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Hernandez v. County of Monterey, is a class action lawsuit about conditions at the Monterey County Jail. In September 2023, the Court found the Jail’s health care provider, California Forensic Medical Group, Inc., in contempt for violating Court orders about medical, mental health, and dental care.
You are part of the Settlement If you were incarcerated at the Monterey County Jail, between May 27, 2016 and December 31, 2025.
CFMG has agreed to pay $2,470,000 to people incarcerated at the Jail, from May 27, 2016 to December 31, 2025, to compensate for its violations of Court orders about minimum standards of care at the Jail. This settlement is only about CFMG’s liability for contempt for violating the Court’s orders. The settlement does not compensate people for personal medical conditions, and it does not affect any individual claims you might have about health issues, or injuries you may have experienced at the Jail. Administration costs will be paid from the settlement amount.
If you were incarcerated at the Jail between May 27, 2016 and December 31, 2025, you can submit a claim online, on this settlement website, or submit a paper claim form by mail, to Hernandez v. County of Monterey, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, LLC, P.O. Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391. You can call (833) 319-5926 to request a paper claim form.
To receive money, you must make a claim by April 20, 2026. If you are currently incarcerated, you can request that the money be sent to an address outside the Jail.
It is estimated that the minimum amount each person will receive may be as much as $110, depending on how many valid claims are submitted. This minimum amount will be the full payment if you were incarcerated for 10 days, or fewer, during the Settlement Period. If you were incarcerated for more than 10 days, you will receive an additional payment based on the number of days you were incarcerated.
The exact amount that each person receives may be changed by a further order of the Court, once the number of valid claims is known.
Consideration of all other issues related to the proposed settlement, including final approval of the settlement, is continued and shall be addressed at the hearing scheduled to take place at 9:00 a.m. PT on June 18, 2026 at the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building & United States Courthouse, 280 South 1st Street, Fifth Floor, Courtroom 1, San Jose, CA 95113.
The settlement amount will only be paid to adult individuals incarcerated at the Monterey County Jail from May 27, 2016 through December 31, 2025 (the “Settlement Period”) who submit claims to the settlement administrator during the claims period. If you do not submit a claim, you will not be eligible to receive a payment.
To learn more, read this settlement website. This website has links to the settlement documents and claim form. You can also call (833) 319-5926, or contact the attorneys who represent incarcerated people in this case, at Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld, LLP, P.O. Box 390, San Francisco, CA, 94104.
This settlement website is authorized by the Court, supervised by counsel for the parties, and controlled by the settlement administrator approved by the Court. This is the only authorized settlement website for this case.
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