Stoddart
Stoddart v. Express Services, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL H. STODDART, et al., No. 2:12-cv-01054-KJM-CKD 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER 14 EXPRESS SERVICES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16
17 18 Plaintiff Michael Stoddart (“Plaintiff”) brings this putative class action against 19 defendants Express Services, Inc. (“Express”), Phillips & Associates, Inc. (“Phillips”), and 20 Western Wine Services, Inc. (“Western Wine”), alleging several California Labor Code 21 violations. See generally Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”), ECF No. 94. On March 9, 2018, 22 plaintiff first moved for preliminary approval of class action settlement. Prelim. Approval of 23 Class Action Settlement Mem. P. & A. (“Pl.’s Mem. I”), ECF No. 156. The motion was 24 unopposed, but Elaine Martin (“Martin”), a named plaintiff in a related wage and hour class 25 action pending in Solano County Superior Court, requested leave to file an amicus brief in 26 opposition to plaintiff’s motion. Ex Parte Appl., ECF No. 158. On May 18, 2018, the court held 27 a hearing…