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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LINDA SUNDERLAND and BENJAMIN
BINDER, individually and on behalf of all
those similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
PHARMACARE U.S., INC.; and
PHARMACARE LABORATORIES PTY
LTD.,
Defendants.
Case No.: 3:23-cv-1318-JES-AHG
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’
UNOPPOSED MOTION TO APPOINT
ADAM A. EDWARDS AS
ADDITIONAL CLASS COUNSEL
[ECF No. 138]
Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Appoint Adam A. Edwards as
Additional Class Counsel. ECF No. 138. District courts, generally, grant motions to appoint
additional class counsel that are unopposed and made prior to the class notice being
disseminated. See e.g., Krommenhock v. Post Foods, LLC, Case No. 16-cv-04958-WHO,
2020 WL 2322993, at *3 (N.D. Cal. May 11, 2020) (granting motion to appoint additional
class counsel as unopposed because the expert work and trial in this case will be extensive
and complex but prior to class notice being issued); Dawson v. Great Lakes Educational
Loan Servs., Inc. 15-cv-475-jdp, 2019 WL 6619325, at 1 (W.D. Wisc. Dec. 15, 2019)
(granting unopposed motion to appoint additional class counsel appointment as appropriate
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g)(1) before second round of class notice);
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Jermyn v. Best Buy Stores, L.P., No. 08 Civ. 214(CM), 2011 WL 280798, at *1 (S.D.N.Y.
Jan. 18, 2011) (granting unopposed motion to appoint additional counsel after class was
certified but before class notice); but see Kaplan v. S.A.C. Capital Advisors, L.P., Case
NO. 12 Civ. 9350 (NRB), Dkt. 283 (S.D.N.Y. July 5, 2016) (granting unopposed motion
for appointment of additional class counsel after class certification and after class notice).
Good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS the Motion and VACATES the hearing
for the Motion that was set to take place on March 18, 2026.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 17, 2026
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