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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QIYAMAH HAMEED, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KOHL'S CORPORATION,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:11-cv-02971-LB 

ORDER REGARDING THE PAYMENT 

OF FUNDS

Qiyamah Hameed, along with MG and EG (who were minors represented by their guardian ad 

litem Eugene Gardner) filed this action against Kohl’s Corporation (“Kohl’s”) for violating Title II 

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000a, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 

51-51.3, and several other state laws. (Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), ECF No. 21.) 

During their participation at a settlement conference with a magistrate judge, the parties agreed to 

settle the lawsuit. 

Thereafter, the plaintiffs filed a petition for this court’s approval of a minor’s compromise with 

respect to MG’s and EG’s claims. (Amended Petition, ECF No. 29.) The petition stated that the 

parties entered into an agreement whereby Kohl’s would pay $10,000 to the plaintiffs in complete 

and final settlement of all claims. (Id. at 4-5.) The parties agreed that, after deducting 25% from 

the $10,000 (for a total of $2,500) for attorney’s fees, Ms. Hameed, MG, and EG would split the 

remaining $7,500 equally and receive $2,500 each. (Id.) The petition also requested that the 

money owed to MG and EG ($5,000 in total) be paid to the Clerk of the Court, which would then 

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deposit it into the court’s registry. (Id. at 5.)

On April 18, 2012, the court granted the plaintiffs’ petition and later directed the Clerk of the 

Court to accept and deposit the $5,000 owed to MG and EG into the court’s registry. (4/18/2012 

Order, ECF No. 30; 7/18/2012 Order, ECF No. 31.)

By letter, MG now asks the court to disburse the $2,500 owed to her and which was deposited 

into the court’s registry. For good cause shown, the court hereby orders the Clerk of the Court to 

immediately disburse from its registry the $2,500 owed to MG, along with any interest earned on 

those funds while on deposit in the registry, and, as requested, send the check to:

Mint Gardner

734 Lennox Circle

Douglasville, Georgia 30135

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 29, 2015

______________________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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