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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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MALLISON & MARTINEZ

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Stan S. Mallison (SBN 184191)

Hector R. Martinez (SBN 206336)

Marco A. Palau (SBN 242340)

Joseph D. Sutton (SBN 269951)

Eric S. Trabucco (SBN 295473)

1939 Harrison Street, Suite 730

Oakland, California 94612

Telephone: (510) 832-9999

Facsimile: (510) 832-1101

StanM@TheMMLawFirm.com

HectorM@TheMMLawFirm.com

MPalau@TheMMLawFirm.com

JSutton@TheMMLawFirm.com

ETrabucco@TheMMLawFirm.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Angel Gomez State (SBN 74476)

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

1925 Century Park East, Suite 500

Los Angeles, California 90067-2506

Telephone: 310.556.8861

Facsimile: 310.553.2165

agomez@ebglaw.com

Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL ROJAS-CIFUENTES on 

behalf of himself, on behalf of all other 

similarly situation and in interest of 

the general public, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST INC., 

PACIFIC LEASING, LLC, JOHN M. 

GOMBOS, JOHN E. GOMBOS and 

DOES 1-20

Defendant.

Case No. 2:14-cv-00697-JAM-CKD

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING BELAIRE NOTICE 

TO PUTATIVE CLASS MEMBERS

Complaint Filed: March 14, 2014

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The Parties to the above-entitled action, through their respective 

counsel of record, submit this Stipulation and Proposed Order requesting 

approval of the attached Belaire notice giving putative class members the 

option of objecting to disclosure of their contact information.

The Parties agree that, if approved, the notice will be mailed out to 

each putative class member at their last known address. Putative class 

members shall have 30 days to object to disclosure of their contact 

information. In order for an objection to be valid, the enclosed objection form 

must be completed with the putative class member’s name, signature and 

date, and the form must be postmarked by the deadline. If an objection is 

ambiguous as to the putative class member’s intent, the Court-approved 

administrator shall provide a copy of the objection to counsel who shall meet 

and confer to resolve the ambiguity.

The Parties jointly request that the Court approve of CAC Services 

Group, LLC to perform the mailing, collect objection forms, and provide 

Plaintiff’s counsel with name and contact information of putative class 

members who did not object, subject to the Stipulated Protective Order.

(Dkt. No. 37 at 10:22–11:7.) In addition, the administrator shall, upon 

request of counsel, prepare a report under oath of the mailing process and 

collection of objections.

Within 5 days of the Court’s approval of the attached Belaire Notice 

and the opt out procedure described herein, Defendants shall supply the 

administrator with a complete list of all putative class members. Within 5 

business days of receipt, the Administrator shall mail the notice to putative 

class members. 

The Parties request approval of the Belaire Notice attached hereto as 

Exhibit 1, and the Spanish version attached hereto as Exhibit 2.

The Parties will split the cost of the Belaire Notice process evenly.

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Respectfully submitted,

DATED: September 9, 2016

DATED: September 9, 2016

MALLISON & MARTINEZ

By: _/s/ Marco A. Palau____________

MARCO A. PALAU

Attorney for Plaintiff

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.

By: _/s/ Kevin Sullivan_____________ 

 ANGEL GOMEZ

 KEVIN SULLIVAN

 Attorney for Defendants

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ORDER

For good cause appearing, the Court hereby ORDERS the following:

1. The English and Spanish Belaire Notice attached as Exhibits 1 

and 2 are hereby approved for dissemination to putative class members.

2. The Court appoints CAC Services Group, LLC as Notice 

Administrator.

3. Within 5 days of this Order, Defendants shall provide the list of 

putative class members to the Notice Administrator, subject to the 

Stipulated Protective Order. (Dkt. No. 37.) The list shall include all 

putative class members as defined in the complaint for the period 

commencing four years prior to the filing of the original complaint to the 

present.

4. Within 5 business days of receipt of the list of putative class 

members, the Notice Administrator shall mail the Belaire Notice in English 

and Spanish.

5. The Administrator shall collect Objections and report to Counsel 

on the number of objections received.

