Bowen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANNICA B. BOWEN, on behalf of herself No. 2:20–cv–2318–KJN and all others similarly situated, PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS Plaintiffs, ACTION AND PAGA SETTLEMENT 13 v. (ECF No. 40.)

JEA SENIOR LIVING HEALTH AND

WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN, LLC, et al., Defendants. 17 Presently pending before the court is plaintiff’s (Annica Bowen, a.k.a. Annica Palacio) unopposed motion for provisional certification of a settlement class and preliminary approval of a Rule 23 Class Action and California Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) settlement in this meal- and rest-break labor dispute. (ECF Nos. 40, 43.) For the following reasons, the court GRANTS provisional certification of the settlement class, APPOINTS plaintiff as class representative and plaintiff’s counsel as class counsel, GRANTS preliminary approval of the class action and PAGA settlement, APPROVES the class notice—after small modifications are made, and SETS further…