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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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[PROP] ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SETTLEMENT Case No. 2:14-CV-00484-CKD 1

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Galen T. Shimoda (Cal. State Bar No. 226752)

Justin P. Rodriguez (Cal. State Bar No. 278275)

Shimoda Law Corp.

9401 E. Stockton Blvd., Suite 200

Elk Grove, CA 95624

Telephone: (916) 525-0716

Facsimile: (916) 760-3733

Email: attorney@shimodalaw.com

jrodriguez@shimodalaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff LAURIE KURSAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAURIE KURSAR, an individual

Plaintiff,

 vs.

MARIAH RESOURCES, INC., a California 

Corporation; CORY KASINGER, as an 

individual; JAMES KASINGER, as an 

individual; and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-CV-00484-CKD

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE 

WITH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Date: August 12, 2015

Judge: Hon. Carolyn K. Delaney

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Crtm.: 24

Complaint Filed: February 13, 2014

Trial Date: Not set

Plaintiff LAURIE KURSAR (“Plaintiff”) filed this Motion alleging that Defendants 

MARIAH RESOURCES, INC., CORY KASINGER, and JAMES KASINGER (collectively referred 

to as “Defendants”) breached the written settlement agreement signed by the parties and requesting 

this Court to compel and order Defendants to comply with the terms of the settlement agreement 

pursuant to this Court’s equitable power to enforce settlement agreements in cases pending before it. 

Plaintiff also sought reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred as a result of filing the motion 

pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement and California Civil Code section 1717. Plaintiff 

also requested interest pursuant to California Civil Code section 3829 at the rate of ten percent 

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(10%) per annum accruing as of the date of the breach and continuing thereafter until the payment 

due is made. The Court, having received and considered Plaintiff’s motion, the memorandum of

points and authorities in support thereof, the declaration in support thereof, exhibits, the settlement 

agreement, other evidence, and the opposition, HEREBY ORDERS AND MAKES 

DETERMINATIONS AS FOLLOWS:

1. THE PARTIES REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON ALL MATERIAL TERMS AND 

DEFENDANT’S BREACHED THE AGREEMENT

The Court has reviewed the settlement agreement (“Agreement”), which has been included 

with Plaintiff’s Motion and is incorporated into this order by reference. The Court finds that it is 

complete, contains all the material terms, and the parties agreed upon those terms and intended to be 

bound by them.

The Court also finds that Defendants breached the settlement agreement by failing to make 

the first installment payment of $40,000 on June 26, 2015. The opposition fails to demonstrate good 

cause for failing to comply with the settlement agreement. Defendants are hereby ordered to make 

this payment to Plaintiff in the manner outlined in the Agreement immediately. If Defendants have 

failed to tender this payment within three (3) calendar days of this order, they will be subject to 

further sanction and contempt of Court proceedings as this Court deems appropriate. Similarly, 

Defendants are hereby ordered that they shall make the second installment payment under the 

settlement agreement by the date due or they may be subject to sanction and contempt of Court 

proceedings as this Court deems appropriate.

2. PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS 

INCURRED IN BRINGING THIS MOTION AND INTEREST ON THE UNPAID 

AMOUNT DUE

The Court finds that Plaintiff is entitled to costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in 

bringing this Motion. The Court finds the rates of $275 per hour for attorney Justin P. Rodriguez 

and $75 per hour for law clerk Brittany Berzin to be reasonable and that the hours claimed as stated 

in the motion and supporting declaration are reasonable. The Court finds the estimated costs of 

$22.40 to be reasonable as well. In total, the Court awards $5,222.40 in reasonable attorneys’ fees 

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and costs incurred in bringing this Motion pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement and 

California Civil Code section 1717. 

The Court orders that Defendants shall also pay interest on the unpaid $40,000 sum due at 

the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum accruing as of the date of the breach and continuing 

thereafter until payment is made. The additional amounts for interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs, 

shall be paid within three (3) calendar days of this order.

The hearing date of August 12, 2015 is vacated.

Dated: July 30, 2015

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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