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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING CLASS NOTICE — Case No. CIV-S-99-2176 WBS DAD PAGE - 1

W. JAMES YOUNG, Esq.

c/o National Right to Work Legal

Defense Foundation, Inc.

8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600

Springfield, Virginia 22160

(703) 321-8510

STEVEN R. BURLINGHAM, Esq.

California Bar No. 88544

Gary, Till & Burlingham

5330 Madison Avenue, Suite F

Sacramento, California 95841

(916) 332-8122

Facsimile — (916) 332-8153

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS AND THE CLASS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

CHRISTINE A. CUMMINGS; et al., ON BEHALF OF

THEMSELVES AND THE CLASS THEY REPRESENT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KATHLEEN CONNELL, Controller, State of

California; et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. CIV-S-99-2176 WBS DAD

ORDER APPROVING CLASS NOTICE

This matter comes before the Court on the Joint Motion for Approval of Class Notice. The

Court has considered said Motion and the proposed Class Notice, and finds that the proposed Class

Notice satisfies all requirements of Rule 23(h), FED.R.CIV.P.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the proposed Class Notice attached to said Motion is

approved.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Controller of the State of California shall cooperate with

Defendant SEIU Local 1000 in facilitating distribution of the nominal damages award

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING CLASS NOTICE — Case No. CIV-S-99-2176 WBS DAD PAGE - 2

contemporaneously with the Class Notice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Controller of the State of California and Defendant SEIU

Local 1000 cooperate to distribute the nominal damages payments and the Class Notice that the Court

has approved within seven weeks of the date of this Order. Upon completion of said mailing, the State

Controller and/or Defendant SEIU Local 1000 shall promptly submit to the Court a certification

confirming the date upon which the mailing of the Class Notice was completed.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING CLASS NOTICE — Case No. CIV-S-99-2176 WBS DAD PAGE - 3

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for filing the fee Petition shall be fourteen (14)

days after the date that the last Class Notice was mailed or the filing of the certification as to mailing,

whichever is later.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 13, 2006

SEEN AND AGREED,

/s/ W. James Young

W. JAMES YOUNG, Esq.

c/o National Right to Work Legal

Defense Foundation, Inc.

8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600

Springfield, Virginia 22160

(703) 321-8510

Facsimile — (703) 321-9319

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS AND THE CLASS

/s/ Jeffrey B. Demain

JEFFREY B. DEMAIN, Esq.

Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94108

(415) 421-7151

Facsimile — (415) 362-8064

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT SEIU LOCAL 1000

/s/ Leslie R. Lopez

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General of the State of California

LESLIE R. LOPEZ, Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street

Post Office Box 944255

Sacramento, California 94244-0973

ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT KATHLEEN CONNELL/STEVE WESTLY

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Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 13:26:30 PM

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, W. James Young, counsel for Plaintiffs, hereby certify that I electronically filed with the

Clerk of Court the foregoing [Proposed] Order Approving Class Notice, using the CM/ECF system

which will send notification of such filing to Defendants’ counsel, this 11th day of August, 2006.

 /s/ W. James Young 

W. JAMES YOUNG

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