McMillion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 Case No. 4:16-cv-03396-YGR

ORDER GRANTING IN PART PROPOSED

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION OF SETTLEMENT

PROCEEDS, INCLUDING AN AWARD OF

IGNACIO PEREZ, ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES

AND SERVICE AWARD FOR THE CLASS

Plaintiff, REPRESENTATIVE v. Re: Dkt. No. 451

RASH CURTIS & ASSOCIATES, Defendant.

The context of this action is well-known. To summarize, following a one-week trial, a jury 14 found in favor of plaintiff Ignacio Perez, individually, and the class members, and against 15 defendant Rash Curtis & Associates (“Rash Curtis”), awarding over $267 million (“Perez I”). The 16 size of the award was the result of a mathematical calculation assessing statutory damages of $500 17 for each call made in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. sections 227, 18 et seq. (the “TCPA”).1 19 With such an obviously enormous award, at the close of trial, the Court…