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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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Case No. 14-CV-02748-LHK 

ORDER REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO SETTLEMENT AND NOTICE

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MICHELLE NARANJO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL 

ASSOCIATION,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-CV-02748-LHK 

ORDER REGARDING AMENDMENTS 

TO SETTLEMENT AND NOTICE

After reviewing the parties’ submissions and considering the parties’ arguments at the 

December 3, 2015 hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary approval of settlement, the Court 

proposes the following amendments to the parties’ notice of class action settlement. ECF No. 65 

at 29–34. 

On page 2, the Court proposes that the parties eliminate reference to the $46,875 payment 

to the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (“LWDA”) with respect to 

deductions from the Gross Settlement Amount. As stated by the parties at the hearing, the LWDA 

payment shall be deducted from the Net Settlement Amount, not the Gross Settlement Amount. 

On pages 2 and 3, the Court suggests changes to the notice to explain that the payment to the 

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LWDA shall be deducted from the Net Settlement Amount. 

On page 4, the Court finds the objection process to be overly burdensome, as class 

members would be required to file their objections with the Court and to mail their objections to 

two different law firms and to the Claims Administrator. Accordingly, the Court proposes that 

class members may make their objections by mailing their objections to the Claims Administrator. 

These amendments, along with a number of minor technical edits, have been incorporated 

into the attachments accompanying this Order. See ECF No. 75-1 (redline copy of the Court’s 

edits); ECF No. 75-2 (clean copy of the Court’s edits). The Court requests that the parties file a 

joint statement by December 7, 2015 indicating whether the parties agree with the proposed 

amendments. If so, the parties shall file a stipulation amending their settlement and notice to 

conform with these amendments. 

At the December 3, 2015 hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary approval of 

settlement, the parties did not know the exact number of class members. The parties’ joint 

statement, to be filed by December 7, 2015, shall identify the exact number of class members.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 3, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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