Granados
Granados v. City of Gilroy Police Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 SIERRA GRANADOS, Case No. 22-cv-01116-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR
v. ORDER APPROVING MINOR’S
COMPROMISE
CITY OF GILROY POLICE DEPARTMENT, [Re: ECF No. 16] 11 Defendant. 12 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Petition for Order Approving Minor’s Compromise. See Pet., ECF No. 16. Defendant does not oppose Plaintiff’s petition. See ECF No. 17. The petition is GRANTED for the reasons discussed herein. Plaintiff Sierra Granados, individually and as Guardian ad Litem for minor E.C., filed this action against the City of Gilroy Police Department. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiffs allege federal civil rights and state law claims arising from a dog bite inflicted by a police canine. Id., Ex. A ¶ 1. Defendants removed the action to federal court on February 23, 2022. See id at 2. “District courts have a special duty, derived from Federal Rule of Civil…