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Parties Involved:
Roy Adams
Plaintiff
Dontrell Bunter
Plaintiff
Robert Eggert
Plaintiff
Michael Ferris
Plaintiff
Ed Hall
Plaintiff
Inter-Con Security Services, Inc.
Defendant
Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc.
Defendant
Dujuan Nickson
Plaintiff
Rohit Singh
Plaintiff

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PROPOSED ORDER CONFIRMING FINAL CERTIFICATION 

AND GRANTING FINAL SETTLEMENT APPROVAL 

CASE NO. 06-5428 MHP 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROY ADAMS, ROBERT EGGERT, 

MICHAEL FERRIS, ED HALL, ROHIT 

SINGH, DUJUAN NICKSON, and 

DONTRELL BUNTER, on behalf of 

themselves and a class of those similarly 

situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

INTER-CON SECURITY SYSTEMS, 

INC., d/b/a INTER-CON SECURITY 

SERVICES, INC., 

 Defendant. 

 Case No. C-06-5428 MHP 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONFIRMING 

FINAL CERTIFICATION OF CLASSES 

AND COLLECTIVE ACTION AND 

GRANTING FINAL APPROVAL TO 

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT 

Date: February 25, 2008 

Time: 2:00 p.m. 

Courtroom: 15, 18th Floor 

Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel 

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PROPOSED ORDER CONFIRMING FINAL CERTIFICATION 

AND GRANTING FINAL SETTLEMENT APPROVAL 

CASE NO. 06-5428 MHP 

The parties to this action having entered into a Settlement Agreement dated September 17, 

2007 and having applied to this Court for preliminary and final approval of the Settlement 

Agreement and the terms thereof; this Court on October 29, 2007 having granted preliminary 

approval to the Settlement Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1 to this Court’s October 29, 

2007 order, and having directed notice of the Settlement Agreement, its terms, and the applicable 

procedures and schedules to be provided to proposed class and collective action members; this 

Court having set a final Fairness Hearing for February 25, 2008 to determine whether the 

Settlement Agreement should be granted final approval, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 23(e), as “fair, adequate and reasonable;” and all proposed class and collective action 

members having been given an opportunity to comment on the settlement; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, upon consideration of the Settlement 

Agreement, the parties’ briefs, declarations, and oral arguments in support thereof, and the 

proceedings in this action to date, as follows: 

Except as otherwise specified herein, the Court for purposes of this Order adopts all 

defined terms set forth in the Settlement Agreement, attached as Exhibit 1 to the October 29, 

2007 order granting preliminary approval; 

This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this litigation and all matters relating 

thereto, and over the plaintiffs and the defendant. 

This Court confirms as final its conditional certification of the California Class, the 

Illinois Class, and the Maryland Class, as defined in the Settlement Agreement and in Section I of 

its October 29, 2007 order, for purposes of settlement and based on the findings in Section III of 

its October 29, 2007 order and the absence of any objections from any Class Members to such 

certification. 

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PROPOSED ORDER CONFIRMING FINAL CERTIFICATION 

AND GRANTING FINAL SETTLEMENT APPROVAL 

CASE NO. 06-5428 MHP 

1. The Court confirms as final its preliminary designation, in Section I of its October 

29, 2007 order, of the Class as an FLSA collective action, for purposes of settlement and based on 

its findings in the October 29, 2007 order and the facts that (1) ____________ Class Members 

have now opted into the FLSA collective action, and (2) ______ Class Member have objected to 

the designation of the case as a collective action. 

2. The Court confirms as final the appointment of Roy Adams, Robert Eggert, 

Michael Ferris, Ed Hall, and Rojit Singh as class representatives of the California Class, both 

under Rule 23 and under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). The Court confirms as final the appointment of 

DuJuan Nickson as class representative of the Illinois Class, both under Rule 23 and under 29 

U.S.C. § 216(b). The Court confirms as final the appointment of Dontrell Bunter as class 

representative of the Maryland Class, both under Rule 23 and under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). 

