Sweet

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THERESA SWEET, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 19-03674 WHA

v.

MIGUEL CARDONA, et al., ORDER RE MOTIONS TO

INTERVENE

Defendants.

15 In this class action concerning the Department of Education’s processing of student-loan borrower-defense applications, four schools move to intervene to oppose the proposed settlement: The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; Everglades College, Inc.; American National University; and Lincoln Educational Services Corporation. The deadline for any further interested parties to move to intervene has come and gone (Dkt. No. 308). As discussed on the record in the hearing on preliminary approval, while the four schools have not met their burden of demonstrating they can intervene as of right, intervenors have satisfied the requirements for permissive intervention and may oppose the settlement. Under Rule 24(b), a district court has discretion to permit intervention when the movant presents “(1) an…