Ciuffitelli et al v. Deloitte & Touche LLP et al

Filing 566

ORDER - The Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Acosta's Findings & Recommendation 481 , and therefore, Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for Preliminary Approval of the Partial Settlement and Notice 350 is GRANTED. It is further Ordered that: (1) the "Class" as defined in Exhibit 1 (ECF 389-1) is provisionally certified; (2) the Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement and Providing for Notice (ECF 389-2) shall be entered; (3) the Plan of Allocation (ECF 389-3) is approved; (4) the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action (ECF 389-4) and the Summary Notice (ECF 389-5) are approved; (5) the Claims Administrator is approved; (6) the Court appoints Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Schlacter P.S. as Class Co-Lead counsel; and (7) the Proposed Schedule of Events set forth in the AmendedMotion is to be followed. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED this 29th day of May, 2019, by United States District Judge Marco A. Hernandez. (peg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
LAWRENCE P. CIUFFITELLI, for himself
and as a Trustee of CIUFFITELLI
REVOCABLE TRUST, et al.,

No. 3:16-cv-00580-AC

Plaintiffs
v.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, et al.

ORDER

Defendants
HERNANDEZ, District Judge:
Magistrate Judge Acosta issued a Findings & Recommendation (#481) in which he
recommends the Court grant Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for Preliminary Approval of the Partial
Settlement and Notice. Certain Defendants timely filed objections to the Findings &
Recommendation. The matter is now before me pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b).
When any party objects to any portion of the Magistrate Judge's Findings &
Recommendation, the district court must make a de novo determination of that portion of the
Magistrate Judge's report. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Dawson v. Marshall, 561 F.3d 930, 932 (9th

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Cir. 2009); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc).
I have carefully considered Defendants' objections and conclude there is no basis to
modify the Findings & Recommendation. I have also reviewed the pertinent portions of the
record de novo and find no other errors in the Magistrate Judge's Findings & Recommendation.
CONCLUSION
The Court ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Acosta's Findings & Recommendation [481], and
therefore, Plaintiffs' Amended Motion for Preliminary Approval of the Partial Settlement and
Notice [350] is granted. It is further Ordered that: (1) the "Class" as defined in Exhibit 1 (ECF
389-1) is provisionally certified; (2) the Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement and Providing
for Notice (ECF 389-2) shall be entered; (3) the Plan of Allocation (ECF 389-3) is approved; (4)
the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action (ECF 389-4) and the Summary
Notice (ECF 389-5) are approved; (5) the Claims Administrator is approved; (6) the Court
appoints Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Schlacter P.S. as
Class Co-Lead counsel; and (7) the Proposed Schedule of Events set forth in the Amended
Motion is to be followed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this

day of

MARCO A. HERNANDEZ
United States District Judge

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, 2019.