Ranger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MONICA RANGER, on behalf of herself No. 2:20–cv–401–KJN and all others similarly situated, PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS Plaintiff, ACTION AND PAGA SETTLEMENT 13 v. (ECF Nos. 41, 61.)

SHARED IMAGING, LLC.

15 Defendant. 16 Presently pending before the court is plaintiff’s unopposed motion for provisional certification of a Rule 23 class and preliminary approval of the parties’ class action and PAGA settlement in this meal- and rest-break labor dispute. (ECF Nos. 41, 44, 61.) For the following reasons, the court GRANTS provisional certification of the settlement class, APPOINTS plaintiff as class representative and plaintiff’s counsel from the Clayeo firm as class counsel, GRANTS preliminary approval of the class action and full approval of the PAGA settlement, APPROVES the class notice—after small modifications are made, and SETS further deadlines. ///

1 The assigned district judge took the motion under submission without a…