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Case 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Document 126 Filed 03/20/20 PageID.1852 Page 1 of 5 1 BARON & BUDD, P.C. John P. Fiske (SBN 249256) 2 Jason Julius (SBN 249036) 11440 West Bernardo Court Suite 265, 3 San Diego, CA 92127 Telephone: 858-251-7424 Fax: 214-520-1181 4 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 5 Scott Summy (Pro Hac Vice Texas Bar No. 19507500) 6 Celeste Evangelisti (SBN 225232) Brett Land (Pro Hac Vice Texas Bar No. 24092664) 7 Zachary Sandman (Pro Hac Vice New York Bar No. 5418926) 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100 8 Dallas, Texas 75219 Telephone: 214- 521-3605 Fax: 214-520-1181 9 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 10 Email: [email protected] 11 Attorneys for Plaintiff 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 ADAM COX, individually, by and through Case No.: 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS his durable power of attorney, VICTOR 15 COX, and on behalf of himself and others NOTICE OF UNOPPOSED MOTION similarly situated; MARIA OVERTON, FOR ORDER (1) GRANTING 16 individually, and on behalf of herself and PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF others similarly situated; JORDAN CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT, (2) 17 YATES, individually, and on behalf of CERTIFYING SETTLEMENT himself and others similarly situated; CLASS, (3) APPOINTING CLASS 18 REPRESENTATIVES AND CLASS Plaintiffs, COUNSEL, (4) APPROVING NOTICE 19 v. PLAN, AND (5) SETTING FINAL APPROVAL HEARING 20 AMETEK, INC., a Delaware corporation; THOMAS DEENEY, individually; NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS 21 SENIOR OPERATIONS LLC, a limited ORDERED BY THE COURT liability company; and DOES 1 through 22 100, inclusive, Hearing: June 8, 2020 at 11:15 a.m. Defendants. 23 Judge: Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel Magistrate: Hon. Andrew G. Schopler 24 SENIOR OPERATIONS, LLC, a Referral: Hon. Larry Alan Burns Delaware limited liability company, 25 Complaint Filed: 03/24/2017 Third-Party Plaintiff, 1st Amended Complaint Filed: 05/23/17 26 v. Senior 3rd Party Complaint Filed: 6/20/17 27 GREENFIELD MHP ASSOCIATES, L.P., Ametek 3rd Party Complaint Filed: a California limited partnership; KORT & 6/27/17 28 SCOTT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, a 1 Notice of Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Case 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Document 126 Filed 03/20/20 PageID.1853 Page 2 of 5 1 California limited liability company; TUSTIN RANCH PARTNERS, INC., a 2 California corporation; SIERRA CORPORATE MANAGEMENT, INC., a 3 California corporation; VILLA CAJON MHC, L.P., a Utah limited partnership; 4 KMC CA MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Utah limited liability company; KINGSLEY 5 MANAGEMENT CORP., a Utah corporation; STARLIGHT MHP, LLC, is a 6 California limited liability company; and ROES 101-200, inclusive, 7 Third-Party Defendants. 8 9 AMETEK, INC., a Delaware corporation; THOMAS DEENEY, individually; 10 Third-Party Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 GREENFIELD MHP ASSOCIATES, L.P., a California limited partnership; KORT & SCOTT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, a 13 California limited liability company; TUSTIN RANCH PARTNERS, INC., a 14 California corporation; SIERRA CORPORATE MANAGEMENT, INC., a 15 California corporation; VILLA CAJON MHC, L.P., a Utah limited partnership; 16 KMC CA MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Utah limited liability company; KINGSLEY 17 MANAGEMENT CORP., a Utah corporation; STARLIGHT MHP, LLC, is a 18 California limited liability company; and ROES 101-200, inclusive, 19 20 Third-Party Defendants. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Notice of Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Case 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Document 126 Filed 03/20/20 PageID.1854 Page 3 of 5 1 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 8, 2020 at 11:15 a.m., or as soon 2 thereafter as the matter may be heard before the Honorable Larry A. Burns, in Courtroom 3 ___ of the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep Courthouse, 333 West Broadway, San 4 Diego, California 92101, Plaintiffs Maria Overton and Jordan Yates (“Plaintiffs”) hereby 5 move the Court for an order: (1) granting preliminary approval of class action settlement; 6 (2) certifying a settlement class; (3) appointing Plaintiffs as Class Representatives and 7 Plaintiff’s Attorneys as Settlement Class Counsel; (4) approving the Notice Plan; and (5) 8 setting the Final Approval Hearing and Schedule. This motion is based on this Notice of 9 Motion and Motion; the Memorandum of Points and Authorities filed concurrently 10 herewith; the Declaration of Jason Julius and all exhibits attached thereto; the record on 11 file and all proceedings had in this matter to date; and all further evidence and argument 12 submitted in support of or against the motion. 