Yucesoy

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DOUGLAS O'CONNOR, et al., Case No. 13-cv-03826-EMC

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’

9 v. MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL

AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

10 UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al., ATTORNEYS’ FEES 11 Defendants. Docket Nos. 954, 935

12 13 Plaintiffs brought two lawsuits against Defendant Uber Technologies, Inc., alleging that 14 Uber misclassifies its drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees. See O’Connor 15 v. Uber Techs., Inc., Case No. 13-cv-3826-EMC, Docket No. 330 ¶ 3; Yucesoy v. Uber Techs., 16 Inc., Case No. 15-cv-262-EMC, Docket No. 292 ¶ 2. Five years of contentious litigation ensued. 17 The parties eventually entered into an agreement to settle both suits, and on March 29, 2019, the 18 Court granted preliminary approval to the parties’ class action settlement. O’Connor, Docket No. 19 930 (“Prelim. Approval Order”); Yucesoy, Docket No. 332. 20 For the reasons stated on the record and as explained below, the…