Ramirez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SERGIO L. RAMIREZ, Case No. 12-cv-00632-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

v. FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

TRANS UNION, LLC, Re: Dkt. Nos. 404, 415 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff Sergio Ramirez filed this class action alleging that Defendant Trans Union violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., through its OFAC Name Screen Alert. The OFAC Name Screen Alert or OFAC Alert is a service Trans Union provides to its customers which identifies persons whose names match individuals (known as Specially Designated Nationals or SDNs) on the United States government’s list of terrorists, drug traffickers, and others with whom Americans are prohibited from doing business. After a jury returned a verdict in Plaintiff’s favor, Trans Union appealed and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict except for the amount of punitive damages. The Supreme Court subsequently reversed the Ninth Circuit’s…