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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELIZABETH EIESS,

Plaintiff,

v.

USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-00108-EMC 

ORDER REQUESTING 

INFORMATION FROM THE PARTIES

Docket No. 47

Before the Court will approve the parties’ Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, Docket No. 47, 

the Court requests information from the parties about the scope and nature of the publicity 

associated with this putative class action. As Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) compels: “A 

class action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of 

the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to all members of the class in such manner as 

the court directs.” This requirement “is to protect the interests of absent plaintiffs before 

permitting dismissal.” Schultzen v. Woodbury Cent. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 217 F.R.D. 469, 470 (N.D. 

Iowa 2003). Although “the class has not been certified . . . ‘[t]his requirement [to act as the 

guardian of the rights of class members still] applies.’” Id. (citing Diaz v. Trust Territory of 

Pacific Islands, 876 F.2d 1401, 1407 (9th Cir. 1989)); see also Tombline v. Wells Fargo Bank, 

N.A., No. 13-CV-04567-JD, 2014 WL 5140048, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 10, 2014) (noting that “this 

Court will follow Diaz” to evaluate the proposed dismissal as “this approach is consistent with 

Rule 23(e) as it exists today”). Thus, in order to ensure that the interests of the absent plaintiffs 

are appropriately safeguarded, and to safeguard against any misplaced reliance on this suit and any 

consequential tolling of the statute of limitations, the parties shall file by November 27, 2019, a 

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description of the scope of publicity and nature of the information shared with the public and 

putative class members about this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 21, 2019

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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