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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 

CLASS NOTICE 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

PAUL ALEXANDER (SBN 49997) 

MELYSSA E. MINAMOTO (SBN 245458) 

275 Middlefield Rd. 

Menlo Park, CA 94025-3506 

Telephone: (650) 324-7000 

Facsimile: (650) 324-0638 

E-mail: paul.alexander@hellerehrman.com

LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 

OREN SELLSTROM (SBN 161074) 

ELISA DELLA-PIANA (SBN 226462) 

131 Steuart Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 543-9444 

Facsimile: (415) 543-0296 

E-mail: osellstrom@lccr.com

ACLU OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 

ALAN L. SCHLOSSER (SBN 49957) 

MICHAEL T. RISHER (SBN 191627) 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 621-2493 

Facsimile: (415) 255-8437 

E-mail: mrisher@aclunc.org

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA: FRESNO DIVISION 

Pamela Kincaid, Doug Deatherage, Charlene 

Clay, Cynthia Greene, Joanna Garcia, Randy 

Johnson, Sandra Thomas, Alphonso Williams, 

and Jeannine Nelson, Individually on Behalf of 

Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

City of Fresno, Alan Autry, Jerry Dyer, Greg 

Garner, Reynaud Wallace, John Rogers, Phillip 

Weathers, Will Kempton, James Province, Daryl 

Glenn, Individually and in Their Official 

Capacities; DOES 1-100, inclusive, 

Defendant. 

Civil Action No.: 06-CV-1445-OWW 

ORDER RE: NOTICE OF 

PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION 

AND PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION 

OF CLASS NOTICE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 

CLASS NOTICE 

This matter came before the Court at a Hearing on Class Notice on September 17, 

2007, at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to this Court’s Decision And Order Granting Plaintiffs’ 

Motion To Certify Class of August 14, 2007. 

Approval of the form and content of the Class Notice is HEREBY GRANTED 

and IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 

1. Proposed Form and Content of Notice. On September 17, 2007, at 11:00 

a.m., all parties appeared before the Court for the Hearing on Class Notice. The Class 

Notice attached as Exhibit A shall be distributed to Class Members as a one-page notice 

with text on both sides of the page, and an attached form of election to be excluded from the 

Class. This Notice shall also be translated into Spanish, which all Defendants shall have the 

opportunity to review prior to distribution. 

2. Plan for Communicating Notice to the Class. Plaintiffs shall distribute the 

Notice in the following manner: 

(a) Plaintiffs shall make a reasonable and diligent effort to personally 

provide the Notice to potential class members at the tents or other shelters of homeless 

people that can be located with reasonable effort in the City of Fresno; 

(b) Plaintiffs shall provide copies of the Notice to the St. Benedict Catholic 

Worker, the Poverello House, Naomi’s House and the Fresno Rescue Mission for 

distribution to homeless persons who come into contact with those organizations; 

(c) Plaintiffs shall publish the Notice in the Community Alliance, a free 

newspaper that is generally distributed to and read by homeless persons, among others; and 

(d) To the extent that Class Members have a known mailing address, 

Plaintiffs shall mail the Notice to that known address by first class mail. 

3. Timing of Notice. Plaintiffs shall begin providing notice in the manner 

described above within five (5) days after receiving the Court’s Order approving the form 

and content of the Notice and will complete their efforts to provide notice within 

approximately sixty (60) days thereof. Plaintiffs’ counsel shall advance the costs of notice, 

which they will claim as a recoverable cost in this matter. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 

CLASS NOTICE 

4. Certification That Notice Has Been Completed. Within thirty (30) days of 

the conclusion of the mailing, distribution, posting, and publishing of all notice, Class 

Counsel shall file and serve a sworn declaration specifying that Class Notice has been 

provided to members of the Class in the manner identified in Section Two supra. 

5. Administration of Notice. Class Counsel shall record any opt-outs that are 

received and maintain copies of any opt-out forms that are received. Class Counsel shall 

notify the Court and the Defendants of the identity of any potential Class member who 

requests to opt out as a Class member. Class Counsel shall retain copies of any 

communications it receives in response to the Class Notice until the final conclusion of the 

litigation. The Class may apply to seek and send supplemental notice in the event that 

additional potential Class members are discovered who should be included in the Class as 

approved by the Court’s Order dated August 14, 2007. 

6. Miscellaneous. To avoid confusion among class members, and by the 

agreement of all parties, this case shall remain titled Kincaid, et al. v City of Fresno, et al. , 

despite Ms. Kincaid’s death. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 28, 2007 _/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER____ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER RE: NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION AND PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 

CLASS NOTICE 

[Exhibit A] 

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