Westfall
Westfall v. Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Robert Westfall, et al., No. 2:16-cv-02632-KJM-CKD Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation, 1S Defendant. 16 The parties settled this wage-and-hour class action lawsuit on August 7, 2020. See generally Stip. of Class Action and PAGA Settlement (“Stip.”), ECF No. 98. The court 19 preliminarily approved the settlement on September 16, 2021. See Order, ECF No. 104. Two 20 days before the final approval hearing, Andre Bernstein and Richard Martin filed objections with this court. See generally Objections, ECF No. 121. They provided evidence of their timely submitted objections, see Proofs of Delivery, Lesches Decl. Ex. D, ECF No. 121-7 (confirmation emails showing objections were “delivered” and “available” on April 4 and April 8, 2022), which 24 the settlement administrator did not report to the court, see Neylon Decl. § 10, ECF No. 119-1 25 (class administrator…