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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DAVID BARANCO, et al., Case No. 17-cv-03580-EMC

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER REQUESTING

9 v. INFORMATION FROM THE PARTIES

10 FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Docket No. 151 11 Defendant.

12 13 Before the Court will approve the parties’ Stipulation of Voluntary Dismissal with 14 Prejudice, Docket No. 151, the Court requests information from the parties about the scope and 15 nature of the publicity associated with this putative class action. As Federal Rule of Civil 16 Procedure 23(e) compels, “A class action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the 17 approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to all 18 members of the class in such manner as the court directs.” This requirement “is to protect the 19 interests of absent plaintiffs before permitting dismissal.” Schultzen v. Woodbury Cent. Cmty. 20 Sch. Dist., 217 F.R.D. 469, 470 (N.D. Iowa 2003). Although “the class has not been certified . . . 21 ‘[t]his requirement…