Lingle

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 | Anthony Lingle, No. 2:22-cev-01471-KJM-JDP 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 Centimark Corporation, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Anthony Lingle moves for class certification and final approval of the agreement 18 | to settle class claims against defendant Centimark Corporation. See generally Mot. Final 19 | Approval, ECF No. 61. Lingle also requests an award of attorneys’ fees and costs. See generally 20 | Mot. Fees, ECF No. 58. Both motions are unopposed. The court held a hearing on October 17, 21 | 2025. Justin Rodriguez appeared for Lingle, and Paul Smith appeared for Centimark. The court 22 | grants the motion for final approval, and grants in part the motion for an award of fees and 23 | costs, as explained in this order. 24 | I. BACKGROUND 25 The court discussed Lingle’s allegations, the procedural history of this case and the law 26 | that applies to the settlement of class actions in its…