6. Objections must be made by mail.

7. In order for an objection to be “Valid,” the Objection Form 

included with the Belaire Notice must be completed with the putative class 

member’s name, signature and date, and the form must be postmarked by 

the deadline.

8. Putative class members shall have 30 days from the date of 

mailing to submit an objection. 

9. The Notice Administrator shall prepare a report under oath 

confirming compliance with the mailing procedure and detailing the number 

of objections received, and the Notice Administrator shall indicate whether 

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the objection is “Valid,” according to paragraph 7 above.

10. In the event an objection is ambiguous, the objection shall be 

delivered to counsel for both sides and counsel must meet and confer and 

attempt to resolve any ambiguity.

11. Within 5 business days of the deadline for putative class 

members to object to the disclosure of their contact information, for those 

putative class members who did not submit valid, timely objections, the 

Notice Administrator shall designate as confidential and provide such 

putative class members’ contact information to Plaintiff’s counsel, subject to 

the Stipulated Protective Order. (Dkt. No. 37 at 10:22–11:7.)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 15, 2016

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT 1 

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TO ALL CURRENT AND FORMER NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES OF AL 

DAHRA ACX, ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST and PACIFIC LEASING

(Collectively “ACX”)

THIS NOTICE RELATES TO YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed by Miguel Rojas-Cifuentes, a former 

employee of the ACX companies above. This is not a lawsuit against you, and you 

are not being sued. This notice is approved by the Court and is designed to 

give you an opportunity to object to the disclosure of your phone number and 

address, which Rojas is seeking in connection with his class action lawsuit.

Mr. Rojas filed the lawsuit to recover wages and penalties on behalf of other 

California employees whom he believes are similarly situated for alleged violations 

of:

 minimum wage laws,

 overtime laws, and

 rest and meal break laws.

The lawsuit is entitled Rojas-Cifuentes v. ACX Pacific Northwest Inc. et al., and is 

pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 

Case No. 2:14-cv-00697-JAM-CKD. 

ACX denies all the allegations in their entirety and maintains that it has complied 

with all applicable laws. 

As part of Rojas’ attorneys’ investigation, they have asked ACX to provide your lastknown address and telephone number(s) to contact you about your experience at 

ACX and your potential claims. However, before any of your contact information is 

provided, this notice is being mailed to you so that you can decide whether you want 

to have your contact information provided to Rojas and his attorneys. 

 

In deciding whether to object, you should know that Rojas and his attorneys have 

agreed to use your contact information only for purposes of this lawsuit, and agreed 

not to disclose your contact information to anyone outside of it.

OPTION ONE: If you wish for your address and telephone number to be disclosed 

to Rojas and his attorneys, you do not need to do anything.

OPTION TWO: If you do not want your address and telephone number disclosed to 

Rojas and his attorneys, you must sign the enclosed pre-paid and self-addressed 

postcard and return it to the notice administrator at the address on the postcard.

If you do not sign and return the enclosed postcard, postmarked by [DATE], your 

name, address and telephone number will be provided to Rojas and his attorneys.

You will not be rewarded or penalized in any way by ACX based on your 

decision to allow or not allow your contact information to be given to 

Rojas’ attorneys.

This notice is not a communication from the Court and is not an expression of any 

opinion by the Court as to the merits of the claims or defenses by either side in this 

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lawsuit. Please do not contact the court or the clerk of the court.

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OBJECTION TO DISCLOSURE OF PRIVATE CONTACT INFORMATION

I DO NOT wish to have my personal contact information including my name, 

address and telephone number disclosed to Rojas’ attorneys in this case.

Dated:

Print Name

Signature 

FOR THIS CARD TO BE EFFECTIVE, YOU MUST COMPLETE AND MAIL IT 

NO LATER THAN [DATE]. IF YOU DO NOT RETURN THIS CARD BY [DATE], 

YOUR NAME, HOME ADDRESS, HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND 

PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE ATTORNEYS 

FOR ROJAS WHO ARE SUING ACX.

