Hernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RICARDO HERNANDEZ, Case No. 20-cv-01183-AGT

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED

v. MOTION FOR GOOD FAITH

SETTLEMENT DETERMINATION

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, et al., Re: ECF No. 65 Defendants.

12 Before the Court is defendants Contra Costa County, Deputy Brandon Battles, and Deputy William Root’s (“County Defendants”) motion for good faith settlement determination. ECF No. 65. The motion is unopposed. ECF Nos. 68, 69. For the reasons that follow, the motion is granted. A. Background Plaintiff brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the County Defendants and City of Richmond Police Officer Brandon Hodges, the sole remaining non-settling defendant. In the operative complaint, plaintiff alleges that during a stolen-vehicle stop in May 2018, Deputy Battles and Officer Hodges used excessive force to arrest him, Deputy Root failed to intervene, and Contra Costa County implicitly condoned the incident. See ECF No. 48, SAC. …