D.C.
D.C. v. County of San Diego
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 D.C., a minor by and through his Case No.: 15cv1868-MMA-NLS Guardian Ad Litem, HELEN GARTER,
REPORT AND
Plaintiff, RECOMMENDATION v. TO APPROVE MINORS’
COMPROMISE
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, et al., 15 Defendants. [ECF No. 165] 16 17 Petitioner Helen Garter, guardian ad litem for minor Plaintiff D.C., seeks an order approving a proposed settlement of D.C.’s claims against all Defendants. ECF No. 165. The Petition is unopposed. ECF No. 167. Because the settlement serves the minors’ best interests, this Court RECOMMENDS that the Petition be GRANTED. BACKGROUND Plaintiff D.C. brought claims on his own behalf and on behalf of a prospective class, arising out of medical procedures, including examinations, that were performed on him at the County of San Diego’s Polinsky Children’s Center after he was removed from his mother’s custody and control. ECF No. 165 at 2. Plaintiff claimed that the medical…