Denham
Denham v. Global Distribution Services, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
9 RYAN GARY DENHAM, et al., CASE NO. 18cv1495-LAB-MDD
Plaintiffs, ORDER VACATING FINAL vs. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND
REQUIRING BRIEFING ON
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION INCENTIVE AWARDS SERVICES, INC. d/b/a AMERICA’S ALLIANCE d/b/a AMERICA’S CHOICE GARAGE DOOR SERVICE, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of the Collective Action Settlement seeks unspecified incentive awards for Plaintiff Ryan Gary Denham and two opt-in Plaintiffs, Luis Cisneros and Timothy Patterson. Plaintiffs typically “must justify an incentive award through ‘evidence demonstrating the quality of plaintiff’s representative service,’ such as substantial efforts taken . . . to justify the discrepancy between his award and those of the unnamed plaintiffs.” Bellinghausen v. Tractor Supply Co., 306 F.R.D. 245, 266 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 20, 2015). This requirement applies with special force where (as here) the plaintiffs seek awards amounting to more…