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. 52)

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 Plaintiff filed this lawsuit, Plaintiff and Defendants reached a proposed class action settlement agreement. Plaintiff moved the Court to preliminarily approve the proposed settlement agreement under Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court denied Plaintiff’s motion, concluding that Plaintiff failed to demonstrate that the…