Arredondo, et al. vs. Delano Farms Company, et al.

Filing 546

ORDER Following Settlement Vacating Dates and Directing Parties to File Dispositive Documents signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 01/09/2018. (Flores, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SABAS ARREDONDO, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 1:09-cv-01247ORDER FOLLOWING SETTLEMENT;
VACATING DATES AND DIRECTING
PARTIES TO FILE DISPOSITIVE
DOCUMENTS

v
DELANO FARMS CO., et al.,
Defendants.

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This action was filed on July 17, 2009. On February 7, 2017, this Court conducted a

17 settlement conference. On September 29, 2017, the magistrate judge issued an order on final
18 approval of the class action settlement and the claims in the action were settled. The only issue
19 remaining was how the attorney fees should be allocated among the current and former class
20 counsel. On January 9, 2018, this Court conducted a settlement conference to address the issue
21 of the allocation of attorney fees. Counsel Gregory Ramirez, Mario Martinez, Anna Walther,
22 Brian York, Dennis Jones, Leonard Comden, and Allen Ball appeared. During the settlement
23 conference, the parties reached a settlement agreement. The terms of the respective agreements
24 were set forth on the record.
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Based upon the resolution of the attorney fee distribution in this action, it is HEREBY

26 ORDERED that:
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All pending matters and dates in this action are VACATED; and

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The claims administrator is authorized to distribute attorney fees as follows:

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$200,000.00 to Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, LLP; and

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$135,000.00 to Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Feingold, LLP.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

5 Dated:

January 9, 2018
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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