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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 JANE ROE, Case No. 19-cv-06088-LB

12 Plaintiff,

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL ORDER

13 v. Re: ECF No. 17 14 JOSE TORRES L.D. LATIN CLUB BAR,

INC,

15 Defendant. 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 This is a wage-and-hour and employee-misclassification case. It is a putative collective action 19 under the Federal Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., and a putative class 20 action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.1 The plaintiffs, current and former exotic 21 dancers, claim that their employer, defendant Jose Torres L.D. Latin Club Bar, Inc, d/b/a Hanky 22 Panky Club, misclassified them as independent contractors under the FLSA and California law 23 and so failed to pay them requisite compensation. The parties entered into a settlement agreement, 24 and the plaintiffs moved for preliminary approval of the proposed settlement. The court grants the 25 unopposed motion. 26

27 1 Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”), Ex A…