Yuriy Bouzelev v. THC Orange County, LLC et al, No. 8:2019cv01846 - Document 45 (C.D. Cal. 2021)

Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge Fernando M. Olguin. Class Counsel and Defendant shall take all steps necessary and appropriate to provide FCRA Class Members with the benefits to which they are entitled under the terms of the Settlement Agreement and pursua nt to the Orders of the Court. Class Counsel shall be awarded $94,635.00 in attorneys' fees and $10,005.25 in costs, which amount is approved as fair and reasonable, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(h) and is in accordance with the t erms of the Settlement Agreement. The Class Representative shall be awarded $5,000.00 as a service award in his capacity as a representative Plaintiff in the Action. See judgment for further details. (MD JS-6, Case Terminated). (lom)

Download PDF
Yuriy Bouzelev v. THC Orange County, LLC et al Doc. 45 1 JS-6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 14 YURIY BOUZELEV, an individual, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, 15 16 17 18 19 Plaintiff, Case No. SA CV 19-01846-DMG (DFMx) FINAL JUDGMENT v. THC – ORANGE COUNTY, LLC, et al. Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FINAL JUDGMENT Dockets.Justia.com 1 2 3 IT IS HEREBY ADJUDGED AND DECREED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 58 THAT: 1. The settlement of this class action on the terms set forth in the 4 Parties’ Stipulation for Class Action Settlement, with exhibits and any amendments 5 thereto (collectively, the “Settlement Agreement” or “Agreement”), and definitions 6 included therein, signed on November 23, 2020 and filed with this Court, is finally 7 approved, and the following class is granted final certification for settlement purposes 8 only under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) and (b)(3): all applicants for employment in the United 9 States for whom Defendant THC-Orange County, LLC procured a consumer report for 10 purposes of employment from September 26, 2014 through July 2, 2019, inclusive. 11 Excluded from the FCRA Class are persons who timely and properly exclude 12 themselves from the FCRA Class as provided in the Settlement Agreement. “Released 13 Parties” means Defendant THC – Orange County, LLC, and all divisions, related or 14 affiliated companies, parents, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, 15 attorneys, insurers, reinsurers, investors, successors and assigns, owners, officials, 16 partners, assigns, principals, heirs, representatives, predecessors in interest, 17 beneficiaries, executors, members, privies, administrators, fiduciaries, and trustees and 18 any individual or entity which could be jointly liable with THC – Orange County, LLC. 19 2. The Court finds that Rachel Herelle, identified in the Declaration of 20 Jarrod Salinas for Simpluris Inc., the Settlement Administrator [Doc. # 38-4], and filed 21 with the Court, has submitted a timely and valid request for exclusion from the FCRA 22 Class and is therefore not bound by this Final Judgment and accompanying Final Order. 23 All other members of the FCRA Class are bound by the terms and conditions of the 24 Settlement Agreement, this Final Judgment, and the accompanying Final Order. 25 3. The Settlement Notice, the toll-free telephone number, all other 26 notices in the Settlement Agreement, and the notice methodology implemented pursuant 27 to the Settlement Agreement: (a) constituted the best practicable notice under the 28 circumstances; (b) constituted notice that was reasonably calculated to apprise FCRA 1. FINAL JUDGMENT 1 Class Members of the pendency of the Action, the terms of the settlement, and their 2 rights under the settlement, including, but not limited to, their right to object to or 3 exclude themselves from the proposed settlement and to appear at the Final Fairness 4 Hearing; (c) were reasonable and constituted due, adequate, and sufficient notice to all 5 persons entitled to receive notice; and (d) met all applicable requirements of law, 6 including, but not limited to, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C. §1715, and 7 the Due Process Clause(s) of the United States Constitution, as well as complied with 8 the Federal Judicial Center’s illustrative class action notices. 4. 9 The claims in Yuriy Bouzelev, an individual, on behalf of himself 10 and others similarly situated v. THC – Orange County, LLC, et al, Case No. SA CV 19- 11 01846-DMG (DFMx) (the “Action”) are dismissed on the merits and with prejudice 12 according to the terms (including the Release) set forth in the Settlement Agreement 13 and in the Court’s Final Order Approving Class Action Settlement, (the “Final Approval 14 Order”), without costs to any party except as provided in the Final Approval Order. 5. 15 Class Counsel and Defendant shall take all steps necessary and 16 appropriate to provide FCRA Class Members with the benefits to which they are entitled 17 under the terms of the Settlement Agreement and pursuant to the Orders of the Court. 6. 18 Class Counsel shall be awarded $94,635.00 in attorneys’ fees and 19 $10,005.25 in costs, which amount is approved as fair and reasonable, pursuant to Fed. 20 R. Civ. P. 23(h) and is in accordance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement. 7. 21 22 The Class Representative shall be awarded $5,000.00 as a service award in his capacity as a representative Plaintiff in the Action. 8. 23 The Court will retain continuing jurisdiction over the Action for the 24 reasons and purposes set forth in this Court’s Final Approval Order. 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 2. FINAL JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 9. There are no objection(s) to the Stipulation of Settlement, the Service Award, and Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: May 14, 2021 5 6 The Honorable Fernando M. Olguin United States District Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3. FINAL JUDGMENT

Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.