Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSE GONZALEZ, individually and on Lead Case No. 1:16-cv-01891-DAD-JLT behalf of all similarly situated people, Member Case No. 1:17-cv-01094-DAD-JLT Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC and APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION CORECIVIC, INC., SETTLEMENT Defendants. (Doc. No. 59)

18 THOMAS RICHARDS, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated people, 19 Plaintiff, 20 v.

CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, LLC,

22 Defendant. 23 INTRODUCTION This matter came before the court on August 6, 2019, for hearing on plaintiff Jose Gonzalez’s second unopposed motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement. (Doc. No. 59.) Attorneys Peter Dion-Kindem and Lonnie Blanchard appeared telephonically on behalf of plaintiffs and the putative class, and attorney Paul Gleason appeared telephonically on behalf of defendants. For the reasons set forth…