Ramirez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SERGIO L. RAMIREZ, Case No. 12-cv-00632-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR FINAL

v. APPROVAL; MOTION FOR

ATTORNEY’S FEES, COSTS, AND

TRANS UNION, LLC, INDIVIDUAL SERVICE AND

SETTLEMENT AWARD

Defendant. 12 Re: Dkt. Nos. 420, 426

14 Sergio Ramirez filed this class action alleging that Trans Union violated the Fair Credit 15 Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., through its OFAC Name Screen Alert. The 16 OFAC Name Screen Alert or OFAC Alert is a service Trans Union provides to its customers 17 which identifies persons whose names match individuals (known as Specially Designated 18 Nationals or SDNs) on the United States government’s list of terrorists, drug traffickers, and 19 others with whom Americans are prohibited from doing business. 20 After a jury returned a verdict in Mr. Ramirez’s favor, Trans Union appealed and the Ninth 21 Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict except for the amount of punitive damages. The 22 Supreme Court subsequently…