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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ADAN ORTIZ, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GENCO I, INC., 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 16-cv-4601-YGR 

CASE NO. 17-cv-03692-YGR 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: MOTION FOR 

FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION 

SETTLEMENT 

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

You are HEREBY ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why: 

(1) the date for hearing on the Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement and 

for Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses in the above-captioned actions should not be 

Continued 120 days; (2) the deadlines to object, opt-out, or submit a claim form, should not be 

extended 90 days from the date of the Court’s order on this OSC; and (3) the parties should not be 

ordered to provide such additional notices as this Court may order to ensure that the provisionally 

certified classes received adequate notice and opportunity to opt-out, object, or make a claim 

under the terms of the proposed class action settlements in these actions. 

The parties shall submit a written joint response to the Order to Show Cause no later than 

November 27, 2018. A hearing on this Order to Show Cause will be held on Tuesday, December 

4, 2018, on the Court’s 2:01 p.m. Calendar, in the Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, 

California, in Courtroom 1. 

The Court’s Order of August 13, 2018 (Dkt. No. 70) directed dissemination of the Class 

Notice, Postcard Notice, Request for Exclusion; and FLSA Opt-In Claim Form in the manner 

provided in the settlement agreement, and on the timetable set forth therein. The Order included a 

hearing date of December 11, 2018, for the Motion for Final Approval and the Motion for 

Attorney’s Fees and Costs. However, counsel noticed these motions for November 27, 2018, on 

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the Court’s calendar. While the Court has now corrected the hearing date by way of a clerk’s 

notice on the dockets of these actions, It is unclear from the materials submitted to date whether 

the notices sent to class members included the erroneous November date or the correct December 

11, 2018 date. 

Further, the documents submitted in support of the Motion for Final Approval (Dkt. No. 

71) raise concerns that the notice program ordered by the Court was not followed. For instance, 

the declaration of Amanda Myette of Rust Consulting, Inc. states that “[a] website was created and 

a web address was included in the Class Notice for viewing, downloading and or/printing the 

Class Notice, Claim Forms, and Exclusion Forms from the Settlement and obtaining information 

about the proposed Settlement. The web address included in the Class Notice was 

www.gencosettlements.com.” (Decl. Myette, Dkt. No. 71-3, ¶ 7.) 

As of the date of this Order to Show Cause, the website at www.gencosettlements.com 

does not provide links to the long-form Class Notice, Claim Form, or Exclusion Form, but only to 

the Background Check Class Postcard Notice (which notice refers recipients to the 

gencosettlements.com website for further information and the complete Class Notice). In 

addition, the website’s “Home” page text incorrectly states the case number for the Wage and 

Hour Lawsuit (i.e., “This case involves two Lawsuits, the Background Check Lawsuit (Case No. 

3:17-cv-03692-YGR) and the Wage and Hour Lawsuit (Case No. 4:17-cv-03692-YGR),” emphasis 

supplied). Finally, the website’s link to “Court Documents” provides only the text of the Motion 

for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement and for Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, 

omitting the documents submitted in support of the requested fees and costs, and noticing the 

hearing for the incorrect November 27, 2018 date. 

Based upon the foregoing, the Court ORDERS that the parties submit a joint written 

response on the issues stated herein, including any declarations or documentary evidence to 

support their response, no later than November 27, 2018. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: November 15, 2018 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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