Lusk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JEREMY R. LUSK, CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00762-AWI-EPG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S THIRD-

v. AMENDED MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

FIVE GUYS ENTERPRISES LLC; AND

ENCORE FGBF, LLC,

(Doc. No. 75) Defendants.

13 In this class action lawsuit, Jeremy Lusk is suing Five Guys Enterprises LLC and Encore FGBF, LLC, on grounds that they violated federal and California credit/consumer reporting laws, California wage-and-hour laws, and California unfair competition law. Although the parties have reached a proposed class settlement, the Court has denied Lusk’s first three motions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) for preliminary approval of the settlement and conditional certification of the putative class. Lusk now moves a fourth time for such relief. For the reasons discussed below, the Court will deny this motion. 21 BACKGROUND Lusk filed his lawsuit in state court on May 2, 2017,…