Lusk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 JEREMY R. LUSK, CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00762-AWI-EPG

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE PRELIMINARY FAIRNESS

v. EVALUATION

FIVE GUYS ENTERPRISES LLC; and (Doc. No. 36)

ENCORE FGBF, LLC,

8 Defendants.

10 I. Introduction In this lawsuit an employee, on behalf of himself and a proposed class of his fellow employees, is suing his two employers for violating California wage-and-hour laws and California and federal consumer reporting laws. The employee is Plaintiff Jeremy Lusk, and the employers are Defendant Five Guys Enterprises LLC and Defendant Encore FGBF, LLC (collectively “Defendants”). After Lusk initiated this lawsuit, the parties reached a proposed class action settlement agreement, which the parties then presented to the Court for approval under Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, now before the Court is Lusk’s motion for a preliminary fairness determination of the proposed settlement agreement. For the…