Torres vs. South Coast Circuits, Inc.

TENTATIVE RULINGS 5/28/2026 02:00 PM

100 Lucatero Final Accounting Torres vs. South Coast The settlement administrator, Phoenix Settlement Administrators, Circuits, Inc. has confirmed that the distribution of the settlement funds has been completed and made in accordance with the terms of the 2022- settlement that were approved by the Court. 01244244 As Plaintiff has shown that the administrator’s work is complete, the Court’s file may now be closed.

Plaintiff is ordered to give notice of this ruling to Defendant. 101 Ramos vs. Motion for Final Approval of PAGA Settlement Cathyjon Enterprises, At the last hearing on this matter on 2/26/2026, the Court Inc. identified various issues that Plaintiff’s counsel must address before Plaintiff Alver De Jesus Ramos’s Motion for Approval of 2023- PAGA Settlement may be granted. (ROA #68.) The Court 01338748 ordered that “Plaintiff’s counsel must file supplemental papers addressing the Court’s concerns no later than sixteen (16) court days prior to the continued hearing date.” (Id.)

Although Plaintiff’s counsel filed supplemental materials on 5/5/2026, those supplemental materials were incomplete and did not fully address the issues previously raised by the Court. In particular:

1. The Court’s 2/26/2026 minute order stated: “The moving papers fail to provide the Aggrieved Employees’ estimated individual recovery under the proposed settlement, including the estimated average, low, and high payments.” (ROA #68.) In response, counsel’s 5/5/2026 supplemental brief simply stated that “Defendant is currently in the process of calculating these amounts and the Parties will provide the information forthwith.” (ROA #73 at pp. 3-4.)

2. The Court’s 2/26/2026 minute order also stated: “The Settlement Agreement includes an escalator clause. But this is a motion to have the settlement fully approved, and so a specific GSA must be approved upon the granting of this motion. At this point, the parties should know or be able to determine the number of Aggrieved Employees and