Alkady

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDREW ALKADY, Case No.: 16-cv2291-L-BGS

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION

FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

FIRST TRANSIT, INC.,

OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

Defendant. 16 In this putative class action alleging wage and hour violations on behalf of non- exempt fixed-route bus drivers at Defendant's Orange County Transportation Authority locations in Santa Ana and Irvine, Plaintiff filed an unopposed motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement. The motion is denied without prejudice for the following reasons: 1. Although the operative complaint (doc. no. 9) alleges a number of wage and hour violations, Plaintiff sought to certify a class only with respect to the alleged rest break violations and derivative claims for failure to provide accurate wage statements, failure to timely pay wages upon termination, unfair competition and claims for…