3. The Court confirms as final the appointment of the following law firms and 

attorneys as class counsel (“Class Counsel”) for the Classes: Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & 

Bernstein LLP; Andrus Liberty & Anderson LLP; Altshuler Berzon LLP; and McTague & Palay, 

Inc. 

4. If, for any reason, the Settlement Agreement ultimately does not become Effective, 

this order certifying the Classes under Rule 23 and the Class under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) shall be 

vacated; the parties shall return to their respective positions in this lawsuit as those positions 

existed immediately before the parties executed the Settlement Agreement; and nothing stated in 

the Settlement Agreement or any other papers filed with this Court in connection with the 

settlement shall be deemed an admission of any kind by any of the parties or used as evidence 

against, or over the objection of, any of the parties for any purpose in this action or in any other 

action. 

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5. The Notice and Claim Form and Release given to Class Members, pursuant to this 

Court’s orders, constituted the best notice practicable under the circumstances, was accomplished 

in all material respects, and fully met the requirements of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, the Fair Labor Standards Act, due process, the United States Constitution and any 

other applicable law. 

6. Pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this Court grants 

final approval to the Settlement Agreement and the settlement set forth therein. The Court finds 

that the settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate in all respects and that it is binding on all 

Class Members who did not timely opt out pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Court’s 

October 29, 2007 order and the Settlement Agreement. A list of Class Members who timely 

opted out is attached to the Final Judgment as Exhibit A. The Court specifically finds that the 

settlement is rationally related to the strength of Plaintiffs’ claims given the risk, expense, 

complexity, and duration of further litigation. This Court also finds that the Settlement 

Agreement is the result of arms-length negotiations between experienced counsel representing the 

interests of the plaintiffs and defendant, after thorough factual and legal investigation. Staton v. 

Boeing, 327 F.3d 938, 960 (9th Cir. 2003); Class Plaintiffs v. City of Seattle, 955 F.2d 1268, 1291 

(9th Cir. 1992). 

7. The Court further finds that the response of the Class to the settlement supports 

settlement approval. Of the approximately 14,533 Class Members, ___________ Class Members 

submitted claim forms, but only _____ Class Members submitted objections. The Court has 

reviewed and considered these objections. [Address objections if any.] 

8. The Court finds the proposed plan of allocation is rationally related to the relative 

strengths of the respective claims asserted. The mechanisms and procedures set forth in the 

Settlement Agreement by which payments are to be calculated and made to Class Members filing 

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timely claims are fair, reasonable, and adequate, and payment shall be made according to those 

allocations and pursuant to the procedure set forth in the Settlement Agreement. 

9. The First Amended Complaint filed in this action and all claims contained therein 

are dismissed in their entirety with prejudice as to all Class Members other than those listed in 

Exhibit A to the Final Judgment. 

10. By operation of the entry of this Order and the Final Judgment, all Released 

Claims are fully, finally and forever released, relinquished and discharged, pursuant to the terms 

of the release set forth in Section VIII of the Settlement Agreement, as to all Class Members other 

than those listed in Exhibit A to the Final Judgment. The Court has reviewed the release in 

Section VIII of the Settlement Agreement, which is incorporated as well into the Claim Form, and 

the Court finds it to be fair, reasonable, and enforceable under the FLSA and all other applicable 

law. 

11. The parties entered into the Settlement Agreement solely for the purpose of 

compromising and settling disputed claims. Defendant in no way admits any violation of law or 

any liability whatsoever to Plaintiffs and the Classes, individually or collectively, all such liability 

being expressly denied by Defendant. 

12. The Court retains jurisdiction over this matter for purposes of resolving issues 

relating to administration, implementation, and enforcement of the Settlement Agreement. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February _____, 2008 __________________________________ 

 The Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel 

 United States District Judge 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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