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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DIVA LIMOUSINE, LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-05546-EMC 

ORDER REQUESTING 

INFORMATION FROM THE PARTIES

Docket No. 139

Before the Court will approve the parties’ Notice of Voluntary Dismissal, Docket No. 139, 

the Court requests information from the parties about the scope and nature of the publicity 

associated with this putative class action. As Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) compels: “A 

class action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the court, and notice of 

the proposed dismissal or compromise shall be given to all members of the class in such manner as 

the court directs.” This requirement “is to protect the interests of absent plaintiffs before 

permitting dismissal.” Schultzen v. Woodbury Cent. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 217 F.R.D. 469, 470 (N.D. 

Iowa 2003). Although “the class has not been certified . . . ‘[t]his requirement [to act as the 

guardian of the rights of class members still] applies.’” Id. (citing Diaz v. Trust Territory of 

Pacific Islands, 876 F.2d 1401, 1407 (9th Cir. 1989)). Thus, in order to ensure that the interests of 

the absent plaintiffs are appropriately safeguarded, and to safeguard against any misplaced 

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reliance on this suit and any consequential tolling of the statute of limitations, the parties shall file 

by October 15, 2019, a description of the scope of publicity and nature of the information shared

with the public and putative class members about this case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 7, 2019

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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