Gilmore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDMOND TRENT GILMORE AND Case No. 1:20-cv-00483-HBK DANIEL GOWANS, on behalf of themselves, all others similarly situated, ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT MOTION FOR and the State of California APPROVAL OF PAGA SETTLEMENT 13 Plaintiffs, (Doc. No. 20) 14 v. 15 McMILLAN-HENDRYX INCORPORATED, dba AMERICAN

SEALS WEST, INC., GARY HENDRYX,

JUSTIN HENDRYX, DEB C. HALL, Defendants. 19 Pending before the Court is the Motion for Preliminary Approval of PAGA Settlement submitted by Plaintiff Edmond Trent Gilmore and Daniel Gowans (“Plaintiffs”). (Doc. No. 20). “‘A PAGA representative action is ... a type of qui tam action’” in which a private plaintiff pursues ‘a dispute between an employer and the state Labor and Workforce Development Agency’ (‘LWDA’) on behalf of the state. Haralson v. U.S. Aviation Servs. Corp., 383 F. Supp. 3d 959, 971 (N.D. Cal. 2019) (quoting Iskanian v. CLS Transp. L.A., LLC, 59 Cal. 4th 348, 382, 384 (2014)). Although such actions do not require class…