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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDED 

CONSENT DECREE AND EXPEDITING HEARING DATE 

CARTER C. WHITE – 164149 

KING HALL CIVIL RIGHTS CLINIC 

U.C. Davis School of Law 

One Shields Avenue, Bldg. TB-30 

Davis, California 95616-8821 

Telephone: (530) 752-5440 

Facsimile: (530) 752-5788 

Email: ccwhite@ucdavis.edu 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

GAY C. GRUNFELD – 121944 

MICHAEL FREEDMAN – 262850 

ALEXANDER GOURSE – 321631 

ROSEN BIEN 

GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 

101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-1738 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

Facsimile: (415) 433-7104 

Email: mbien@rbgg.com 

 ggrunfeld@rbgg.com 

 mfreedman@rbgg.com 

 agourse@rbgg.com 

CARL L. FESSENDEN – 161494 

JOHN R. WHITEFLEET – 213301 

PORTER | SCOTT 

A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 

350 University Avenue, Suite 200 

Sacramento, California 95825-6581 

Telephone: (916) 929-1481 

Facsimile: (916) 927-3706 

Email: cfessenden@porterscott.com 

MICHAEL J. CICCOZZI – 134859 

JOSEPH F. LARMOUR – 282496 

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL 

COUNTY OF YUBA 

915 8th Street, Suite 111 

Marysville, California 95901-5273 

Telephone: (530) 749-7565 

Facsimile: (530) 729-7513 

Email: jlarmour@co.yuba.ca.us 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

DERRIL HEDRICK, DALE ROBINSON, 

KATHY LINDSEY, MARTIN C. CANADA, 

DARRY TYRONE PARKER, individually and 

on behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JAMES GRANT, as Sheriff of Yuba County; 

Lieutenant FRED J. ASBY, as Yuba County 

Jailer; JAMES PHARRIS, ROY LANDERMAN, 

DOUG WALTZ, HAROLD J. “SAM” 

SPERBEK, JAMES MARTIN, as members of 

the YUBA COUNTY BOARD OF 

SUPERVISORS, 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:76-CV-00162-JAM-EFB 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

JOINT MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF 

SECOND AMENDED CONSENT 

DECREE AND EXPEDITING 

HEARING DATE 

Judge: Hon. Edmund F. Brennan 

Date: March 8, 2023 

Time: 11:00 a.m. 

Crtrm.: 8, 13th Floor 

Trial Date: None Set 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF AMENDED 

CONSENT DECREE, APPOINTING CO-COUNSEL FOR CLASS AND EXPEDITING HEARING DATE 

The parties’ Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Second Amended Consent 

Decree and Request for Expedited Hearing (“Joint Motion”) came on for hearing before 

this Court on March 8, 2023. The Court, having considered the pleadings on the Joint 

Motion, oral argument on the Joint Motion, and the record in this case, and good cause 

appearing, now finds, as follows: 

1. The Court finds that the Second Amended Consent Decree (“SACD”) falls 

within the range of possible approval and is sufficiently fair to warrant the dissemination 

of notice to the class members apprising them of the SACD. 

2. The proposed SACD is the product of arm’s-length, serious, informed and 

non-collusive negotiations between experienced and knowledgeable counsel who have 

actively prosecuted and defended this litigation. 

3. The Court has already certified a class and appointed class counsel and will 

likely be able to approve the proposed SACD under Rule 23(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure. 

4. The SACD is granted preliminary approval and incorporated herein by this 

reference, and has the full force and effect of an order of the Court. 

5. A hearing is appropriate to consider whether this Court should grant final 

approval to the SACD, and to allow adequate time for the members of the class, or their 

counsel, to support or oppose the SACD. 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

6. The parties’ request to expedite the hearing on this Joint Motion for 

Preliminary Approval of Second Amended Consent Decree for March 8, 2023, at 10:00 

a.m. is granted. 

7. The Notice of Second Amended Consent Decree (“Notice”), attached hereto, 

is approved. The Notice constitutes valid, due, and sufficient notice to the class, 

constitutes the best notice practicable under the circumstances, and complies fully with the 

requirements of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The proposed forms of 

Notice apprise class members in a fair and neutral way of the existence of the settlement 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDED 

CONSENT DECREE AND EXPEDITING HEARING DATE 

with the Defendants and their rights with respect to the settlement. 

8. Within three (3) days of this Order, Defendants must post the Notice (1) on 

the County’s official website (www.co.yuba.ca.us/); and (2) in all Jail facilities operated by 

Defendants, including, but not limited to, in all dayrooms, all medical clinic spaces, the 

visiting area, and the intake area in the Yuba County Jail. Copies of the SACD shall be 

available in the Jail library and made available to class members upon request. 

9. Dissemination of the Notice as provided above is hereby authorized and 

approved, and satisfies the notice requirement of Rule 23(e), Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, the Constitution of the United States, due process and any other applicable 

rule(s) of this Court. No later than ten (10) days after this Order, Defendants must file and 

serve on Plaintiffs’ counsel an affidavit affirming that they published notice as required in 

the Court’s order. 

10. Any member of the class may write to the Court about whether the 

settlement is fair. The Court will consider written communications when deciding whether 

to approve the settlement. Comments must include at the top of the first page the case 

name, Hedrick v. Grant, E.D. Cal. No. 2:76-cv-00162-JAM-EFB. Comments must be 

postmarked no later than thirty-six (36) days after the issuance of this Order, and sent to 

the following address: 

Clerk of the Court 

United States District Court 

Eastern District of California 

501 I Street 

Sacramento, CA 9581 

11. A final approval hearing pursuant to Rule 23(e), Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, will be in Courtroom 8 of the undersigned on May 17, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the 

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, to determine whether the 

proposed settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, and whether it should be finally 

approved by the Court. The hearing may be continued from time to time without further 

notice. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDED 

CONSENT DECREE AND EXPEDITING HEARING DATE 

12. A joint memorandum of points and authorities in support of final approval 

shall be filed on or before April 19, 2023. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 8, 2023 

 Edmund F. Brennan 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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