Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees; Plaintiff’s Motion for Final Approval
5. At final approval, please submit contemporaneously made billing records for attorney’s fees and costs. The Court will not be inclined to award an amount of fees and costs greater than the amount stated in the notice.
6. At final approval, please submit billing records for administrative costs. The Court will not be inclined to award administrative costs in an amount greater than the amount stated in the notice.
7. Because she has submitted a declaration in support of her requested enhancement at preliminary approval, Plaintiff need not submit one at final approval.
8. At final approval, the administrator is to provide a high, low, and average for individual settlement payments, along with Plaintiff’s individual payout.
As to the Notice: 1. Please include workweek dispute and opt-out forms with the notice.
2. At page 3, please delete the descriptions of the mediator as “experienced, neutral” and the settlement agreement as “lengthy.” Because the notice is Courtordered, these descriptions could suggest the Court’s official endorsement.
3. Does notice need to be given in any languages other than English and Spanish?
4. If any changes are made to the settlement agreement, please make corresponding changes to the notice.
5. The font size in the actual notice may not be smaller than the font size in the proposed notice provided to the Court.
7 Tadera Saavedra vs. Displayit, LLC
2024-01403288
Plaintiff’s Motion for Attorney Fees
Plaintiff’s Motion for Final Approval
Plaintiff’s motion for final approval of the parties’ class action settlement is GRANTED. The Court approves the following distributions: 1. Attorney’s fees in the amount of $255,000, or 30% of the GSA. The Court finds this amount to be a reasonable result in light of the quality of the result obtained, the work performed by class counsel, a review of the billing records provided, and the estimated lodestar. In approving this amount and examining the billing records provided, the Court is not approving any particular hourly billing rates proposed by class counsel.
2. Litigation costs in the amount of $10,108, the full amount sought.
3. Administration costs in the amount of $9,000, per the administrator’s declaration.
4. An enhancement of $5,000 to Plaintiff. In making this award, the Court has considered only the factors set forth in
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5. Payment to the LWDA of $13,000, per the parties’ PAGA allocation.
Pursuant to section 384(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff shall submit to the Court a final report on or before February 26, 2027 setting forth the actual amounts paid to class members and other amounts disbursed pursuant to the settlement. Upon receiving the report, the Court will determine whether further reports and/or a hearing will be necessary. 8 Rodriguez vs. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
2026-01576349
Plaintiff’s Motion to Seal Plaintiff’s motion to seal the exhibits to his complaint (or portions of those exhibits) is DENIED without prejudice. Plaintiff may refile the motion and the Court will consider sealing portions of his medical records detailing “reproductive health treatment and surgery” provided (1) he supplies the Court with the specific pages of the Complaint’s exhibits for which he seeks sealing, and (2) he provides the proposed redactions on those pages. Notwithstanding any approved sealing, Plaintiff must serve the entire unredacted complaint (including unredacted exhibits) on any defendant he serves in this case.
A court may order a record to be filed under seal only if it expressly finds facts establishing: 1. There exists an overriding interest that overcomes the right of public access to the record; 2. The overriding interest supports sealing the record; 3. A substantial probability exists that the overriding interest will be prejudiced if the record is not sealed; 4. The proposed sealing is narrowly tailored; and 5. No less restrictive means exist to achieve the overriding interest.
(Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.550(d).) Plaintiff moves to seal either (1) all exhibits to his complaint or (2) certain portions thereof. (The moving papers are unclear on this point.) In his supporting declaration, Plaintiff explains that the exhibits refer to his former legal name (which he has since changed) and discuss certain mental and physical health issues. He argues his privacy interests would be seriously prejudiced if the exhibits aren’t sealed.