Middleton
Middleton v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROBERT MIDDLETON, Case No. 1:19-cv-01747-CDB
12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING AS MODIFIED
MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF PAGA
13 v. SETTLEMENT AND ENTRY OF
JUDGMENT
14 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., (Doc. 39) 15 Defendant. Clerk of the Court to Close Case 16 17 18 Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint motion for approval of Private Attorneys 19 General Act (“PAGA”) Settlement, filed December 6, 2023. (Doc. 39). The motion is 20 accompanied by declarations from Plaintiff’s attorney, Karl Gerber, and from Jon D. Meer, 21 counsel for Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (“Halliburton or “Defendant”). (Docs. 40, 41).1 22 The Court finds that the terms of the settlement are fundamentally fair, adequate, and reasonable. 23 For the reasons set forth herein, the Court will reduce Plaintiff’s requested incentive award. 24 I. Background 25 On December 16, 2019, Robert Middleton (“Plaintiff”), initiated this action with the filing 26 of a…