Sheets

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Kristie Sheets, et al., No. 2:20-cv-01683-KJM-EFB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Lipper Components, Inc., et al., 1S Defendants. 16 This matter is before the court on plaintiff Kristie Sheets’ request for final judgment in a 18 putative class action, pursuant to the court’s October 22, 2021 order granting defendants’ motion 19 to dismiss with leave to amend. See ECF No. 46. As explained below, the court approves the 20 request. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 governs the litigation of class actions in federal court. Rule 23(e) includes several provisions on the settlement and voluntary dismissal of class actions, 23 but that subsection requires the court’s approval of a settlement only when a class has been 24 certified. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(e) (“The claims, issues, or defenses of a certified class may be 25 settled, voluntarily dismissed, or compromised only with the court’s approval.”); see also…