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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JEFF SPOERLE, NICK LEE, KATHI SMITH, JASON KNUDTSON, on behalf of themselves and all others who consent to become Plaintiffs and similarly situated employees, ORDER Plaintiffs, 07-cv-300-bbc v. KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL, INC., Oscar Mayer Foods Division, Defendant. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The only issue remaining in this labor law class action is the appropriate fee award for class counsel. Counsel for plaintiffs have submitted a petition in which they calculate their fees under the lodestar method to be $863.216.70 and their costs to be $128,870.21. In addition, counsel ask for an enhancement of $300,000. Joseph Jerzewski, a member of the class and the president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 538, has filed an objection to the requested enhancement on various grounds. I will schedule a hearing to give Mr. Jerzewski and counsel an opportunity to be heard on this issue.

ORDER IT IS ORDERED that 1. The clerk of court is directed to schedule a hearing on counsel for plaintiffs' fee petition on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 8:45 a.m. in Courtroom 260. 2. Counsel for plaintiffs is directed to forward this order to Joseph Jerzewski. Entered this 18th day of May, 2011. BY THE COURT: /s/ BARBARA B. CRABB District Judge

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