Takiguchi et al v. MRI International, Inc. et al

Filing 430

ORDER granting ECF No. 428 Stipulation Re: Notice of Class Certification. Signed by Judge Howard D. McKibben on 5/9/16. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JC)

1 James E. Gibbons (State Bar No. 130631)
MANNING & KASS
2 ELLROD, RAMIREZ, TRESTER LLP
801 S. Figueroa St, 15th Floor
3 Los Angeles, California 90017-3012
Telephone: [phone]
4 Facsimile: [phone]
5 Robert W. Cohen (pro hac vice)
Cal. State Bar No. 150310
6 Mariko Taenaka (pro hac vice)
Cal. State Bar No. 273895
7 LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT W. COHEN, APC
1875 Century Park East, Suite 1770
8 Los Angeles, CA 90067
9 James Olson-State Bar No. 116
OLSON, CANNON, GORMLEY & DESRUISSEAUX
10 9950 W. Cheyenne Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89129
11 Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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15 SHIGE TAKIGUCHI, FUMI NONAKA,
MITSUAKI TAKITA, KAORUKO KOIZUMI,
16 TATSURO SAKAI, SHIZUKO ISHIMORI,
YOKO HATANO, YUKO NAKAMURA,
17 HIDEHITO MIURA, YOSHIKO TAZAKI,
MASAAKI MORIYA, HATSUNE HATANO,
18 SATORU MORIYA, HIDENAO TAKAMA,
SHIGERU KURISU, SAKA ONO, KAZUHIRO
19 MATSUMOTO, KAYA HATANAKA, IROKA
YAMAJIRI, KIYOHARU YAMAMOTO,
20 JUNKO YAMAMOTO, KOICHI INOUE,
AKIKO NARUSE, TOSHIMASA NOMURA,
21 and RITSU YURIKUSA, Individually and On
Behalf of All Others Similarity Situated,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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MRI INTERNATIONAL, INC., EDWIN J.
25 FUJINAGA, JUNZO SUZUKI, PAUL
MUSASHI SUZUKI, LVT, INC., dba
26 STERLING ESCROW, and DOES 1-500,
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Case No. 2:13-cv-01183-JAD-VCF
HDM-VCF
ORDER GRANTING
STIPULATATION AND ORDER RE:
NOTICE OF CLASS CERTIFICATION

Defendants.

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PROPOSED NOTICE OF CLASS CERTIFICATION

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Pursuant to the Court's Order Granting Class Certification (Dkt. 404) and the hearing held

2 on May 6, 2016, the parties submit the attached revised Notice of Class Certification. A copy of
3 the revised notice is attached as Exhibit A
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Because virtually all of the class members are Japanese citizens, and due to the time

5 difference between California (class counsel’s location) and Japan, as well as the language barrier
6 between class members and Class Counsel, the proposed Notice includes contact information for
7 Class Counsel’s Japanese liaison attorneys (MRI Victims Attorney Group aka MRI Higai
8 Bengodan), to respond to questions from class members.
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Once the Court approves the proposed notice, Class Counsel will translate the notice into

10 Japanese for dissemination in Japan. The notice will be disseminated within forty-five (45) days
11 from the Court’s approval by regular mail and by publication in the Saneki Shimbun, a Japanese
12 business-oriented newspaper with national circulation. Due to the high expense of publishing the
13 full notice, the parties suggest that only the attached summary notice be submitted for publication.
14 A copy of the summary notice is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
15 Dated: May 9, 2016

MANNING & KASS
ELLROD, RAMIREZ, TRESTER LLP

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By:

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/s/ James Gibbons
JAMES E. GIBBONS
STEVEN J. RENICK

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ZACCARO MORGAN LLP

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By:

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/s/ Nicolas Morgan
NICOLAS MORGAN
Attorneys for Defendants Junzo
Suzuki and Paul Suzuki

HITZKE & ASSOCIATES

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/s/ Erick Ferran
ERICK FERRAN
Attorneys for Defendants MRI
International, Inc. and Edwin Y.
Fujinaga

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PROPOSED NOTICE OF CLASS CERTIFICATION

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LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT A.
GOLDSTEIN

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By:

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/s/ Robert Goldstein
ROBERT A. GOLDSTEIN
Attorneys for Defendant LVT, Inc.,
dba Sterling Escrow

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The stipulation of the parties
6 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, (#428) is GRANTED. The proposed class notice filed
IT IS SO ORDERED.
on May 9, 2016, is hereby APPROVED.
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May 9, 2016
DATED: ________________________

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Hon. Howard D. McKibben
United States District Judge

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