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Parties Involved:
Derrick Dineyazhe
Plaintiff
Helen Dineyazhe
Plaintiff
United States of America
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Helen Dineyazhe and 

Derrick Dineyazhe, Individually

and as Next Friends of Dominic

Dineyazhe, A Minor;

Plaintiffs,

v.

The United States of America,

Defendant. _________________________________

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No. CV-06-0690-PCT-SMM

ORDER

This matter having come before the Court upon the filing of the parties’ Joint Motion to

Approve Settlement (Doc. 49), in which the parties seek court approval of the proposed

settlement to compromise the claims of minor Dominic Dineyazhe, and the Court having

reviewed the motion and proposed settlement, and being fully advised,

FINDS that the Motion is well taken and that the settlement provisions outlined therein

are fair, just, and in the best interest of the minor Plaintiff. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. The Joint Motion to Approve Settlement (Doc. 49) is GRANTED.

2. The settlement amounts and terms for Plaintiff Dominic Dineyazhe are hereby

approved including but not limited to the $100,000 reversionary trust, the purchase of the

annuity at a cost of $75,000, $10,000 in cash jointly for Dominic and his parents, $4,667.11for

unpaid medical bills, $13,665.89 for litigation costs and expenses, and attorneys fees at the

statutory maximum of 25% in FTCA cases, $61,667, for a total settlement cost of $265,000. 

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3. Upon payment of the settlement amounts, the parties shall file a stipulated

dismissal with prejudice, each side to bear its own costs and fees.

DATED this 10th day of September, 2008.

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