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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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Stipulated Request to Amend Class Definition; Proposed Order Thereon

Hamidi, et al. v. SEIU Local 1000, et al., Case No. 2:14-cv-00319-WBS-KJN

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JEFFREY B. DEMAIN (SBN 126715)

EVE H. CERVANTEZ (SBN 164709)

P. CASEY PITTS (SBN 262463) 

Altshuler Berzon LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

jdemain@altshulerberzon.com

ecervantez@altshulerberzon.com

cpitts@altshulerberzon.com

YORK J. CHANG (SBN 220415)

ANNE M. GIESE (SBN 143934)

SEIU Local 1000

1808 14th Street

Sacramento, California 95811

Telephone: (916) 554-1279 

Facsimile: (916) 554-1292

ychang@seiu1000.org

agiese@seiu1000.org

Attorneys for Defendant 

Service Employees International Union, Local 1000

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KOUROSH KENNETH HAMIDI, et al., AND 

THE CLASS THEY SEEK TO REPRESENT

Plaintiffs,

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SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL 

UNION, LOCAL 1000, et al.;

Defendants.

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No. 2:14-cv-00319-WBS-KJN

STIPULATED REQUEST TO AMEND 

CLASS DEFINITION; PROPOSED ORDER 

THEREON

Hearing Date: N/A

Time: N/A

Courtroom: N/A

Judge: Hon. William B. Shubb

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TO THE COURT:

The parties to the above-captioned case hereby submit the following stipulated request to 

amend the class definition set forth in the Court’s May 22, 2015 Memorandum and Order Re: Motion 

for Class Certification and Appointment of Class Counsel, Docket No. 53:

1. The Court issued its Memorandum and Order Re: Motion for Class Certification and 

Appointment of Class Counsel (“Memorandum”), Docket No. 53, on May 22, 2015.

2. The Memorandum defines the certified class as follows, in relevant part: “all former, 

current and future State of California employees employed in Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 

20, and 21 who are, have been, or will be represented exclusively for purposes of collective bargaining 

by Local 1000, from June 2013 onward . . . .” Memorandum at 20:16-18.

3. The Memorandum also states, “The court retains the power to modify this definition, 

and it will be the duty of the parties’ counsel to call to the court’s attention any other necessary 

adjustments.” Id. at 5:6-8.

4. It appears from the definitions of the subclasses set forth in the Memorandum that the 

Court intended to limit the class to non-members of Local 1000 who were subject to a provision 

requiring that they have deducted from their wages agency fees as a condition of continued public 

employment. See Memorandum at 20:19 – 21:2. But the general class definition does not expressly 

exclude union members. Therefore, the parties, through their undersigned counsel, hereby respectfully 

request the Court to amend the class definition so as to clarify that the class is limited to state 

employees who, at any time during the class period, were represented by Local 1000 but were not 

members of Local 1000, and had agency fees deducted from their wages. (Thus, state employees who 

were represented by Local 1000 during the class period, but were members of Local 1000 for part of 

that time and non-members of Local 1000 for part of that time, are included in the class but only have 

damage claims for the period of time during which they were represented by Local 1000 but were not 

members of Local 1000.) The parties respectfully request that the Court do so by amending the 

Memorandum as follows:

A. Amending the class definition quoted above (Memorandum at 20:16-18) to add

the following underlined language: “all former, current and future State of 

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California employees employed in Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, 

and 21 who are, have been, or will be represented exclusively for purposes of 

collective bargaining by Local 1000 from June 2013 onward, but for some or all 

of that period were not members of Local 1000, . . . .”

B. Adding a new sentence to the Memorandum at 21:3, immediately following the 

class definition, stating as follows: “State employees who were represented by 

Local 1000 during the class period, but were members of Local 1000 for part of 

that time and non-members of Local 1000 for part of that time, are included in 

the class but only have claims for the period or periods during which they were 

represented by Local 1000 but were not members of Local 1000.”

5. The foregoing request is so stipulated and agreed between the parties to the abovecaptioned action, by among their undersigned counsel.

Dated: June 5, 2015. Respectfully submitted,

JEFFREY B. DEMAIN

EVE H. CERVANTEZ

P. CASEY PITTS

Altshuler Berzon LLP

YORK J. CHANG

ANNE M. GIESE

SEIU Local 1000

By: /s/ Jeffrey B. Demain 

 Jeffrey B. Demain

Attorneys for Defendant Service Employees 

International Union, Local 1000

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

MARK R. BECKINGTON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

KIM L. NGUYEN

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 209524

300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Telephone: (213) 897-5677

Facsimile: (213) 897-5775

E-mail: Kim.Nguyen@doj.ca.gov

By: /s/Kim Nguyen (as authorized on June 4, 2015)

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 Kim Nguyen

 

Attorneys for Defendant John Chiang, 

Controller of the State of California

W. JAMES YOUNG, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

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

Telephone: (916) 332-8122

Facsimile: (916) 332-8153

By: /s/W. James Young (as authorized on June 5, 2015) 

 W. James Young

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Class They Represent

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 5, 2015

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