Plaintiffs' Consumer Class v. Hyundai Motor Company

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 8 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PLAINTIFFS’ CONSUMER CLASS, No. 24-7080 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 8:22-ml-03052-JVS-KES

DONALD K. BIRNER,

MEMORANDUM*

Objector - Appellant,

v.

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA

CORPORATION,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 19, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, BERZON, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

Objector-appellant Donald Birner appeals from the district court’s order

granting final approval of a class action settlement concerning allegations that

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles were defectively designed and thus vulnerable to

theft. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

A class action settlement must be fair, reasonable, and adequate. Fed. R.

Civ. P.…