Ambrose

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID AMBROSE, Case No. 20-cv-04009-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER REQUESTING

v. INFORMATION FROM THE PARTIES

THE KROGER CO., Docket No. 43 Defendant.

12 13 Before the Court will approve the parties’ Notice of Motion and Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement Agreement as to the Putative Class, Docket No. 43, the Court requests information from the parties about the scope and nature of the publicity associated with this putative class action. The Court does so because the proposed settlement essentially calls for the dismissal of class claims for monetary relief. As Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) compels: “A class action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to all members of the class in such manner as the court directs.” This requirement “is to protect the interests of absent …