Mostajo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Anthony Mare Mostajo, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00350-KJM-AC Plaintiffs, ORDER v. 14 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant. 17 18 Lead plaintiffs Anthony Marc Mostajo and Elaine Quedens move for preliminary approval 20 of class settlement. See generally Mot., ECF No. 138. Mr. Mostajo filed this putative class action on behalf of former commercial line claims adjusters against their employer, defendant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide), alleging defendant reclassified the claims 23 adjusters from exempt to non-exempt employees, did not pay them for all hours worked, and 24 discouraged them from reporting overtime under threat of termination. Mem. P. & A. at 9, ECF No. 138-1.! He later added claims for unpaid, accrued vacation time under California Labor Code section 227.3, as well as a derivative representative claim under California’s Private

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