Perez v. Leprino Foods Company ( 2021 )

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 | JOHN PEREZ, on behalf of himself and on behalf of all other similarly situated 7 | individuals, CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00686-A WI-BAM 8 Plaintiff, ORDER ON JOINT AMENDED CLASS 9 v. NOTICE AND DISTRIBUTION PLAN 10 | LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation; LEPRINO FOODS (Doc. No. 80) 11 | DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation; and DOES 1-50, 12 | inclusive, 13 Defendants. 14 15 ORDER 16 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Amended Class Notice and Distribution Plan (Doc. 17 | No. 80), which was timely filed in response to an order requiring its submission (Doc. No. 79). 18 | The Court finds that the amended class notice (Doc. No. 80-1), the amended exclusion form (Doc. 19 | No. 80-2), and the proposed distribution plan (Doc. No. 80) clearly and concisely state in plain, 20 | easily understood language the information required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21 |23(c)(2)(B), and are drafted such that due process will be afforded to absent class members, 22 Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts, 472 U.S. 797, 812 (1985). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY 23 |ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Amended Class Notice and Distribution Plan is APPROVED. 24 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. ; 26 Dated: _ March 25, 2021 Z Cb ut _-SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE 27 28