LOCAL : Voting Harassment Suit Settled
Five Latinos who contended that they were harassed by uniformed guards at polling places last year announced today that they will accept $400,000 to settle their civil rights lawsuit against Republican Assemblyman Curt Pringle and the county Republican Party, who posted the guards.
The announcement marks the end of the federal lawsuit that had been scheduled for trial Jan. 16. The defendants disclosed the settlement Friday, but it was not final until the plaintiffs formally approved it.
The settlement includes defendants Pringle (R-Garden Grove), the county Republican Party and two of its officials, and Assemblyman John R. Lewis (R-Orange).
The plaintiffs accepting the settlement are Rudy R. Rios, Jose Diaz Vargas, Helen R. Canales, Tommy Q. Canales and Jane Fantauzzi. Another plaintiff, Rumaldo Madrid, was dropped from the suit.
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