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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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ORDER APPROVING COMPROMISE OF THE MINOR PLAINTIFF S. DOE’S CLAIM 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

S. DOE (a female minor), by and through 

her legal guardian 

MRS. SHIRELY COOPER, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PATTY JOHN, FRESNO UNIFIED 

SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

 Defendants 

 CASE NO. 1:05-cv-00705-AWI-SMS 

ORDER APPROVING 

COMPROMISE OF THE MINOR 

PLAINTIFF S. DOE’S CLAIM 

[E.D. LOCAL RULE 17-202] 

This matter was tentatively settled at a Mandatory Settlement Conference heard 

before United States Magistrate Judge Sandra M. Snyder on May 9, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. 

in Courtroom 7 of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. 

All parties, their counsel, and authorized representatives appeared at the Mandatory 

Settlement Conference, and following good faith negotiations stated their consent and 

agreement to the terms of this settlement on the record before the Court. The Court 

accepted the settlement, subject to Plaintiff complying with United States District Court, 

Eastern District of California Local Rule 17-202, and thereafter submitting a Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 41 Order of Dismissal for the Court’s signature. 

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Inserted hereinafter is the Superior Court for the State of California, County of 

Fresno Order dated June 27, 2006, approving pursuant to California state law. 

C-M351 

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name. State Bar number, address): 

Karl W. Schoth, Esq. SBN: 1135721, 1905 E. Route 66, Suite 102

Glendora, CA 91740 

FOR COURT USE 

ONLY 

TELEPHONE NO.: (626) 963-7161 FAX NO. (Optional): (626) 963-7163 

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Fresno 

STREET ADDRESS: 1100 Van Ness 

CITY AND ZIP CODE: Fresno, CA 93724 

CASE NAME: Guardianship of Sherryle Jones, a minor 

CASE NUMBER: ORDER APPROVING: 

06CECGO1921 

X COMPROMISE OF PENDING ACTION 

HEARING DATE DEPT DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF JUDGMENT 

June 27, 2006 72

Minor Plaintiff

1. Petitioner (name): Shirley Cooper has petitioned for court approval of a proposed compromise of a disputed 

claim of a minor or a pending action involving a minor or an adult person with a disability, or a proposed 

disposition of the proceeds of a judgment for a minor or an adult person with a disability. 

2. Hearing 

Date: June 27, 2006 Time: 3:30 p.m. Dept.: 72 Judicial Officer: Alan Simpson 

3. Relationship to claimant 

Petitioner is claimant's (check all applicable boxes): 

a. Parent 

b. Guardian ad !item 

c. XGuardian 

d. Conservator 

e. Other (specify): grandmother 

4. Claimant (name): Sherryle Jones is a minor.

5. Defendants 

The claim or action to be compromised is asserted against:

Fresno Unified School District and Patty John, United States District Court, Eastern District of California, 

Case No. 1:05-cv-00705-AWI-SMS 

6. THE COURT FINDS that all notices required by law have been given. 

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7. THE COURT ORDERS 

a. The petition is granted and the proposed compromise of claim or action or the proposed disposition of the 

proceeds of the judgment is approved. The gross amount or value of the settlement or judgment in favor of 

claimant is $ 100, 000.00. 

b. The payer shall disburse the proceeds of the settlement or judgment approved by this order in the 

following manner: 

 Payment of fees and expenses 

 Fees and expenses shall be paid by one or more checks or drafts, drawn payable to the order of the petitioner and 

the petitioner's attorney, if any, or directly to third parties entitled to receive payment identified in this order for the 

following items of expense or damage, which are hereby authorized to be paid out of the proceeds of the settlement or 

judgment: 

Attorney's fees in the total amount of: $ 20,568.56 payable to 

Schoth, Creyaufmiller and Associates 

Reimbursement for medical and all other expenses paid by the petitioner or the petitioner’s attorney in the amount of: 

$ 17,725.76 

Medical, hospital, ambulance, nursing, and other like expenses payable directly to providers as follows, in the total 

amount of: 

(i) Payee (name): 

(A) Address: 

(B) Amount: $ 

(ii) Payee (name):

 (d) Other authorized disbursements payable directly to third parties in the 

total amount of: 

 (e) Total allowance for fees and expenses from the settlement or $ 38,294.32

$ 61,705.68 (2) BALANCE: 

(a) X By one or more checks or drafts in the total amount of (specify): $ 61,705.68 drawn payable to 

the order of the petitioner as trustee for the claimant. Each such check or draft must bear an endorsement on the 

face or reverse that it is for deposit in one or more interest-bearing, federally insured accounts in the name of 

the petitioner as trustee for the claimant, and no withdrawals may be made from the accounts except as 

provided in the Order to Deposit Money Into Blocked Account, which is signed contemporaneously with this 

order ("blocked account").

