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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUREKA DIVISION

BRIAN CHAVEZ and BRANDON 

BRACAMONTE, on behalf of themselves 

and all others ,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-05277-NJV

ORDER APPROVING CLASS NOTICE

On September 20, 2016, this Court entered an Order in the above-captioned action 

certifying a Class of all people who are now, or in the future will be, incarcerated in the Santa 

Clara County jails, and further certifying a subclass of all people who are now, or in the future will 

be, incarcerated in the Santa Clara County jails and who have a psychiatric and/or intellectual 

disability, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., 

and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. Pursuant to the Court’s Order and 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(2)(A), the parties have submitted to the Court a Notice of Class Certification 

(“Class Notice”), attached as Exhibit A to a proposed order regarding the distribution of the Class 

Notice. (Doc. 37.)

Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The Court approves the substance, form, and manner of the Class Notice filed by the parties on 

October 4, 2016, and finds that the proposed method of disseminating the Class Notice, as 

discussed during the September 20, 2016 telephonic conference, meets all due process and other 

legal requirements and is the best notice practicable under the circumstances. 

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2. Within forty-five days of this Order, the County is directed to post the Class Notice in English, 

Spanish, and Vietnamese in all housing units in such a manner as to make the Notice visible to all 

prisoners. Additionally, the County shall hand deliver a copy of the Notice to each prisoner within 

the jails. Further, the County shall provide assistance reviewing the notice to individuals who are 

illiterate or have a disability that would prevent them from reading or understanding it. The 

County must file and serve on Plaintiffs’ counsel a declaration affirming that notice was published 

as required in this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 6, 2016

______________________________________

NANDOR J. VADAS

United States Magistrate Judge

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