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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGELA CRUZ; MARIA MADRIGAL;

LOURDES BAIZ; and CHRISTIE 

GOODMAN, individually, residing in 

California,

Plaintiff,

v.

MM 879, INC.,

Defendant.

No. 1:15-cv-01563-TLN-EPG

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ 

MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CLASS 

NOTICE PLAN

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Class Notice Plan 

and Appointment of Class Notice Administrator. (ECF No. 168.) This Court, having considered 

the documents filed in support of and in opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion as well as all arguments 

of counsel thereon, hereby GRANTS the Motion and adopts the following Notice Plan — with 

limited revisions — as the best notice practicable under the circumstances as required by Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 23(c).

I. NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR

Phoenix Settlement Administrators is appointed as the Class Notice Administrator.

II. LETTER NOTICE

Letter Notice will be sent by first class mail to all class members for whom Defendants

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provide contact information. The Class Notice Administrator will cross-reference all contact

information for class members against change of address databases and initiate a good-faith

search for the current address. If a different address than the one provided by Defendants is

found, the Class Notice Administrator shall mail the Notice to both the address provided by

Defendants and the new address. Letter Notice will disseminate within 21 days of entry of this

Order.

The Letter Notice approved shall be in the form attached as Exhibit 4 to the Declaration of 

Brady Briggs, submitted concurrently with and in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion. However, 

Plaintiffs shall revise the class notice to eliminate all references to now-terminated 

Defendants The ServiceMaster Company, LLC; Merry Maids, LP; MM Maids, LLC; and 

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

III. OPT-OUT PERIOD

Class members will be given sixty (60) days from the initial mailing of the Class Notices

to decide whether to opt out. The Class Notice Administrator will include the date certain by

which to opt out in the Class Notice at the time of mailing.

IV. DEADLINES FOR DISSEMINATION OF NOTICE

The Court hereby adopts Plaintiff’s proposed schedule for the dissemination of class

notice. Relevant dates pertaining to the dissemination of notice are as follows:

Defendants to provide a list of names 

and last known mailing addresses and 

telephone numbers of class members 

to Class Counsel and Notice 

Administrator

14 days following entry of this Order

Notice Administrator to mail all 

notices to class members

21 days following entry of this Order

Deadline for class members to return

exclusion forms to the Notice 

Administrator (“Opt-Out Deadline”)

60 days after mailing of Class Notice

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Notice Administrator to provide list of 

all class members who did not opt out 

to class counsel

75 days after mailing of Class Notice

V. CONCLUSION

As set forth above, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Class Notice Plan and Appointment 

of Class Notice Administrator is hereby GRANTED. (ECF No. 168.) 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 29, 2020

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