(b) By the following method(s) (describe each method, including the amount to be disbursed ): 

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(c) If money is to be paid to a special needs trust under Probate Code section 3604, all statutory liens 

in favor of the state Department of Health Services, the state Department of Mental Health, the 

state Department of Developmental Services, and any city and county in California must first be 

satisfied by the following method (specify): 

8. X. Further orders of the court concerning blocked accounts 

The court makes the following additional orders concerning any part of the balance ordered to be deposited in 

a blocked account under item 7b (2)(a): 

a. Within 48 hours of receipt of a check or draft described in item 7b(2)(a), the petitioner and the 

petitioner's attorney, if any, must deposit the check or draft in the petitioner's name as trustee for the 

claimant in one or more blocked accounts at (specify name, branch, and address of each depository, 

and the amount of each account): 

Wells Fargo Bank, 1206 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, California. 

b. The petitioner and the petitioner's attorney, if any, must deliver to each depository at the time of 

deposit three copies of the Order to Deposit Money Into Blocked Account, which is signed 

contemporaneously with this order, and three copies of the Receipt and Acknowledgment of Order to 

Deposit Money Into Blocked Account ("receipt"). The petitioner or the petitioner's attorney must file a 

copy of the receipt with this court within 15 days of the deposit. The sole responsibilities of the petitioner 

and the petitioner's attorney, if any, are to place the balance in a blocked account or accounts and to 

timely file a copy of the receipt. 

c. The balance of the proceeds of settlement or judgment deposited in a blocked account or accounts 

under item 7b(2)(a) may be withdrawn only as follows (check (1) or (2)): 

(1) No withdrawals of principal or interest may be made from the blocked account or accounts 

without a further written order under this case name and number, signed by a judge, and 

bearing the seal of this court. The money on deposit is not subject to escheat. 

(2) The blocked account or accounts belong to a minor. The minor was born on (date): 

7125/91 No withdrawals of principal or interest may be made from the blocked account or 

accounts without a further written order under this case name and number, signed by a 

judicial officer, and bearing the seal of this court, until the minor attains the age of 18 years. 

When the minor attains the age of 18 years, the depository, without further order of this 

court, is authorized and directed to pay by check or draft directly to the former minor, upon 

proper demand, all moneys including interest deposited under this order. The money on 

deposit is not subject to escheat. 

9. Authorization to execute settlement documents 

The petitioner is authorized to execute settlement documents as follows (check only one): 

(a) Upon receipt of the full amount of the settlement sum approved by this order and the deposit of 

funds, the petitioner is authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the payer a full, complete, and final 

release and discharge of any and all claims and demands of the claimant by reason of the accident or incident 

described in the petition and the resultant injuries to the claimant and a properly executed dismissal with 

prejudice.

(b) X The petitioner is authorized and directed to execute any and all documents reasonably 

necessary to carry out the terms of the settlement. 

(c) The petitioner is authorized and directed (specify): 

10. Bond is not required. 

11. A copy of this order shall be served on the payer forthwith. 

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12. Additional orders The court makes the following additional orders 

(specify):

JUNE 27, 2006 /s/ ALAN M. SIMPSON (Judicial Officer) 

WHEREFORE,

This Court hereby approves the settlement of the minor plaintiff S. Doe’s claims 

as initially set forth on the record before this Court on May 9, 2006, and as set forth in 

the above Fresno County Superior Court Order approving the settlement, the terms of 

which are incorporated herein by this reference. Payment of the funds to the minor 

shall be as set forth in the terms of the written settlement agreement between the parties 

as approved by the Fresno County Superior Court. 

Any application by the minor or the minor’s authorized representative and 

guardian ad litem Shirley Cooper for interim disbursements from the blocked account 

to be set up pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Fresno County Superior Court’s 

June 27, 2006, Order shall be heard by the appropriate Fresno County State Court 

Judge assigned to approve or otherwise reject any such request. 

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Pursuant to Eastern District of California Local Rule 17-202(f) in the event of a 

hearing or Order by a Fresno County Superior Court Judge concerning disbursements, a 

copy of such Order shall be filed with the clerk of this Court along with an additional 

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copy to be reviewed by the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case who shall have 

authority to review, modify, or otherwise issue any order this Court deems, taking into 

account the best interests of the minor plaintiff S. Doe. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATE: 9/15/2006 

 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN 

 DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 SANDRA M. SNYDER 

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