Gonzalez v. Corrections Corporation of America et al

Filing 52

ORDER AFTER STATUS CONFERENCE and Setting Deadline for the Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 1/22/2019. Motion for preliminary approval of class certification shall be filed by 3/29/2019. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOSE GONZALEZ, individually and on
behalf of others similarly situated,

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Plaintiff,
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CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF
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AMERICA,
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Defendant.
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THOMAS RICHARDS, individually and on )
behalf of all others similarly situated,
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Plaintiff,
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CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 1:16-cv-01891 DAD JLT
ORDER AFTER STATUS CONFERENCE AND
SETTING DEADLINE FOR THE MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS
SETTLEMENT

Case No.: 1:17-cv-1094 - LJO - JLT

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The Court held a status conference in these cases and learned that the parties have settled the

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case on terms that are different from those the Court refused to accept in Gonzalez v. Corrections

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Corporation of America, Case No. 1:16-cv-01891 DAD JLT (Doc. 48). Part of the agreement

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includes that the class period will not close until February 28, 2019. Given this, the Court learned

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that counsel will be unable to file the stipulated motion for preliminary approval of the class

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settlement until the employer obtains the final data, which is expected within a couple of weeks after
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February 28, 2019. Thus, the Court ORDERS;
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The motion for preliminary approval of class certification SHALL be filed no later

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than March 29, 2019. This motion will be filed in the Gonzalez matter and the parties agree that

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this motion, if approved, will fully dispose of the Richards matter as well.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

January 22, 2019

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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