C.H.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 C. H., Case No. 21-cv-00196-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF

MINOR’S COMPROMISE

BRENTWOOD UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Docket No. 53 11 Defendants. 12 13 Plaintiff C.H., a minor, alleges that his substitute science teacher dragged him across a classroom by his hoodie when he was standing in a group of students chatting. The teacher allegedly targeted him based on his race as the only African American student in the group. The parties have reached a settlement after mediation. Pending before this Court is C.H.’s unopposed motion for an order approving the agreed-upon settlement under Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c). For the reasons articulated at the hearing and below, the Court approves the settlement. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND1 On September 16, 2019, C.H was in his seventh-grade science class, standing in the classroom and talking with a group of approximately…