Opinion
NO. C 05-00037 JW
01-12-2012
ORDER RE. JOINT PROPOSAL
REGARDING NOTICE PLAN
Presently before the Court is the parties' Joint Proposal Regarding Notice Plan. (hereafter, "Joint Proposal," Docket Item No. 698.) In their Joint Proposal, the parties contend that dissemination of notice to the class in this case should "be deferred until after the Ninth Circuit rules on Apple's Rule 23(f) petition for interlocutory review of [the] Court's November 22, 2011 class-certification decision." (Id. at 2.) In particular, the parties contend that deferral of the dissemination of notice will "avoid the possibility of the Class receiving two conflicting [n]otices," which will "serv[e] the public interest by avoiding 'the risk of significantly confusing the class consumers.'"
On December 6, 2011, Defendant Apple filed a Petition for Permission to Appeal Order Granting Class Certification pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f) with the Ninth Circuit. (hereafter, "Petition," Docket Item No. 697.)
(Id. (citing Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Stay Proceedings at 6, Docket Item No. 493 in No. C 07-05152 JW).)
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Upon review, the Court finds good cause to defer the dissemination of notice until after the Ninth Circuit has ruled on Defendant Apple's Petition. Accordingly, the Court declines to consider the Joint Proposal at this time. If the Ninth Circuit denies the Petition, the parties shall renotice the Joint Proposal within ten days of the Ninth Circuit's ruling.
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JAMES WARE
United States District Chief Judge
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:
Alexandra Senya Bernay xanb@rgrdlaw.com
Alreen Haeggquist alreenh@zhlaw.com
Andrew S. Friedman afriedman@bffb.com
Bonny E. Sweeney bonnys@rgrdlaw.com
Brian P Murray bmurray@murrayfrank.com
Carmen Anthony Medici cmedici@rgrdlaw.com
Caroline Nason Mitchell cnmitchell@jonesday.com
Craig Ellsworth Stewart cestewart@jonesday.com
David Craig Kiernan dkiernan@jonesday.com
Elaine A. Ryan eryan@bffb.com
Francis Joseph Balint fbalint@bffb.com
George A. Riley griley@omm.com
Helen I. Zeldes helenz@zhlaw.com
Jacqueline Sailer jsailer@murrayfrank.com
John J. Stoia jstoia@rgrdlaw.com
Michael D Braun service@braunlawgroup.com
Michael D. Braun service@braunlawgroup.com
Michael Tedder Scott michaelscott@jonesday.com
Robert Allan Mittelstaedt ramittelstaedt@jonesday.com
Roy Arie Katriel rak@katriellaw.com
Thomas J. Kennedy tkennedy@murrayfrank.com
Thomas Robert Merrick tmerrick@rgrdlaw.com
Todd David Carpenter tcarpenter@bffb.com
Richard W. Wieking, Clerk
By: _________________
Susan Imbriani
Courtroom Deputy