Palomares v. City of Arvin

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MANUEL PALOMARES, by and through his Case No. 1:21-cv-01745-JLT-CDB Guardian Ad Litem VIOLETA NEGRETE GARCIA, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVING 13 Plaintiff, PLAINTIFF’S PETITION FOR COMPROMISE OF INCOMPETENT PERSON’S CLAIMS 14 v. (Doc. 49) CITY OF ARVIN, et al..

16 Defendants.

18 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s second petition for approval of an incompetent person’s claims by Manuel Palomares (“Palomares”) by and through his niece and guardian ad litem, Violeta Negrete Garcia. (Doc. 47).1 21 The assigned Magistrate Judge issued findings and recommendations to approve Plaintiff’s proposed settlement of Palomares’ damage claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 17 and Local Rule 202.

23 (Doc. 49). The Court served the findings and recommendations and gave the parties 14 days to file objections thereto. (Id. at 6). As of the date of this order, more than 14 days have passed, and no objections have been filed. The findings and recommendations advised the parties that “failure to file 28 1 This matter was referred to the assigned Magistrate Judge (see Doc. 8 pp. 1-2) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

1 || objections within the specified time may result in the waiver of nights on appeal.” (/d.) (citing || Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 839 (9th Cir. 2014)).

3 According to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this Court has conducted a de novo review of this cas || Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court concludes that the findings and recommendations || are supported by the record and by proper analysis. Thus, the Court ORDERS: 6 1. The findings and recommendations issued on December 4, 2023 (Doc. 49), are ADOPTED 7 FULL; 8 2. The motion for approval of incompetent person’s compromise filed on October 13, 2023, || (Doc. 47), is GRANTED; and 10 3. The parties are ordered to file a stipulation for dismissal of the action with prejudice, and || lodge a separate order, no later than 30 days after the issuance of this order.

13 || IT IS SO ORDERED.

1411 Dated: _ December 21, 2023 Cerin | Tower 15 TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE