Ambat et al v. City & County of San Francisco et al

Filing 429

ORDER RE: SPECIAL MASTER INQUIRY (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 7/26/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MERCY AMBAT, et al.,

Case No. 07-cv-03622-SI

Plaintiffs,
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v.

ORDER RE: SPECIAL MASTER
INQUIRY

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CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
FRANCISCO,
Defendant.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Re: Dkt. No. 428

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The Court is in receipt of a letter from Special Master Hon. James J. McBride regarding a

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recently-received petition for extraordinary award.1 The Master explains that while this petitioner

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was awarded a per capita amount of damages, and while this petition for extraordinary damages

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was dated prior to the May 3, 2016 deadline, the Master did not receive the petition until after the

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Court entered its approval of the Master’s Report and the Report was served on plaintiffs. Id.; see

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also Dkt. No. 426. This petitioner wrote to advise the Master that he had “received a copy of the

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Settlement Funds and found that [his] name was not included in the settlement,” despite

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“remain[ing] in contact with [plaintiffs’ attorney], Lawrence D. Murray, for updates[.]” Dkt. No.

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428 at 3. The Master requests instructions from the Court on whether or not to consider the

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petition for extraordinary damages and amend the Report.

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Counsel for plaintiffs is ORDERED to file a statement with the Court concerning whether

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the Court should vacate its previous order on the distribution of settlement funds and order the

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Master to consider this late-filed petition and amend the Report. Such filing shall be made no later

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The letter from the Master is dated June 22, 2016; the Court suspects that the intended
date of the letter is July 22, 2016. This letter and its accompanying submissions are currently
lodged under seal with the Court.

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than August 29, 2016.
In the meantime, counsel for plaintiffs is ORDERED not to distribute the settlement
funds to the settling plaintiffs until further order of this Court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 26, 2016
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SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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