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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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REVISED [PROPOSED] ORDER FINALLY 

APPROVING PROPOSED CLASS ACTION 

SETTLEMENT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JASMIN GERLACH, and REGGIE Case No. C-05-0585-CW 

PLACE, on behalf of themselves and those 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

WELLS FARGO & CO., WELLS FARGO 

BANK, N.A., AND WELLS FARGO 

SERVICES COMPANY, 

 Defendants. 

REVISED ORDER: (1) FINALLY 

APPROVING CLASS ACTION 

SETTLEMENT AND PLAN OF 

DISTRIBUTION; (2) ENTERING FINAL 

JUDGMENT; (3) APPROVING 

SERVICE PAYMENT TO NAMED 

PLAINTIFF REGGIE PLACE; (4) 

APPROVING THE PAYMENT OF 

REASONABLE COSTS TO THE 

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR; AND (5) 

RESERVING JUDGMENT 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., 

 Counterclaimant, 

vs. 

JASMIN GERLACH, 

 Counterdefendant. 

Date: January 19, 2007 

Time: 10:00a.m. 

Place: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

Hon. Claudia Wilken 

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 WHEREAS, the Court having considered the Joint Stipulation of Settlement (“Settlement 

Agreement”), a full copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1, and having preliminarily 

approved the same on October 6, 2006; and 

WHEREAS, the Court having entered an Order directing that notice be given to the 

Classes, and notice having been individually mailed to the Classes, and the Court having 

conducted a Fairness Hearing concerning the proposed settlement; and 

WHEREAS, the Court having reviewed the entire record of this action, and good cause 

appearing; 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

1. To the extent they are defined in the Settlement Agreement, attached hereto as 

Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference, the terms in this Order shall have the meanings 

set forth therein. 

2. The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action, the Defendants, 

and the Classes. 

3. The Court has determined that the notice given to the Classes fully and accurately 

informed all persons in the classes of all material elements of the proposed settlement, constituted 

the best notice practicable under the circumstances, constituted valid, due and sufficient notice to 

all Class Members, and complied fully with Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the 

United States Constitution, and any other applicable laws. 

4. The Court finally approves the Settlement Agreement as fair, reasonable and 

adequate in all respects to the Class Members pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedures, and orders the parties to consummate settlement in accordance with the terms of the 

Settlement Agreement. 

5. The Plan of Distribution as set forth in the Settlement Agreement providing for the 

distribution of the Net Settlement Fund to Class Members is approved as being fair, reasonable, 

and adequate to the Settlement Class Members pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

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6. The Court approves the payment of $15,000 to Class Representative Reggie Place. 

This payment is for his service on behalf of the Classes which required of him substantial time 

and effort, as detailed in the papers submitted by Class Counsel. This payment is in addition to 

any amounts due him under the terms of the Plan of Distribution. The Court orders that this 

payment be made to him by Defendants in accordance with the terms of the Settlement 

Agreement. 

7. The Court approves the payment of reasonable costs to the Claims Administrator, 

Settlement Services, Inc., not to exceed $70,000. In the event that the Claims Administrator’s 

reasonable costs of administering this settlement exceed $70,000, the Claims Administrator shall 

file a declaration with the Court explaining the basis for the costs above $70,000 and seeking 

approval for payment of the additional reasonable costs out of the amount remaining from the Net 

Settlement Payment. 

8. The Court grants Plaintiffs’ request to deem all Opt-Out Forms which were 

properly submitted and postmarked by December 11, 2006 as valid, regardless of whether the 

Opt-Out Forms were accompanied by a photocopy of valid government-issued photo 

identification (as agreed to by the parties). In the event that a Class Member who submitted an 

Opt-Out Form without picture identification contests the validity of his or her opt-out, he or she 

will be required to prove by clear and convincing evidence that his or her Opt-Out Form was 

executed by someone else without his or her knowledge. 

9. The Court grants Plaintiffs’ request to deem the one timely submitted opt-out 

request which was submitted on a form other than the Opt-Out Form and without picture 

identification as valid. This Opt-Out request was submitted by Yolanda G. Rangel. 

10. The Court grants Plaintiffs’ request to deem all Opt-Out Forms which were not 

properly submitted and postmarked by December 11, 2006 as invalid. 

11. The Court grants Plaintiffs’ request to deem the two Opt-Out Form rescissions 

which were postmarked on December 12, 2006 as valid. 

