Snipes v. Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc.

Filing 127

ORDER signed by Senior Judge Morrison C. England, Jr., on 11/5/2020 GRANTING plaintiff's 121 Motion for Attorney Fees. (Kastilahn, A)

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S. BRETT SUTTON, 143107
[e-mail]
JARED HAGUE, 251517
[e-mail]
BRADY BRIGGS 310934
[e-mail]
SUTTON HAGUE LAW CORPORATION, P.C.
5200 N. Palm Avenue, Suite 203
Fresno, California 93704
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff, the Class Members and all Aggrieved Employees

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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TERRY T. SNIPES, SR., an individual, residing
in San Joaquin County, California;

CLASS ACTION

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Plaintiff,

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vs.
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Case No. 2:15-cv-00878-MCE-KJN

DOLLAR TREE DISTRIBUTION, INC., a
Virginia Corporation; and Does 1–50, inclusive,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES,
COSTS AND CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE AWARD

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Date:
October 29, 2020
Time:
2:00 p.m.
Courtroom: 7

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Judge: Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr.

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Filed:
April 1, 2015
Removed: April 23, 2015
Trial Date: TBD

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Defendants.

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Sutton Hague
Law Corporation
5200 N. PALM AVENUE
SUITE 203
FRESNO, CA 93704

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS AND CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE AWARD

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD:

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The Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Class Representative Award came

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before this Court, the Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr. presiding, on October 29, 2020. The

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Court having considered the papers submitted in support of the Motion, as well as Defendant’s

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Statement of Non-Opposition (ECF No. 125), HEREBY ORDERS THE FOLLOWING:
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The proposed Class Representative Payment of a single payment of Fifteen

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Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($15,000.00), payable to Plaintiff for his service as a Class

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Representative is finally approved.
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The proposed Class Counsel Award of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars

and Zero Cents ($750,000.00) in attorneys’ fees payable to Class Counsel is finally approved.
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The proposed Class Counsel Costs presently of Fifty-Eight Thousand Four

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Hundred and Seventy-Two Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($58,472.44) in costs incurred by Class

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Counsel is finally approved.
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The Parties and the Settlement Administrator are ordered to comply with the

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terms of the Settlement as it relates to the funding and distribution of the proposed Class Counsel

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Award of attorney fees and costs and the Class Representative’s Class Representative Payment.
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Nothing in this Order will preclude any action to enforce the Parties’ obligations

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5200 N. PALM AVENUE
SUITE 203
FRESNO, CA 93704

Inc. fund the amount contemplated hereby in accordance with the Settlement.

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Sutton Hague
Law Corporation

under the Settlement or under this Order, including the requirement that Dollar Tree Distribution,

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS AND CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE AWARD

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Without affecting the finality of this Order in any way, the Court retains

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jurisdiction of all matters relating to the interpretation, administration, implementation,

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effectuation and enforcement of this Order and the Settlement.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 5, 2020

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Sutton Hague
Law Corporation
5200 N. PALM AVENUE
SUITE 203
FRESNO, CA 93704

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS AND CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE AWARD