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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER REQUESTING COMMENT ON OBJECTION BY RICHARD GANS—Master File No. C-05-03774 RMW

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-FILED on 12/14/07

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

In re PALM TREO 600 and 650 LITIGATION

This Document Relates To:

GANS, C-05-03776

Master File No. C-05-03774 RMW

ORDER REQUESTING COMMENT ON

OBJECTION BY RICHARD GANS

[Re Docket No. 50]

On December 14, 2007, the court held a hearing on the parties' "Unopposed Motion for

Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement, Certificate of the Settlement Class, Appointing

Settlement Class Counsel, Setting a Hearing on Final Approval of the Settlement, and Directing

Notice to the Class." The court expressed several concerns with the papers submitted but tentatively

approved the settlement as fair, adequate and reasonable, subject to the parties addressing its

concerns.

Hours after the hearing, the court received a notice from the named plaintiff in the lead case

in this consolidated action, Richard Gans. Mr. Gans, apparently filing pro se, stated that he has not

approved the proposed class settlement and does not believe the settlement is fair, reasonable, or

adequate. The court observes that although counsel that filed Gans v. PALMONE, Civil Action No.

05-cv-03774-RMW, Jonathan Shub of Sheller, Ludwig & Badey, P.C., is a signatory to the

Settlement Agreement and Release between plaintiffs and Palm, Inc., Mr. Gans is not.

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The court would like the parties to explain to the court why Mr. Gans is not a signatory to the

Settlement Agreement, why he is not one of the seven lead plaintiffs for the proposed class, and

what impact his objection has on the preliminary approval of the settlement and conditional

certification of the class. Counsel should submit comment by Friday, December 21, 2007. Because

the court does not have contact information for Mr. Gans, this notice should be provided to him by

Mr. Shub by Tuesday, December 18, 2007.

DATED: 12/14/07

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER REQUESTING COMMENT ON OBJECTION BY RICHARD GANS—Master File No. C-05-03774 RMW

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Roger E. Collanton 

rcollanton@mofo.com,jhaskins@mofo.com,ahellums@mofo.com,cvetesi@mofo.com

Michael M. Goldberg 

info@glancylaw.com

Robert S. Green 

CAND.USCOURTS@CLASSCOUNSEL.COM

Scott K. Johnson 

skjohnson@sheller.com,sjohnson@scottjohnsonlaw.com

Seth R. Lesser 

slesser@lockslawny.com

Stanley Scott Mallison 

stanm@mallisonlaw.com,jans@mallisonlaw.com,MPalau@mallisonlaw.com

Hector R. Martinez 

hectorm@mallisonlaw.com

Penelope Athene Preovolos 

ppreovolos@mofo.com,kfranklin@mofo.com

Ira P. Rothken 

ndca@techfirm.com

Lori A. Schechter 

lschechter@mofo.com,kfranklin@mofo.com

Jonathan Shub 

jshub@seegerweiss.com

Mark John Tamblyn 

mjt@wtwlaw.us,eaw@wtwlaw.us

Edward A. Wallace 

eaw@wtwlaw.us,ecf@wtwlaw.us,mrm@wtwlaw.us

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 12/14/07 /s/ MAG

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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