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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 15:5(a) Fair Labor Standards Act

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VINCENT D. HOWARD, Esquire 

GREGORY H. D. ALUMIT, Esquire 

HOWARD LAW, PC 

675 Anton Boulevard, First Floor 

Costa Mesa, CA 92626 

Telephone: (800) 872-5925 

Facsimile: (888) 533-7310 

www.HowardLawPC.com

LAWRENCE W. WILLIAMSON, JR., State Bar No. 21282 

l.williamson@thewilliamsonfirm.com 

WILLIAMSON LAW FIRM, LLC 

218 Delaware St. Suite 207 

Kansas City, Missouri 64105 

Telephone: (816) 256-4150 

Facsimile: (913) 535-0736 

www.thewilliamsonfirm.com 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RYAN YOUNG, individually and on behalf of 

those similarly situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

MATTHEW CATE, in his capacity as the 

Secretary of the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. 2:11-cv-02491-KJM-JFM

ORDER APPROVING CLASS NOTICE 

PROCEDURES 

HON. Kimberly J. Mueller 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff RYAN YOUNG, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, 

and Defendant MATTHEW CATE, in his capacity as the Secretary of the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, submitted a Joint Request for Approval of Class Notice Procedures 

pursuant to this Court’s ORDER on Plaintiff’s Motion for Conditional Certification (ECF 58); and 

WHEREAS, the parties submitted a proposed Notice of Pendency of Lawsuit with 

Opportunity to Join, attached as Exhibit A to the Joint Request, and submitted a proposed Consent to 

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Join Collective Action form, attached as Exhibit B to the Joint Request; 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The Notice of Pendency of Lawsuit with Opportunity to Join, attached as Exhibit A to the 

Joint Request, is approved. 

2. The Consent to Join Collective Action form, attached as Exhibit B to the Joint Request, is 

approved. 

3. Distribution of the Notice of Pendency of Lawsuit with Opportunity to Join and the 

Consent to Join Collective Action form to all rank-and-file correctional officers currently 

employed at Mule Creek State Prison is approved. The manner of distribution shall be as 

follows: 

a. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of this Court’s Order approving the Notice 

and Consent to Join form, and method for distribution, Defendant shall inform 

Plaintiff of the names and number of rank-and-file correctional officers currently 

employed at Mule Creek State Prison. 

b. Within seven (7) calendar days of receiving notice of the number of rank-and-file 

correctional officers currently employed at Mule Creek State Prison, Plaintiff 

shall provide Defendant copies of the Notice and Consent to Join form sufficient 

in quantity to effect distribution of one copy of the Notice and one copy of the 

Consent to Join form to each rank-and-file correctional officer currently 

employed at Mule Creek State Prison. Plaintiff shall bear all costs in producing 

copies of the Notice and Consent to Join forms. 

c. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of receiving the copies of the Notice and 

Consent to Join forms, Defendant, or his agent, shall place one copy of a Notice 

form, and one copy of the Consent to Join form, in the mailbox of each rank-andfile correctional officer currently employed at Mule Creek State Prison, located 

in the administrative Personnel Office of Mule Creek State Prison. 

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d. Upon completing distribution of the Notice and Consent to Join forms, 

Defendant, or his agent, shall file with this Court a Notice and Declaration stating 

that distribution of the Notice and Consent to Join form has been completed. 

4. To be timely filed and accepted, any Consent to Join Collective Action form must be 

filed with the Court by June 11, 2013. Consent to Join Collective Action forms submitted 

to the Court after this date shall not be considered timely, and will not be accepted absent 

a showing of good cause. 

Approved As To Form: 

Dated: February 27, 2013 By: /s/ Gregory H. D. Alumit, Esquire 

 Vincent D. Howard 

Gregory H. D. Alumit 

HOWARD LAW, PC 

 By: /s/ Lawrence W. Williamson, Jr., Esquire 

(as authorized on December 27, 2011) 

Lawrence W. Williamson, Jr. 

WILLIAMSON LAW FIRM, LLC 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Young and Class 

Dated: February 27, 2013 By: /s/ Jennifer M. Garten 

Jennifer M. Garten, Labor Relations Counsel 

California Department of Human Resources 

Attorney for defendant Matthew Cate

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 16, 2013. 

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