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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT BRUCE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SUNTECH POWER HOLDINGS CO., 

LTD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 12-cv-04061-RS 

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR 

EXCLUSION

In October 2015, the court preliminarily approved a settlement agreement for this class 

action. Pursuant to that order, all potential class members could request exclusion from the 

settlement agreement provided they submit legible requests for exclusion “no later than 21 days 

prior to the Final Approval Hearing,” which took place on February 11, 2016. Dkt. 155 ¶ 16. 

Reinhard Baumann, a potential class member, postmarked his request for exclusion and sent it to 

the claims administrator on March 7, 2016—more than six weeks after the deadline. The order of 

preliminary approval authorizes this court to accept untimely or improper request for exclusion. 

See id. (“The Request for Exclusion shall not be effective unless . . . made within the time stated 

above, or unless the exclusion is otherwise accepted by the Court.”). Baumann’s letter does not 

evince cause to accept this untimely request, and therefore it is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 5, 2016

______________________________________

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

Case 3:12-cv-04061-RS Document 168 Filed 04/05/16 Page 1 of 1