13 14 15 Dated: March 20, 2020 Respectfully submitted, 16 By: s/Jason J. Julius 17 BARON & BUDD, P.C. 18 John P. Fiske (SBN 249256) Jason Julius (SBN 249036) 19 11440 West Bernardo Court Suite 265, 20 San Diego, CA 92127 Telephone: 858-251-7424 / Fax: 214-520-1181 21 Email: [email protected] 22 Email: [email protected] 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 Notice of Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Case 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Document 126 Filed 03/20/20 PageID.1855 Page 4 of 5 1 Scott Summy (Pro Hac Vice 2 Texas Bar No. 19507500) 3 Celeste Evangelisti (SBN 225232) Brett Land (Pro Hac Vice 4 Texas Bar No. 24092664) Zachary Sandman (Pro Hac Vice 5 New York Bar No. 5418926) 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100 6 Dallas, Texas 75219 7 Telephone: 214- 521-3605 / Fax: 214-520-1181 Email: [email protected] 8 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 9 Email: [email protected] 10 Attorneys for the Plaintiffs 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Notice of Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Case 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Document 126 Filed 03/20/20 PageID.1856 Page 5 of 5 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on March 20, 2020, I electronically filed the foregoing through 3 this Court’s electronic transmission facilities via the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) 4 and hyperlink, to the parties and/or counsel who are determined this date to be registered 5 CM/ECF Users set forth in the service list obtained from this Court on the Electronic 6 Mail Notice List. 7 I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America 8 that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on March 20, 2020. 9 10 By: s/Jason J. Julius 11 Jason J. Julius [email protected] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 Notice of Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Case 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Document 126-1 Filed 03/20/20 PageID.1857 Page 1 of 22 1 BARON & BUDD, P.C. John P. Fiske (SBN 249256) 2 Jason Julius (SBN 249036) 11440 West Bernardo Court Suite 265, 3 San Diego, CA 92127 Telephone: 858-251-7424 Fax: 214-520-1181 4 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 5 Scott Summy (Pro Hac Vice Texas Bar No. 19507500) 6 Celeste Evangelisti (SBN 225232) Brett Land (Pro Hac Vice Texas Bar No. 24092664) 7 Zachary Sandman (Pro Hac Vice New York Bar No. 5418926) 3102 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 1100 8 Dallas, Texas 75219 Telephone: 214- 521-3605 Fax: 214-520-1181 9 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 10 Email: [email protected] 11 Attorneys for Plaintiff 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 ADAM COX, individually, by and through Case No.: 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS his durable power of attorney, VICTOR 15 COX, and on behalf of himself and others MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF similarly situated; MARIA OVERTON, UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ORDER 16 individually, and on behalf of herself and (1) GRANTING PRELIMINARY others similarly situated; JORDAN APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION 17 YATES, individually, and on behalf of SETTLEMENT, (2) CERTIFYING himself and others similarly situated; SETTLEMENT CLASS, (3) 18 APPOINTING CLASS Plaintiffs, REPRESENTATIVES AND CLASS 19 v. COUNSEL, (4) APPROVING NOTICE PLAN, AND (5) SETTING FINAL 20 AMETEK, INC., a Delaware corporation; APPROVAL HEARING THOMAS DEENEY, individually; 21 SENIOR OPERATIONS LLC, a limited NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS liability company; and DOES 1 through ORDERED BY THE COURT 22 100, inclusive, Defendants. Hearing: June 8, 2020 at 11:15 a.m. 23 Judge: Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel 24 SENIOR OPERATIONS, LLC, a Magistrate: Hon. Andrew G. Schopler Delaware limited liability company, Referral: Hon. Larry Alan Burns 25 Third-Party Plaintiff, Complaint Filed: 03/24/2017 26 v. 1st Amended Complaint Filed: 05/23/17 27 GREENFIELD MHP ASSOCIATES, L.P., Senior 3rd Party Complaint Filed: 6/20/17 a California limited partnership; KORT & Ametek 3rd Party Complaint Filed: 28 SCOTT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, a 6/27/17 1 Memorandum ISO Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Case 3:17-cv-00597-GPC-AGS Document 126-1 Filed 03/20/20 PageID.1858 Page 2 of 22 1 California limited liability company; TUSTIN RANCH PARTNERS, INC., a 2 California corporation; SIERRA CORPORATE MANAGEMENT, INC., a 3 California corporation; VILLA CAJON MHC, L.P., a Utah limited partnership; 4 KMC CA MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Utah limited liability company; KINGSLEY 5 MANAGEMENT CORP., a Utah corporation; STARLIGHT MHP, LLC, is a 6 California limited liability company; and ROES 101-200, inclusive, 7 Third-Party Defendants.