Naro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SERENA NARO, et al., Case No. 22-cv-03170-JST

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF

WALGREEN CO, et al., CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Defendants. Re: ECF No.

12 Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ unopposed motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement. ECF No. 60. The Court will deny the motion without prejudice for the reasons discussed below. First, the settlement agreement’s release provisions place the Named Plaintiffs in conflict with the settlement class. The settlement class releases the claims asserted in the complaint. ECF No. 60 at 19–20. The Named Plaintiffs release those claims, but also agree to a general release, i.e., to “fully and finally release and discharge the Released Parties from all known and unknown claims they have or may have against the Released Parties, of every nature and description whatsoever, up to the date of…