Shin
Shin v. Plantronics, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 PHIL SHIN, Case No. 18-cv-05626-NC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR v. ATTORNEYS’ FEES 13 PLANTRONICS, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 85 14 Defendant. 15 16 In this consumer class action, plaintiff Phil Shin represented a class of headphone buyers against defendant Plantronics, Inc., alleging that Plantronics’s BackBeat FIT wireless headphones did not work as advertised. After Plantronics moved to dismiss, the parties reached a settlement. In a separate order, the Court granted final approval of the settlement. Here, the Court addresses Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees and the class representative’s service award. I. Legal Standard When a class action settlement awards attorneys’ fees, the fee award must be evaluated in the overall context of the settlement. Knisley v. Network Assocs., 312 F.3d 1123, 1126 (9th Cir.2002). The court “ha[s] an…