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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MALINA KINDT, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AEROVIAS DE MXICO, S.A. DE C.V, 

et al.,

Defendants.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

REGARDING SETTLEMENT 

AGREEMENT, AND SETTING 

FAIRNESS HEARING

Re: Dkt. No. 37

The parties filed a stipulation of dismissal without prejudice on April 6, 2018. Dkt. 

No. 37. 

The parties cite Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e), stating that Court approval 

of the settlement agreement is not required for dismissal of a pre-certification class action. 

Id. at 2. Ninth Circuit precedent states otherwise. Lane v. Facebook, Inc., 696 F.3d 811, 

819 (9th Cir. 2012) (requiring, in a pre-certification class action, that district courts

evaluate the fairness of settlements “to ensure that class representatives and their counsel 

do not secure a disproportionate benefit at the expense of the unnamed plaintiffs who class 

counsel had a duty to represent” (internal citations and quotations marks omitted)). 

However, the Court will give the parties an opportunity to persuade the Court why it 

should not apply Lane here, if they desire.

The parties are thus ORDERED to, by April 16, 2018: (1) produce to the Court the 

settlement agreement, or (2) file with the Court a brief, not to exceed 3 pages, stating why 

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the Court should not apply Lane. 

The Court will hold a hearing on the fairness of the settlement agreement on April 

18, 2018, during the already-scheduled 10:00 a.m. case management conference.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 9, 2018 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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