Jennings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ANGEL DE JESUS ZEPEDA RIVAS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-02731-LB

Plaintiffs, ORDER RESOLVING SETTLEMENT

DISPUTES

v. Re: ECF Nos. 1280, 1281 DAVID JENNINGS, et al., Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiffs in this class-action lawsuit are current and former civil immigration detainees at the Yuba County Jail and the Mesa Verde Processing Facility. They sued U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its private contractor GEO Group on the ground that the lack of protection from COVID-19 during the pandemic was an unconstitutional condition of confinement under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The parties settled their case, and the trial court approved the settlement in June 2022. Under the settlement agreement, the defendants must mitigate COVID-19 risks at the facilities, there are limits on ICE’s detaining and re-detaining class members, and…