Taylor
Taylor v. Populus Group, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
12 JEFFREY TAYLOR, Case No. 20-cv-0473-BAS-DEB
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS,
POPULUS GROUP, LLC, et al., AND INCENTIVE AWARD (ECF Defendants. No. 59)
18 19 Plaintiff filed this putative class action on December 20, 2019, alleging several wage and hour violations against Defendants. (Compl., Ex. A to Not. of Removal, ECF No. 1-2.) Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s unopposed motion for attorneys’ fees, costs, and incentive award. (Mem., ECF No. 59.) The Court held a fairness hearing for the parties’ class action settlement on January 9, 2023. (ECF No. 61.) The Court notes that no attorneys attended the hearing. (Id.) Despite that oversight, for the following reasons, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion. // // I. BACKGROUND This litigation has proceeded for nearly three years. On December 20, 2019, Plaintiff Jeffrey Taylor filed a putative class action…