Stewart

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Pamela STEWART, et al., individually Case No.: 19-cv-2043-AGS-DDL and on behalf of all similarly situated 4 employees of Defendants in the State of ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S California, MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY

APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

Plaintiffs,

AGREEMENT (ECF 272)

v.

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC., et al., 9 Defendants.

Plaintiff Pamela Stewart seeks preliminary approval of a settlement agreement regarding her class-action lawsuit and Private Attorney General Act representative action. (ECF 272, at 7.) Before the Court may approve a class-action settlement, it must “certify the class for purposes of judgment on the proposal.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(e)(1)(B)(ii). To do so, it must ascertain the class in question. Here, the Court is left guessing as to whether the proposed agreement seeks approval for the previously certified class or one of two new class definitions that plaintiff offers. Stewart acknowledges that this Court previously…