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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEANNETTE COOKS, et al., No. 2:16–cv–01160-KJM-AC Plaintiffs, No. 2:16–cv–02113-KJM-AC v. ORDER TNG GP, et al., Defendants. 16 17 On February 7, 2020, the court heard argument on plaintiffs’ unopposed motion for an order preliminarily approving a class settlement and provisionally certifying the settlement class. ECF No. 68. Jeff Geraci appeared for plaintiffs. Michael Nader appeared for defendants. After carefully considering the parties’ submissions and the applicable law, the court GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion for the reasons set forth below. I. BACKGROUND A. Factual and Procedural Background This lawsuit arises out of defendants’ alleged failure to “pay for all hours worked resulting in failure to pay all hourly and overtime wages owed, failure to provide accurate itemized wage statements, failure to timely pay all wages to separated employees, failure to ///// reimburse for all…