Sanchez-Rodriquez, et al. v. Jacksons Farming Company of Autryville, et al.

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ORDER granting 39 Motion for Approval of Notice and method of Distribution to Potential Class Members. The Notice shall be distributed to the members of the class certified by this Court within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 1/23/2017. (Briggeman, N.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN DIVISION

CONSTANTINO SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ,
JOSE ALBERTO AGUILERA-HERNANDEZ,
ULISES EDGARDO CRUZ-GONZALEZ,
ESMITH GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ,
VALENTIN ALVARADO-HERNANDEZ,
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, and ESDRAS
SARI MENDIOLA-BORDES, on behalf of
themselves and all other similarly situated persons,
Plaintiffs,

v.
JACKSONS FARMING COMPANY OF
AUTRYVILLE alk/aJACKSON'S FARMING
COMPANY OF AUTRYVILLE, WILLIAM
BRENT JACKSON, and WILLIAM RODNEY
JACKSON,
Defendants.

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C. A. No. 7:16-cv-00028-D
CLASS ACTION

ORDER APPROVING NOTICE AND METHOD OF
DISTRIBUTION TO POTENTIAL CLASS MEMBERS
This matter is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of Notice and
Method of Distribution to Potential Class Members. In support oftheir Joint Motion, the parties
have filed a stipulated notice and method of distribution. The proposed content and method of
distribution for that notice are consistent with that previously approved for use in other similar
wage actions before the federal courts of this state. See Haywood v. Barnes, 109 F.R.D. 568
(E.D.N.C. 1986). They also appear to be reasonably calculated to provide the best notice
practicable under the circumstances of this case.
The proposed Notice is both a neutral and comprehensive document that fairly apprises
the class members of (i) the pendency of the class action, (ii) the substance of the litigation, (iii)

the reasons for compromising the claims, (iv) the terms of the proposed settlement, and (v) the
opportunity to withdraw. The Notice also provides the class members with an opportunity to
obtain any necessary further information and apprises them of their right to object to the
settlement, the objection deadline, and the date of the hearing on this Court's final approval, if
any, of the Settlement Agreement.
The Court therefore formally approves the content of the Notice attached to the Joint
Motion, as well as the method of distribution for the Notices to class members set out in the Joint
Motion. The Notice shall be distributed to the members of the class certified by this Court
within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order.
SO ORDERED.

This __1_l__ day of January 2017.

JAtis C. D~~rt!Jr Judge
Chief United States District

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this date a true and correct copy of the proposed Order Approving
Notice and Method of Distribution to Potential Class Members was electronically filed with the

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to all
counsel of record.

This_ day of January, 2017.

Is/ Paul H. Derrick
Paul H. Derrick

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