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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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MICHAEL J. HADDAD (State Bar No. 189114)

JULIA SHERWIN (State Bar No. 189268)

GENEVIEVE K. GUERTIN (State Bar No. 262479)

T. KENNEDY HELM (State Bar No. 

HADDAD & SHERWIN

505 Seventeenth Street

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 452-5500

Facsimile: (510) 452-5510

Attorneys for Plaintiffs LESLIE MOLERA,

WILLIAM WALKER, and D.W.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LESLIE MOLERA, Individually, WILLIAM 

WALKER, Individually, and D. W., a minor, 

through his mother and Next Friend Luana Silva, 

Individually and as Successor in Interest for 

Decedent KENDALL WALKER. 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF VACAVILLE, a public entity; CITY OF 

VACAVILLE POLICE CHIEF RICHARD WORD, 

in his individual and official capacities; OFFICER 

TOMI KINGI, OFFICER DANIEL VALK, 

SERGEANT PATRICK WILLIAMS, OFFICER 

DEBI LOPEZ, OFFICER DANIEL TORRES, and 

DOES 4 through 20, individually, jointly and 

severally.

Defendants.

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No: 2:14-cv-00782-MCE-AC

Hon. Morrison C. England

ORDER GRANTING 

PLAINTIFFS’ UNOPPOSED 

MOTION TO APPROVE 

MINOR’S COMPROMISE

Good cause appearing, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs’ unopposed Motion to Approve 

Minor’s Compromise, as follows:

The Court finds the following structured settlement terms checked below, attached as the 

indicated Exhibit to the Declaration of Julia Sherwin filed in support of Plaintiffs’ unopposed 

Motion to Approve Minor’s Compromise, to be in the minor D.W.’s best interests:

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_____ Option 1, Sherwin Decl. Exhibit A

_____ Option 2, Sherwin Decl. Exhibit B

_____ Option 3, Sherwin Decl. Exhibit C

___X__ Option 4, Sherwin Decl. Exhibit D

Defendants, their agents, and assignees (hereinafter designated as “Payors”) shall disburse 

the proceeds of D.W.’s settlement, with a present value of $650,000, as follows:

1. The sum total of $170,938.11 for D.W.’s attorneys’ fees and costs shall be made payable to 

“Haddad & Sherwin LLP;”

2. The sum total of $477,000 shall be made payable to “Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance 

Company of Nebraska” toward the funding of an annuity for D.W., in accordance with the 

terms set forth in Option _4__, Exhibit _D___ to the Declaration of Julia Sherwin filed with 

Plaintiffs’ unopposed Motion to Approve Minor’s Compromise;

3. The sum total of $2,061.89 for D.W.’s dental expenses, with all remaining funds not used to 

pay D.W.’s dental expenses to be deposited into a blocked bank account with a bank insured 

by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)— and all funds to be provided to 

D.W. after he reaches the age of 18— shall be made payable to “Haddad & Sherwin LLP 

Client Trust Account f/b/o Damien Walker”;

4. Payors shall make the above payments within thirty (30) days of this Court’s Order granting 

Plaintiffs’ unopposed Motion to Approve Minor’s Compromise.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 8, 2015

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