Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

Full title: SHIRLEY "RAE" ELLIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Mar 27, 2013

Case No. C04 3341 EMC (N.D. Cal. Mar. 27, 2013)

Opinion

Case No. C04 3341 EMC

03-27-2013

SHIRLEY "RAE" ELLIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION Defendant.

THE IMPACT FUND Jocelyn D. Larkin (SBN: 110817) LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C. Bill Lann Lee (SBN: 108452) Lindsay Nako (SBN: 239090) Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Certified Classes SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Kenwood C. Youmans (SBN: 68258) David D. Kadue (SBN: 113578) SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Gerald L. Maatman (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Annette Tyman (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) SEYFARTH SHAW LLP Thomas J. Wybenga (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) c/o Costco Wholesale Corporation Attorneys for Defendant Costco Wholesale Corporation

Edward M. Chen

THE IMPACT FUND
Jocelyn D. Larkin (SBN: 110817)
LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE,
RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C.
Bill Lann Lee (SBN: 108452)
Lindsay Nako (SBN: 239090)
[Additional Counsel Listed on
Signature Page]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs and Certified Classes SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Kenwood C. Youmans (SBN: 68258)
David D. Kadue (SBN: 113578)
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Gerald L. Maatman (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
Annette Tyman (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
Thomas J. Wybenga (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
c/o Costco Wholesale Corporation
Attorneys for Defendant Costco Wholesale
Corporation

(PROPOSED) ORDER REGARDING

LATE OPT-OUTS

1. Pursuant to this Court's order, notice was sent to the class on December 27, 2012. Order Approving Class Notice and Notice Plan (docket No. 700).
2. The deadline for class members to submit a request for exclusion (or "opt-out") was February 11, 2013.
3. The parties notified the Court at the March 21, 2013 Case Management Conference that the claims administrator had received twelve (12) class members requests for exclusion after the February 11, 2013 deadline.
4. This Court has authority to allow tardy requests for exclusion where the delinquency is not substantial or no prejudice will result. Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth, § 21.321 (2004), citing Silber v. Mabon, 18 F.3d 1449, 1455 (9th Cir. 1994).
5. The Court finds that exclusion requests submitted through March 21 were not substantially late and that no prejudice will result from allowing them.

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court orders:

1. The following class members are excluded from the class:

Silvia Communale
Karie Mutchler
Tamara Phillis
Denise Morgan
Katherine Smith
Jackie Gibbs
Jill Jordan
Tiffany Fuentes
Cameron Lynch
Lori Kraemer
Marcy Redick
Laura Trejo

2. In the event that any class member submits a request for exclusion to the Claims Administrator after March 21, 2013, it will be considered untimely absent an individual showing of good cause to the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

____________________________

Judge Edward M. Chen

United States District Court Judge
Additional Counsel for Plaintiffs: LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
Kelly Dermody (SBN: 171716)
Daniel Hutchinson (SBN: 239458)
Embarcadero Center West
275 Battery Street, 30th Floor
San Francisco, Ca 94111-3339
Telephone: (415) 956-1000
Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 kdermody@lchb.com
DAVIS, COWELL & BOWE, LLP
Steve Stemerman (SBN: 067690)
Elizabeth A. Lawrence (SBN: 111781)
595 Market Street, #1400
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: (415) 597-7200
Facsimile: (415) 597-7201
eal@dcbsf.com
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
James M. Finberg (SBN: 114850)
177 Post Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94108
Telephone: (415) 421-7151
Facsimile: (415) 362-8064
jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com
Additional Counsel for Defendant
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
David B. Ross (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
620 8th Avenue
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10018
(212) 218-5500
dross@seyfarth.com