SANTA ANA—Orange County supervisors April 28 agreed to a proposed $1.5 settlement with a woman who gave birth to a baby who died while the mother was in custody in Orange County Jail. The board voted unanimously in closed session to approve the settlement in the lawsuit filed by Ciera Stoetling, who was jailed on May 12, 2018, when she lost her baby. Stoetling alleges in her federal lawsuit that she told jail officials she was pregnant and was having contractions on May 11, 2018. When she pressed an emergency button for help she said she received no response. According to the lawsuit, a jail nurse refused to have her taken to a hospital because of a lack of staff. She was instead taken to a jail infirmary and told to drink eight cups of water a day on a Saturday and that she could see a doctor by Monday, …