Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CARLOS LOPEZ and ANGEL ALEJO, Case No.: 17cv1624 JM(RBM) individually, and on behalf of all others 11 similarly situated, ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR Plaintiffs,

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF

13 v. CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING

CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, 16 Defendant. 17 Presently before the court is Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement. A hearing on the motion was held on December 9, 2019. For the reasons set forth on the record and as explained in more detail below, the motion is GRANTED. I. Background Defendant Management and Training Corporation (“MTC”) maintains contracts with various state governments and the federal government for the purpose of managing prisons throughout the United States. At the time of the filing of the complaint, Plaintiffs 26 27 28 were employed by MTC at Imperial Regional Detention facilities…