HERRERA v. BARCHIESI

Nos. 19-1148, 19-1161.

DANIEL HERRERA; ZACHARY AIKEN; OMAR BASHI; KIMBERLEY BEYER; STEVEN BURLESON; KABIR BUHARI; EDGAR JULIAN CABRA; KAYLA CARMENIA; CHARLIE CARPENTER; SHERRY DUNCAN; BRENT FINNELL; PAMELA FREEMAN; CHARLES HORNACK; JAMES A. HOWE; TALECE HUNTER; EPHRAIM MOSELY; ANNABELLE PARDO; SUSAN PATROSKI; DAWN PATTERSON; MICHAEL PEREZ; KARINA RAHALL; SHANELL REID; JAMAL WILLIAMS, Objectors-Appellants, and ROBERT C. BARCHIESI, Individually and in a Representative capacity on behalf of a class of all persons similarly situated; LEJLA HADZIC, Individually and in a Representative capacity on behalf of a class of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CHARLOTTE SCHOOL OF LAW, LLC; INFILAW CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees, RAISSA LEVY; JAMES VILLANUEVA; SHANNA RIVERA; ANDRE MCCOY; 17CV26 LEVY PLAINTIFFS; LEAH ASH; 17CV39 ASH PLAINTIFFS; SPENCER KREBS; MORGAN SWITZER; DAVE WYATT; JACENTA MARIE PRICE; KRYSTAL HORSLEY; MARKISHA DOBSON; 17CV190 PLAINTIFFS, Consolidated Plaintiffs-Appellees, INFILAW HOLDING, LLC; JAY CONISON; CHIDI OGENE; DONALD LIVELY, Consolidated Defendants-Appellees, and STERLING PARTNERS; STERLING CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, LLC, Defendants. ROBERT C. BARCHIESI, Individually and in a Representative capacity on behalf of a class of all persons similarly situated; LEJLA HADZIC, Individually and in a Representative capacity on behalf of a class of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, REBECCA APPELBAUM; CAROLINE APRAHAMIAN; ERIN BOWMAN; BRIDGET CAMPBELL; ARIEL CARTER; KIA JOHNSON; VONDA JOHNSON; JESSICA HALL; ALECIA KING; BRYANT LAVENDER; HATTY MACON; NISHI PATEL; ALEX PETTY; LEROY RICHARDSON; KAYTLIN RUZICKA; JULIETA SMITH; CHRISTOPHER TABAKA; STACY TOWNSEND, Objector-Appellants, v. CHARLOTTE SCHOOL OF LAW, LLC; INFILAW CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees, RAISSA LEVY; JAMES VILLANUEVA; SHANNA RIVERA; ANDRE MCCOY; 17CV26 LEVY PLAINTIFFS; LEAH ASH; 17CV39 ASH PLAINTIFFS; SPENCER KREBS; MORGAN SWITZER; DAVE WYATT; JACENTA MARIE PRICE; KRYSTAL HORSLEY; MARKISHA DOBSON; 17CV190 PLAINTIFFS, Consolidated Plaintiffs-Appellees, INFILAW HOLDING, LLC; JAY CONISON; CHIDI OGENE; DONALD LIVELY, Consolidated Defendants-Appellees, and STERLING PARTNERS; STERLING CAPITAL PARTNERS IV, LLC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary K. Shipman , Kyle J. Nutt , Angelique Adams , SHIPMAN & WRIGHT, LLP, Wilmington, North Carolina; H. Forest Horne , John Alan Jones , Steven D. Corriveau , MARTIN & JONES, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Barchiesi Appellants.

Christopher R. Bagley , Gary W. Jackson , LAW OFFICES OF JAMES SCOTT FARRIN, Durham, North Carolina, for Herrera Appellants. David E. Mills , Michael D. Hays , COOLEY LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert T. Cahill , Reston, Virginia, for Appellees Charlotte School of Law, LLC, InfiLaw Corporation, InfiLaw Holding LLC, Jay Conison , Chidi Ogene , and Donald Lively . Anthony J. Majestro , POWELL & MAJESTRO, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees Spencer Krebs , et al. Philip Bohrer , BOHRER BRADY LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Brian L. Kinsley , CRUMLEY ROBERTS, LLP, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellees Raissa Levy , et al. Michael John Messinger , LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL MESSINGER, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee Leah Ash.

Affirmed by unpublished opinion. Judge Alston wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Keenan joined.


UNPUBLISHED

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

The central question raised in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in approving a limited fund class action settlement pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(1)(B) and Ortiz...

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