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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

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Shaun Setareh (SBN 204514)

 shaun@setarehlaw.com

William M. Pao (SBN 219846)

 william@setarehlaw.com

Alexandra R. McIntosh (SBN 320904)

 alex@setarehlaw.com

SETAREH LAW GROUP

315 South Beverly Drive, Suite 315

Beverly Hills, California 90212

Telephone (310) 888-7771

Facsimile (310) 888-0109

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ANDREW QUIRUZ

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ANDREW QUIRUZ, on behalf of himself, all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff,

vs.

SPECIALTY COMMODITIES, INC., a North 

Dakota corporation; ARCHER DANIELS

MIDLAND COMPANY, a business entity form 

unknown; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:17-cv-03300-BLF

Assigned For All Purposes To The Honorable 

Beth Labson Freeman, Courtroom 3

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS 

ACTION SETTLEMENT

[Filed Concurrently with Plaintiff’s First 

Amended Notice of Motion and Motion for 

Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 

and Certification of Settlement Class, and 

Declaration of Shaun Setareh]

Date: April 2, 2020

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Place: Courtroom 3

Action Filed: May 3, 2017

Date of Removal: June 7, 2017

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Plaintiff ANDREW QUIRUZ (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action 

Settlement came on regularly for hearing before the Honorable Beth Labson Freeman.

After full consideration of all the materials filed in support of the Motion, and GOOD 

CAUSE APPEARING THEREFROM, the Court makes the following findings and orders:

1. The Court GRANTS preliminary approval of the Settlement pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. 

Proc. 23 based upon the terms set forth in the Settlement Agreement (“Settlement” or 

“Settlement Agreement”) attached to the Declaration of Shaun Setareh.

2. The Settlement as proposed appears to be fair and reasonable and to provide 

significant benefit to the Settlement Classes and the California FLSA Collective.

3. The Settlement was reached through good faith and arm’s length negotiation with the 

assistance of an experienced mediator.

4. Named Plaintiff ANDREW QUIRUZ is a suitable class representative and is

appointed as the Class Representative for the Settlement Class.

5. Named Plaintiff’s counsel, Shaun Setareh and William M. Pao of the Setareh Law 

Group, is experienced in matters of this nature and is appointed as Class Counsel for 

the Settlement Class.

6. The proposed Settlement Class and the California FLSA Collective defined in the 

Settlement are provisionally certified for purposes of the settlement only.

7. The notice provision in the Settlement is constitutionally sound because individual 

notices will be mailed to all class members whose identities are known to the parties, 

and such notice is the best notice practicable. The proposed Notice of Class Action 

Settlement (filed as ECF Nos. 88 and 89) is sufficient to inform Class Members of 

the terms of the Settlement, their rights under the Settlement, their rights to object to 

the Settlement, their rights to dispute their number of workweeks, and their rights to 

elect not to participate in the Settlement; the processes for doing so; and the date and 

location of the final approval hearing, and are therefore approved.

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8. A Final Approval Hearing on the question of whether the proposed Settlement,

attorneys’ fees and costs to Class Counsel, payment to the Labor & Workforce

Development Agency, and the Named Plaintiffs’ enhancement awards should be

finally approved as fair, reasonable, and adequate as to the members of the Class is

scheduled in Courtroom 3 of this Court on September 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

9. The Court approves, as to form and content, the Notice of Class Action Settlement, in 

substantially the forms filed at ECF Nos. 88 and 89. The Court approves the

procedure for Settlement Class members to participate in, to opt out of, and to object

to, the Settlement as set forth in the Class Notice.

10. The Court directs the mailing of the Class Notice Packet to all Settlement Class

members by First-Class Mail.

11. To facilitate administration of the Settlement pending final approval, the Court

hereby enjoins Plaintiffs and all Settlement Class members from filing or prosecuting

any claims, suits or administrative proceedings regarding claims released by the

Settlements unless and until such Settlement Class members have filed valid written

requests for exclusion with the Settlement Administrator and the time for filing

claims with the Settlement Administrator has elapsed.

12. The Court orders the following Implementation Schedule for further proceedings:

a. Deadline for Defendants to submit Settlement Class Member contact

information to Settlement Administrator: April 24, 2020.

b. Deadline for Settlement Administrator to mail the Class Notice Packet to

Settlement Class Members: May 15, 2020.

c. Deadline for submission of California FLSA Collective Opt-In Consent

Forms: June 30, 2020.

d. Deadline for Settlement Class Members to postmark Requests for Exclusion,

and disputes regarding the number of workweeks/paystubs: June 30, 2020 

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e. Deadline for Settlement Class Members to postmark Objection to settlement:

August 20, 2020.

f. Deadline for Class Counsel to file Motion for Final Approval of Class Action

Settlements: August 6, 2020

g. Final Fairness and Approval Hearing: September 10, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. 

13. The Court retains jurisdiction over the parties to enforce the terms of the judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 3, 2020

Honorable Beth Labson Freeman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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