Justin Lopez v. Americold Logistics, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUSTIN LOPEZ, on behalf of himself and No. 1:20-cv-00308-NONE-EPG others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING THE FILING OF v. SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING REGARDING JOINT STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT, AMERICOLD LOGISTICS, LLC, a RELEASE OF INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS, AND Delaware company, REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF CLASS

CLAIMS

Defendant. (Doc. No. 17)

18 The court has received and reviewed the parties’ joint stipulation of settlement (Doc. No. 17), which, among other things, requests a judicial finding that the settlement of plaintiff’s potential individual claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) are fair and reasonable. This matter is related to a separate wage and hour class action, Contreras v. Americold Logistics LLC, No. 19-cv-641-GW-SHKx (C.D. Cal.), in which plaintiff was a putative class member but chose to opt out. (See Doc. No. 17 ¶¶ 3–8.) In this case,…