V.G.M.
V.G.M. v. City of Salinas
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 V.G.M., et al., Case No. 19-cv-08007-BLF
Plaintiffs,
ORDER APPROVING MINOR’S
v. COMPROMISE
CITY OF SALINAS, et al., [Re: ECF 51] Defendants.
12 Plaintiffs have filed a motion for approval of a minor’s compromise. See Mot., ECF 51. Defendants do not oppose this motion. See Statement of Non-Opposition, ECF 54. The Court GRANTS the motion. “District courts have a special duty, derived from Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c), to safeguard the interests of litigants who are minors.” Robidoux v. Rosengren, 638 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9th Cir. 2011). “In the context of proposed settlements in suits involving minor plaintiffs, this special duty requires a district court to conduct its own inquiry to determine whether the settlement serves the best interests of the minor.” Id. (quotation marks and citation omitted). The district court’s inquiry is limited to considering…