Rick Mladinich v. Safeguard Properties, LLC et al

Filing 10

ORDER REGARDING REQUEST FOR EXTENSION. Signed by Judge Alsup on 9/8/2016. (whalc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/8/2016)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 RICK MLADINICH, individually and On Behalf of All Other Similarly Situated Employees, 12 13 14 15 16 No. C 16-03414 WHA Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING REQUEST FOR EXTENSION v. SAFEGUARD PROPERTIES, LLC.; DOES 1 THROUGH 100, inclusive, Defendants. / 17 18 According to a notice filed by the Court in all class actions, including this class action 19 (Dkt. No. 5), parties may not discuss settlement until after a class is certified. While it is 20 reasonable to discount class members’ claims by the risk of litigation on the merits, it is not 21 reasonable to further discount claims by the risk that class certification will be denied. 22 The Court is concerned to learn that counsel have taken it upon themselves to reach a 23 purported settlement in principle (Dkt. No. 9). If the proposed settlement is a settlement on an 24 individual basis, then the Court is less concerned. 25 26 27 28 Before acting on the stipulated request for an extension, the Court requests that counsel 1 state whether the proposed settlement is a class settlement or an individual settlement by 2 SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 AT NOON. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 Dated: September 8, 2016. WILLIAM ALSUP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 7 8 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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