Gonzalez v. Corrections Corporation of America et al

Filing 67

ORDER ACKNOWLEDGING Plaintiff Richards' Joinder in the Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement, and Dismissing Plaintiff Richards' PAGA Claim signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 8/29/2019. (Sant Agata, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JOSE GONZALEZ, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.
CORECIVIC OF TENNESSEE, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Lead Case: No. 1:16-cv-01891-DAD-JLT
Member Case: No. 1:17-cv-01094-DAD-JLT
ORDER ACKNOWLEDING PLAINTIFF
RICHARDS’ JOINDER IN THE
UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS
ACTION SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSING
PLAINTIFF RICHARDS’ PAGA CLAIM
(Doc. Nos. 65, 66)

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Having consolidated and reassigned cases Gonzalez v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC, et

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al., No. 1:16-cv-01891-DAD-JLT and Richards v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC, No. 1:17-cv-

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01094-LJO-JLT, and good cause appearing, this order gives effect to the parties’ stipulation (Doc.

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No. 65) that the plaintiff in Richards joins in the unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of

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Class Action Settlement (Doc. No. 59) filed in Gonzalez on July 2, 2019. In addition, pursuant to

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the parties’ stipulation (Doc. No. 66), plaintiff Thomas Richards’ sixth cause of action for

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violation of the Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) brought in his first amended complaint

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is hereby dismissed without prejudice.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

August 29, 2019
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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