Madrigal
Madrigal v. SMG Extol, LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9
CESAR MADRIGAL,
10 Case No. 22-cv-07351-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 12 PRELIMINARY APPROVAL SMG EXTOL, LLC, et al., 13 Defendants. 14
15 16 I. INTRODUCTION 17 Plaintiff Cesar Madrigal brings both class claims alleging violations of state wage and hour 18 laws and individual claims alleging retaliation and wrongful termination against Defendants SMG 19 Extol, LLC, and Direct Line Global, LLC. Plaintiff now moves for preliminary approval of a 20 proposed class action settlement of the classwide claims. The parties have agreed to settle 21 Madrigal’s individual claims separately for $50,000. The motion is suitable for disposition without 22 oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b) and the hearing set for January 11, 2024, is 23 vacated. For the reasons explained below, Plaintiff’s motion is denied without prejudice.1 24 25 26 1 Though the motion is denied without prejudice, it is unlikely any…