DO NOT COMPLETE THIS FORM IF

YOU DO NOT OBJECT TO THE DISCLOSURE OF YOUR

CONTACT INFORMATION

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EXHIBIT 2 

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A TODOS LOS EMPLEADOS Y EX-EMPLEADOS NO EXENTOS DE

AL DAHRA ACX, ACX PACIFIC NORTHWEST Y PACIFIC LEASING

(Colectivamente “ACX”)

ESTE AVISO SE RELACIONA CON SUS DERECHOS DE PRIVACIDAD

Una demanda colectiva propuesta ha sido presentada por Miguel Rojas-Cifuentes, 

un ex empleado de las empresas de ACX. Esto no es una demanda en contra de 

usted, y usted no está siendo demandado. Este aviso ha sido aprobado por 

la Corte y está diseñado para darle a usted la oportunidad de oponerse a la 

divulgación de su número de teléfono y dirección, en relación con la demanda de 

acción de clase.

El Sr. Rojas presento la demanda a favor de empleados en California que están en 

situación similar para recuperar salarios y sanciones por presuntas violaciónes de:

 leyes de salario mínimo,

 leyes de sobretiempo (overtime) y 

 leyes de descanso y de almuerzo.

La demanda se titula Rojas-Cifuentes v. ACX Pacific Northwest Inc. et al., y está 

pendiente en la Corte Federal de Los Estados Unidos para el Distrito del Este de 

California, Numero de caso 2:14-cv-00697-JAM-CKD. 

ACX niega todas las acusaciones en su totalidad y sostiene que ha cumplido con 

todas las leyes aplicables.

Como parte de la investigación, los abogados de Rojas le han pedido a ACX que

proporcione su información incluyendo su dirección y su número(s) de teléfono para 

que ellos se puedan comunicarse con usted acerca de su experiencia en ACX y 

posibles reclamos que usted pueda tener.

Sin embargo, antes de que se les proporcioné su información de contacto, esta 

notificación ha sido enviada por correo para que usted pueda decidir si desea que 

su información de contacto divulgada a los abogados de Rojas.

Al decidir si se opone, usted debe saber que Rojas y sus abogados han acordado a 

utilizar su información de contacto sólo para propósito de la demanda presentada y 

acuerdan a no revelar su información de contacto a cualquier persona fuera de ella.

OPCION UNA: Si usted desea que su dirección y número de teléfono sea divulgada

a los abogados de Rojas no es necesario hacer algo.

OPTION DOS: Si no desea que su dirección y número de teléfono sea compartida 

con los abogados de Rojas, debe firmar el postal pre-pagado y enviarlo al 

administrador a la dirección incluida en la tarjeta postal.

Si no firma y devuelve la tarjeta adjunta, matasellada antes de [FECHA], su 

nombre, dirección y número de teléfono será proporcionada a los abogados de Rojas.

No será recompensado o castigado de ninguna manera por ACX por su 

decisión de permitir o no permitir que su información de contacto sea 

divulgada los abogados de Rojas.

Este aviso no es un comunicado por parte de la Corte y no es una expresión de 

ninguna opinión por parte del Tribunal en cuanto a los méritos de los reclamos o 

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defensas por ambos lados en esta demanda. Favor de no comunicarse con el tribunal 

o algún funcionario de la corte.

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OBJECIÓN A LA DIVULGACIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN PRIVADA DE 

CONTACTO 

No deseo que mi información de contacto personal, incluyendo mi nombre, 

dirección y número de teléfono sea proporcionado a los abogados de Rojas en este 

caso. 

Fecha:

Nombre

Firma 

PARA QUE ESTA POSTAL TENGA EFECTO, DEBE COMPLETAR Y ENVIARLA 

POR CORREO A MÁS TARDAR DE [FECHA]. SI NO LA REGRESA ANTES DE 

[FECHA], SU NOMBRE, DIRECCIÓN, NUMERO DE TELÉFONO, Y DIRECCIÓN 

DE CORREO ELECTRÓNICO SERÁN COMPARTIDOS CON LOS ABOGADOS 

DE ROJAS, QUE ESTÁN DEMANDANDO A ACX.

NO COMPLETE ESTE FORMULARIO SI

USTED NO SE OPONE A LA DIVULGACIÓN DE SU

INFORMACIÓN DE CONTACTO

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