Kabasele

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 DORCAS-COTHY KABASELE, No. 2:21-cv-01639 WBS CKD an individual,1 13 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

ULTA SALON, COSMETICS &

FRAGRANCE, INC.; and DOES 1-100, inclusive, 17 Defendant.

19 ----oo0oo---- 20 A hearing on this unopposed motion for preliminary 21 approval of class settlement was held on March 6, 2023. During 22 oral argument, plaintiff’s counsel identified an error in the 23 briefing, which indicated that there were approximately 118,000 24 putative class members. In actuality, there are approximately 25 26 Although the caption on the operative complaint refers to plaintiff only as “an individual,” plaintiff asserts claims both individually and on behalf of similarly situated Ulta employees. 18,000 putative class members. Because the court had based its initial review of the motion on the incorrect assumption of 118,000 class members, the court declined to hear further oral argument at that time. The court now explains its…