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Nature of Suit Code: 790
Nature of Suit: Other Labor Litigation
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT STIPULATION RE: FINAL APPROVAL SCHEDULE AND AMENDED NOTICE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VIET BUI and CHRISTINA AVALOSREYES, individually and on behalf of all 

other similarly situated employees, and on 

behalf of the general public,

Plaintiffs,

 vs.

SPRINT CORPORATION, a SPRINT 

COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P., a 

Delaware Corporation; SPRINT/UNITED 

MANAGEMENT CO., a Delaware 

Corporation; and DOES 1 through 20, 

inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:14-CV-02461-TLN-AC

CLASS ACTION

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

STIPULATION REGARDING 

IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR 

ADMINISTRATION AND FINAL 

APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION 

SETTLEMENT AND AMENDED CLASS 

NOTICE

Hon. Troy L. Nunley

Courtroom 2, 15th Floor

Compl. Filed: July 10, 2014

First Am. Compl. Filed: September 9, 2014

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ORDER

Having read and considered the Joint Stipulation Regarding Implementation Schedule for 

Administration and Final Approval of Class Action Settlement and Amended Class Notice (“Joint 

Stipulation”) entered into and submitted by Plaintiffs Viet Bui and Christina Avalos-Reyes 

(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Sprint/United Management Company and Sprint Communications 

Company L.P. (erroneously sued as “Sprint Corporation, a Sprint Communications Company, L.P.”) 

(“Sprint” or “Defendants”), and finding good cause for granting the Joint Stipulation and approving 

the Amended Notice of Settlement (“Amended Class Notice”), the Court HERBY ORDERS THAT: 

1. The Amended Class Notice provided at Exhibit A to the Joint Stipulation is approved 

for sending to the putative Class Members in accordance with the below Implementation Schedule; 

and 

2. The following Implementation Schedule shall be followed by the parties and the 

Settlement administrator for conducting the Settlement administration and for taking this action 

through the Final Approval hearing on June 16, 2016: 

Event Ordered Date

Sprint to provide Class Member data to the designated third 

party administrator, Rust Consulting (the “Administrator”)

March 15, 2016

Deadline for Administrator to mail Court-approved amended 

Class Notice to all Class Members

March 30, 2016

Deadline for Plaintiffs to file a Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and 

Costs and Class Representative Enhancement Payments (per 

ECF 60, Section 7, ¶ 11)

April 15, 2016

Deadline to re-mail Class Notice to undeliverable Class 

Members and returns (Supplemental Notice Mailing deadline)

April 19, 2016

Class Notice Period closes as to Eligible Class Members 

whose Class Notice was not returned as undeliverable after 

original mailing of Class Notice

April 29, 2016

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Event Ordered Date

Deadline for Eligible Class Members whose Class Notice was 

not returned as undeliverable to submit requests for exclusion 

(to “opt out” of the Settlement) or to submit objections to the 

Settlement (based on original mailing)

April 29, 2016

Supplemental Notice Period closes as to Eligible Class 

Members to whom the Administrator was required to re-mail 

Class Notice. 

May 19, 2016

Deadline for Eligible Class Members to whom the 

Administrator was required to re-mail Class Notice to submit 

requests for exclusion (to “opt out” of the Settlement) or to 

submit objections to the Settlement (based on Supplemental 

Notice Mailing deadline)

May 19, 2016

Deadline for Plaintiffs’ to file Motion for Final Approval of 

Settlement for supplemental briefs (per ECF 60, Section 7, ¶ 

17)

June 2, 2016 

Deadline for Parties to file supplemental briefs regarding proof 

of mailing, objections, and any related or outstanding issues.

June 2, 2016

Final Approval Hearing June 16, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 7, 2016

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