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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:0201fl FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

G. Cruz and A. Naranjo,

individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated,

 Plaintiffs

 v.

Tarantino Wholesale Foods, Peter

Tarantino, Automation Personnel

Services Inc., an Alabama 

Corporation, and Doe One through 

and including Doe Ten

 Defendants. 

Case No. 16cv593-JAH (BLM)

Assigned to Hon. John A. Houston

 

ORDER GRANTING FINAL 

APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION 

SETTLEMENT

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The Court has before it Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of Class Action 

Settlement (“Class Settlement”) and Motion for Award of Attorney’s Fees, Incentive 

Awards and Reimbursement of Costs. After reviewing the Motion for Final Approval, 

Motion for Award of Attorney’s Fees and the Joint Stipulation of Class Action 

Settlement Between Plaintiffs and Defendants (“Settlement Agreement”), and the 

supplemental briefing filed by the Plaintiffs, the Court hereby finds and orders as follows: 

1. This Court has jurisdiction over the claims of the Class Members asserted in 

this proceeding and over all parties to the action.

2. This Court finds that the applicable requirements of Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 23 have been satisfied with respect to the Settlement Class and the

proposed Class Settlement. The Court hereby makes final its earlier provisional

certification of the Class, as set forth in the Preliminary Approval Order. The Court

finds that the settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable, and falls within the range

of reasonableness.

3. The notice given to the Class Members fully and accurately informed

the Class Members of all material elements of the proposed Class Settlement and of 

their opportunity to object to or comment thereon; was the best notice practicable

under the circumstances; was valid, due and sufficient notice to all Class Members;

and complied fully with the laws of the State of California, the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure, the United States Constitution, due process and other applicable

law. The notice fairly and adequately described the Class Settlement and provided

Class Members adequate instructions and a variety of means to obtain additional

information. A full opportunity has been afforded to the Class Members to participate in 

this hearing. Accordingly, the Court determines that all Class Members (as defined in the 

Class Settlement) who did not timely and properly execute a request for exclusion are 

bound by this Order and Judgment.

4. The Court hereby grants final approval to the Class Settlement and

finds it reasonable and adequate, and in the best interests of the Class as a whole.

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Accordingly, the Court hereby directs that the Class Settlement be effected in

accordance with the Settlement Agreement and the following terms and conditions.

5. It is hereby ordered that the Settlement Administrator shall pay the

Settlement Awards in the amounts and pursuant to the terms set forth in the

Settlement Agreement.

6. It is hereby ordered that the that the Settlement Administrator shall pay

the Incentive Awards of $5,000.00 each to Class Representatives Gustavo Cruz and 

Adriana Naranjo because the Court finds the Incentive Awards are fair and reasonable for 

the work they provided to the Class and Class Counsel.

7. It is hereby ordered that the Settlement Administrator shall pay a Fee

Award of twenty-five percent of the Gross Settlement Amount, $132,500, as well as 

$8,739.18 in actual costs, to Class Counsel. The fee award falls within the range of 

reasonableness and the result achieved justified the award. Class Counsel’s actual 

expenses in prosecuting this Action are hereby approved as reasonably incurred.

8. It is hereby ordered that the Settlement Administrator shall pay the

Labor and Workforce Development Agency $7,500 on account of the California

Labor Code Private Attorney General’s Act claim, as set forth in the Settlement

Agreement.

9. It is hereby ordered that the Settlement Administrator shall be paid

Administration Costs of $9,995 as set forth in the Settlement Agreement.

10. With this final approval of the Class Settlement, it is hereby ordered that 

judgment be entered permanently barring and enjoining all members of the Settlement 

Class from prosecuting against Defendants, their past, current and future owners, parent 

companies, subsidiaries, divisions, related or affiliated companies, including but not 

limited to their past, current and future owners, shareholders, officers, directors, 

employees, agents, attorneys, insurers, successors and assigns, and any individual or 

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entity who could be jointly liable with any of the foregoing, any individual or class or 

collective claims released under the Settlement Agreement, upon satisfaction of all 

payments and obligations hereunder.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 29, 2017

John A. Houston

United States District Judge

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