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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TITA RODAS, on behalf of herself and all 

others similarly situated, and on behalf of 

the general public, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MONETARY MANAGEMENT OF 

CALIFORNIA, INC., a Delaware 

corporation, and DOES 1 though 10, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-1389 TLN AC 

ORDER FOLLOWING INFORMAL 

TELEPHONIC CONFERENCE 

 Pending before the undersigned is a discovery dispute regarding plaintiff’s Interrogatory 

No. 8 and Request for Production No. 12, seeking “the names, addresses, and telephone numbers” 

of the prospective class members. Following unsuccessful meet-and-confer efforts, the parties 

agreed to an Informal Telephone Conference to resolve the dispute. The conference was held on 

January 6, 2015. Both sides having submitted the dispute, the undersigned rules as follows: 

 1. Defendant’s counsel shall, no later than January 20, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., provide to 

plaintiff’s counsel the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the putative class members, in 

compliance with plaintiff’s Interrogatory No. 8 and Request for Production No. 12. 

 2. The undersigned declines to limit the number of prospective class members whose 

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contact information defendant must provide to plaintiff’s counsel, to a random sampling, or 10% 

of the prospective class, or in any other way. The undersigned further declines to exclude those 

prospective class members who have signed arbitration agreements with defendant. The 

undersigned is aware that a motion to exclude those who have signed such agreements from the 

class is currently under submission to the Honorable Troy L. Nunley. See ECF No. 9. 

 3. Plaintiff may communicate with putative class members thus identified by 

defendant, but only under the following conditions: 

 a. Plaintiff’s communication must be neutral. 

 b. The contact information of the prospective class members is subject to the 

Stipulated Protective Order (ECF No. 11). 

 c. Plaintiff's counsel shall inform each prospective class member that he or 

she has the right not to talk to counsel and that, if he or she elects not to talk to counsel, plaintiff's 

counsel will terminate the contact and not contact them again. 

 d. Plaintiff's counsel must inform prospective class members that Monetary 

Management of California, Inc. was compelled by court order to disclose the contact information. 

 e. Plaintiff’s counsel must inform the prospective class members that the 

communication is confidential, however, this does not preclude the prospective class member 

from voluntarily giving a declaration to plaintiff’s counsel. 

 f. Plaintiff’s counsel must provide the prospective class members with the 

contact information of defendant's counsel, accompanied by a warning that defendant's counsel 

does not represent the prospective class members. 

 g. Plaintiff’s communication with prospective class members must be fair and 

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accurate, and must not be misleading, intimidating, or coercive. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 6, 2015 

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