Mealey's (April 14, 2020, 1:18 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Student loan borrowers and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) filed a joint motion on April 10 for preliminary approval of a class settlement requiring decisions in the next 18 months on applications for discharge of the loan debt and requiring certain percentages of discharge if the DOE fails to meet set deadlines (Theresa Sweet, et al. v. Elisabeth DeVos, et al., No. 19-3674, N.D. Calif.)....