12. The Court certifies that the Class Members named below timely submitted valid 

Opt-Out Forms and will be excluded from the Settlement: 

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Amisha Amin, Stacey R. Anderson, William D. Appleby, Timothy A. Appleget, William 

T. Beddingfield, Daniel Shane Biesemeyer, Stephanie A. Binney, Katherine Bober, Darla 

R. Bonjour, Marvin K. Bricker, Pamela Kay Brownd, Brad S. Bunker, Pamela A. 

Bushman, Yolanda R. Califana, Tina Marie Camacho, Jennifer A. Chapeau, Jodi D. 

Cioara, Barbara J. Coopey, Bonnie Craig, Brad J. Crider, Lisa B. Davis, Jolynn Debry, 

Cynthia L. Deziel, Ryan M. Diersen, Donna V. Dodge, Richard L. Eldridge, Christine D. 

Fraser, Autumn Ganley, Diane L. Gault, Susan M. Gentry Frische, David Grant, Christine 

V. Gray, Donna M. Greer, Mark P. Gustin, James Roy Hall, Anne M. Hess, Gina M. 

Hilderbrand, Rhonda A. Hinkle, Kimberly Jean Holman, Judy Lynn Izzard, Ramona A. 

Jacobsen, Howard W. Jacobson, Jeff J. Jaeger, Alicia Kahler, Elissa R. Kasper, Jean L. 

Kass, Jacquelyn Elizabeth Kimball, Beverly J. Knutson, Debra L. Koch, Michele M. 

Kofoed, Linda Kutka, Helen K. Lee, Jonathan Dickson Lofgren, Billie D. Logan, 

Christopher A. Lopez, Julie Ann Luloff, Kelly-Sue Malmquist, Mark L. Manning, Jamie 

Jo McCarthy, Kelsey N. McDonald, Sara S. McDonald, Ruth A. McGee, Lilyrose 

Mekjian, Angel D. Melvin, Sarah R. Miller, Tiffani A. Montez, Tana L. Moore, Kevin M. 

Murphy, Chi Lien Natividad, Mark B. Nemzek, Leilani Nett, Julie A. Omo, Wendy M. 

O’Neil, Maylene A. Park, Jason D. Pommrehn, Paul J. Pommrehn, Ann M. Radcliffe, 

Yolanda G. Rangel, Debra K. Riser, Monica Rodriguez, Catherine J. Roerig, Christine 

Josephine Rusin, Deborah K. Sailer, Swapnil Salunke, Jamie E. Schaeffer, Gerrit P. 

Schuller, Jodi L. Schanno, Marina B. Shulman, Anthony O. Soto, Debra Faye Spencer, 

Wendy L. Spooner, Brian Stangl, Kyle Douglas Stegh, Lane Strandberg, Pamela A. 

Subject, Brenda L. Svoboda, Sandra L. Swoverland, Carol L. Thompson, Ronald G. Tiff, 

Carol L. Thompson, Ronald G. Tiff, Ling To, Ranee L. Van Gelder, Valerie D. Vanduser, 

Linda Venaglia, Michael A. Walton, Roberta Lynn Weaver, Janis D. Williams, Susan J. 

Willis, Colleen M. Wojciechowski, Tena L. Woodcock, Sheila L. Wulf-Romero, Cynthia 

A. Wylie, Carolyne M. Yerger, and Christie L. Zamora. 

13. The Court certifies that the Class Members named below untimely submitted OptOut Forms and will be bound by the terms of the Settlement: 

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Cynthia Jo Longnecker, Natalie J. Monsen, and Jeffrey Ney. 

14. The Court certifies that the Class Members named below submitted valid Opt-Out 

Form rescission requests and shall be bound by the terms of the Settlement: 

Desmond O’Callaghan and Tammy McCauley. 

15. The Court orders the Claims Administrator to file a final distribution plan, setting 

forth each participating Class Members’ proportionate share of the Settlement Payment, under 

seal with the Court upon final distribution of the Settlement Fund. 

16. The Court reserves exclusive and continuing jurisdiction over the class action, the 

Named Plaintiffs, the Classes, and the Defendants for the purposes of (a) supervising the 

implementation, enforcement, construction, and interpretation of the Settlement Agreement, the 

Preliminary Approval Order, the distribution of Settlement Payments, the Final Judgment, and 

this Order; and (b) hearing and determining the application by Class Counsel for an award of 

attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 19, 2007 ____________________________ 

 Claudia Wilken 

 United States District Court Judge 

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