Curley
April Curley, et al. v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 APRIL CURLEY, et al., Case No. 4:22-cv-01735-KAW
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
v. CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 138 Defendant.
12 On May 8, 2025, Plaintiffs April Curley, Desiree Mayon, and Ronika Lewis filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement agreement between the parties. Having considered the parties’ filings and the arguments presented at the December 4, 2025 hearing, and for the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary approval. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual and Procedural Background In 2014, Google hired Plaintiff April Curley, a Black woman, to help the company expand its outreach to Black college students. (Third Am. Compl., “TAC,” Dkt. No. 93 ¶ 3.) Although she worked diligently and performed at a high level, she was terminated six years later.…