Williams v. County Of Monterey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 MONIA WILLIAMS, individually and as Case No. 19-cv-01811-BLF Guardian ad Litem for minors L.S. and Q.S., 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING EX PARTE PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF v. MINORS’ COMPROMISE 11 COUNTY OF MONTEREY, et al., [Re: ECF 102] 12 Defendants. 13 14 Plaintiff Monia Williams (“Williams”), individually and as Guardian ad Litem for her two minor children, Plaintiffs L.S. and Q.S., filed this action against the County of Monterey, the City of Salinas, and individual social workers and police officers following the removal of L.S. and Q.S. from Williams’ care. Plaintiffs have reached a settlement with two defendants, Josefina Duran and Marcos Estrada, in the total amount of $40,000. Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Petition for Approval of Minors’ Compromise, which is unopposed by Defendants Duran and Marcos. See Petition, ECF 102; Notice of Non-Opposition, ECF 103. The petition is …