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ORDER re: 195 MOTION for Attorney Fees. The Motion is GRANTED. It is HEREBY ORDERED: Class Counsel shall be paid $40,571,759.70 out of the Class Settlement Fund pursuant to Paragraph 5.A of the Stipulation and Agreement of Compromise and Settlement (Settlement Agreement, Doc. 172-2) and Paragraph 1 of the Amended Final Judgment. Each Class Representative - James Tennille, Robert Smet, Adelaida DeLeon, and Yamilet Rodriguez - shall be paid $7,500.00 out of the Class Settlement Fund pursuant to Paragraphs 4.A and 4.C of the Settlement Agreement and Paragraph 1 of the Amended Final Judgment. The Class Settlement Fund shall be funded, and Class Counsel and Class Representatives shall be paid out of the Class Settlement Fund, in the time and manner set forth in the Settlement Agreement, by Judge John L. Kane on 10/15/2014. (athom, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge John L. Kane
Civil Action No. 09-cv-00938-JLK consolidated with No. 10-cv-00765-JLK
JAMES P. TENNILLE, ROBERT SMET, ADELAIDA DELEON AND YAMILET
RODRIGUEZ, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY and WESTERN UNION FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Kane, J.
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion of Class Counsel for
Approval of Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and Expenses and for Approval of Incentive Awards
(Doc. 195). For the reasons set forth in this Court’s September 23, 2014 Order
Modifying Magistrate Judge’s Recommendation re Attorney Fees (Doc. 363), the Motion
is GRANTED. The Court found at the Fairness Hearing that approximately
$135,239,199.14 will be deposited into the Class Settlement Fund. (Amended Final
Judgment and Order of Dismissal (“Amended Final Judgment,” Doc. 256) ¶ 13;
Declaration of Nicki Orr (Doc. 248) at Ex. 1.) Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED:
1.

Class Counsel shall be paid $40,571,759.70 out of the Class Settlement

Fund pursuant to Paragraph 5.A of the Stipulation and Agreement of Compromise and

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Settlement (“Settlement Agreement,” Doc. 172-2) and Paragraph 1 of the Amended Final
Judgment.
2.

Each Class Representative—James Tennille, Robert Smet, Adelaida

DeLeon, and Yamilet Rodriguez— shall be paid $7,500.00 out of the Class Settlement
Fund pursuant to Paragraphs 4.A and 4.C of the Settlement Agreement and Paragraph 1
of the Amended Final Judgment.
3.

The Class Settlement Fund shall be funded, and Class Counsel and Class

Representatives shall be paid out of the Class Settlement Fund, in the time and manner
set forth in the Settlement Agreement.

DONE AND SIGNED this 15th day of October, 2014.
BY THE COURT:

s/John L. Kane
SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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