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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DERRIL HEDRICK, et al., No. 2:76-cv-00162-JAM-EFB Plaintiffs, v. ORDER JAMES GRANT, et al., Defendants. 16 Currently pending before the court is the joint motion by the parties for approval of the Second Amended Consent Decree (“SACD”). ECF No. 285. The parties have consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. ECF No. 242; 28 U.S.C. § 636(a)(5) & (c). For the reasons that follow, the court will grant the motion. I. Background This case was originally filed by a group of prisoners at the Yuba County Jail against various county officials in 1976. ECF No. 94 (copy of original docket). Plaintiffs alleged that conditions at the Jail violated the U.S. Constitution, the California Constitution, and California state law. ECF No. 163-1 at 24-55 (original complaint). The court certified the plaintiff class on July 23, 1976, which consisted of “all prisoners of the Yuba County Jail on March 24, 1976, or at any…