Valencia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIANA VALENCIA, an individual, No. 1:20-cv-01795-KES-SKO Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

APPROVAL OF PAGA SETTLEMENT

VF OUTDOOR, a California limited WITHOUT PREJUDICE liability corporation, 15 Defendant. (Doc. 109)

17 On December 11, 2024, plaintiff Briana Valencia filed an unopposed motion for judicial approval of her settlement with defendant VF Outdoor, LLC, (“VF Outdoor”) of her California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, Cal. Labor Code § 2698 et seq. (“PAGA”) (West 2016), claims in this action. Doc. 109 (“Mot.”). As addressed below, Valencia fails to provide

1 The version of PAGA in effect prior to July 1, 2024 applies in this case. The current version of PAGA, effective since July 1, 2024, states that “the amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to a civil action brought on or after June 19, 2024.” Cal. Lab. Code § 2699(v)(1) (West 2024). This action was…