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Parties Involved:
Derrel's Mini Storage, Inc.
Defendant
Rick Kutzman
Plaintiff
Jamie Leonardo
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

On January 24, 2020, this Court issued an Order granting preliminary approval of 

settlement and scheduling the final approval hearing for June 22, 2020. Doc. No. 36.

On February 20, 2020, the parties filed a stipulation to modify the Court’s January 24, 

2010 Order, stating that, due to an inadvertent omission in the briefing for the motion for

preliminary approval of class settlement, the Court failed to deduct $50,000 allocated to Plaintiffs 

Rick Kutzman and Jamie Leonardo for individual claims from the Gross Settlement Amount in 

calculating the amount available for distribution to members of the California Class. Doc. No. 38

at p. 2 of 4, lines 7 through 12.

When properly accounted for, this $50,000 payment for settlement of individual claims

RICK KUTZMAN, JAMIE LEONARDO,

JOSEPH POMILLA, ROSEANN

OLIVETO, CHARLES MADDEN and

MARIA IBARRA, individuals, on behalf

of themselves, and on behalf of all persons

similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

DERREL'S MINI STORAGE, INC., a

California Corporation,

Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:18-cv-00755-AWI-JLT

ORDER: 

(1) MAKING NUNC PRO TUNC 

MODIFICATIONS TO JANUARY 

24, 2020 ORDER GRANTING 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF 

SETTLEMENT (DOC. NO. 36); 

AND

(4) SETTING FINAL APPROVAL 

HEARING FOR JUNE 29, 2020

(Doc. No. 38)

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reduces the total amount available for distribution to the California Class from $974,050 to 

$924,050 and reduces the average disbursement of funds to each class member (assuming 518 

participating class members) from $1,880.41 to $1,783.88. Doc. No. 38 at p. 2 of 4, lines 13 

through 20.

These changes are immaterial to the Court’s analysis with respect to preliminary approval 

of settlement, but to avoid confusion, the Court hereby makes the following nunc pro tunc

modifications to its January 24, 2020 Order granting preliminary approval of class settlement:

• page 4, line 19: add “, as well as payment to Plaintiffs Kutzman and Leonardo for 

settlement of their individual claims” to the end of the sentence, prior to the 

citation;

• page 18, line 24: change “$974,050” to “$924,050”;

• page 18, note 3: change “974,050” to “924,050” and add “and $50,000 (payment to 

Plaintiffs Kutzman and Leonardo for settlement of individual claims)” to the end of 

the sentence, prior to the citation; and

• page 19, line 3: change “$1,880.41” to $1,783.88.”

In addition to their stipulation with respect to payment for individual claims, the parties 

state that counsel for Plaintiffs has a conflict on June 22, 2020 and stipulate to setting the final 

approval hearing for June 29, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. Doc. No. 38, p. 3 of 4, lines 3 through 4. The 

Court will therefore vacate the existing June 22, 2020 hearing date and set the final settlement 

approval hearing for June 29, 2020. 

ORDER

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The modifications specified in this Order are hereby made to the Court’s January 24, 2020 

Order granting preliminary approval of settlement (Doc. No. 36) on a nunc pro tunc basis; 

2. The June 22, 2020 final settlement approval hearing is vacated; and

3. The final settlement approval hearing in this matter is set for June 29, 2020, 1:30 p.m. in 

Courtroom 2 of the United States District Court, Eastern District, Fresno Division.

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For the avoidance of doubt, no other modifications are made hereby to the January 24, 

2020 Order granting preliminary approval of settlement and January 24, 2020 remains the 

effective date of that Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2020 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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