Lingle

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Anthony Lingle, No. 2:22-cev-01471-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Centimark Corporation, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Anthony Lingle has agreed with defendant Centimark Corporation, his former employer, to settle his own claims and the claims of a proposed class of similarly situated employees. He asks the court to approve the agreement on a preliminary basis and give notice to 20 the proposed class. As explained in this order, although Lingle has demonstrated the proposed class will likely be certified, he has not demonstrated the court “will likely be able to approve” the settlement agreement itself as “fair, reasonable, and adequate,” as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e). For that reason, the court denies the motion in part without prejudice to renewal. 25 I. BACKGROUND The court described Lingle’s allegations in a previous order. …