter Petition or Pet.].) The County of El Dorado, Kimberly Pierce, Caitlyn Hayden, and Samantha Hodge (“Defendants”) filed a Joint Statement of Non-Opposition. (See ECF No. 37.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Ex-Parte Petition and APPROVES L.N.’s Minor’s Compromise. The Court will require Plaintiffs’ counsel to inform the Court as to the final terms of the annuity once it has been funded. (See Ex. A (ECF No. 36-1 at 9–10)…