Opinion
5:16-cv-10444-JEL-EAS
09-19-2023
In re Flint Water Cases. This Order Relates To: ALL CASES
ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL MASTER REGARDING SETTLEMENT CLAIMS RECEIVED WITHOUT POSTMARK DATES [2618]
JUDITH E. LEVY United States District Judge.
On September 18, 2023, the Special Master submitted a Report and Recommendation of the Special Master Regarding Settlement Claims Received Without Postmark Dates (“Report and Recommendation”). (ECF No. 2618.) Exhibit A, which was attached to the Report and Recommendation, identifies 116 claims by their claim ID, and recommends that they “be accepted as timely submissions to be considered for eligibility under the settlement.” (Id. at PageID.85810.) The Report and Recommendation explains that although these submissions lack a postmark date that would enable their timeliness to be determined with certainty, there is nonetheless a reasonable basis to conclude that these 116 claim packets were mailed on time. (Id. At PageID.85809.) The Court concurs in this reasoning and recommendation and therefore orders the 116 claim packets listed in Exhibit A attached to the Report and Recommendation to be accepted as timely submissions to be considered for eligibility under the settlement.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court's ECF System to their respective email or first-class U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on September 19, 2023.