Valerie Cashon v. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Modesto, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 VALERIE CASHON, No. 1:19-cv-00671-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING RENEWED MOTION

FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF

v. CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AND

PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATION

ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF (Doc. 42) MODESTO, LLC, et al.,

Defendants. 18 Plaintiff Valerie Cashon filed a lawsuit against her former employers, Defendants Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Modesto, LLC and Encompass Health Corporation (collectively, “Defendants”) in state court. Initially, Plaintiff asserted individual claims related to her employment. (Doc. 1-1 at 28 (original complaint in notice of removal).) Plaintiff subsequently filed an amended complaint in state court and served Defendants. (Id. at 10; Doc. 1 ¶ 2.) Defendants removed the action to this Court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. (See Doc. 1.) Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s renewed motion for…