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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Labor/Mgmnt. Relations

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFF BOWMAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C-04-3525 MMC

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT (1) JOINT

STIPULATION FOR ORDER

SHORTENING TIME; AND (2) JOINT

MOTION REQUESTING CONFIRMATION

OF NOVEMBER 22, 2006 ENTRY OF

JUDGMENT

(Docket Nos. 146, 148)

Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion Requesting Confirmation of November

22, 2006 Entry of Judgment and a joint stipulation for an order shortening time thereon,

both of which were filed December 19, 2006. Pursuant thereto, the parties seek

clarification that the Court’s November 22, 2006 Order Granting Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’

Motions for Final Approval of Settlement And Awarding Attorney’s Fees, Litigation

Expenses, and Enhancement Payments (“November 22 Order”) constituted entry of

judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. According to

counsel for UBS, “[c]ertainty regarding the date of the final judgment is critical, because the

terms of the settlement in this case require disbursement of the settlement proceeds after

the lapse of the appellate period. . . . UBS does not wish to make that disbursement if there

is any doubt regarding the timing of appeal rights.” (See Wilcox Decl. ¶ 2.) Where no

appeal has been filed, the settlement provides for disbursement of the settlement proceeds

within twenty calendar days after the deadline to appeal “entry of a Final Judgment

approving the Settlement.” (See November 22 Order Ex. A (Joint Stipulation of Settlement)

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¶¶ 20, 31(e).) 

Here, however, on December 19, 2006, the same date the instant motions were

filed, a notice of appeal was filed by proposed objector and intervenor Anthony D’Aria. The

settlement provides that when an appeal is filed, the settlement proceeds will be disbursed

within twenty calendar days after the date the Court’s approval of the settlement has been

“finally affirmed by an appellate court with no possibility of subsequent appeal or other

judicial review therefrom[.]” (See November 22 Order Ex. A (Joint Stipulation of Settlement)

¶¶ 20, 31(e).) Because an appeal has been filed, distribution of the settlement proceeds

does not depend upon expiration of the time to appeal.

Accordingly, the instant motions are hereby DENIED as moot. If the parties

nonetheless desire formal entry of “judgment,” they may submit a proposed form of

judgment.

This order terminates Docket Nos. 146 and 148.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 20, 2006 MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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