Cortes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MIKE CORTES, on behalf of himself No. 2:16-cv-00823-MCE-EFB and all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

NATIONAL CREDIT ADJUSTERS,

L.L.C., Defendant. 17 Plaintiff Mike Cortes (“Plaintiff”) brought a class action lawsuit against Defendant National Credit Adjusters, L.L.C. (“Defendant”) for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq. (“FDCPA”), and California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, California Civil Code §§ 1788 et seq. (“Rosenthal Act”). On December 7, 2020, this Court granted final approval of the parties’ class action settlement, which established a $1,800,000 non-reversionary settlement fund for the payment of individual class member awards, attorneys’ fees and costs, administration costs, and a service award to the class representative. See ECF No. 69. Those funds have since been distributed but there remains $48,689.41 in…