Lozada v. TaskUs, Inc.

Background

Plaintiffs Humberto Lozada and Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System filed an unopposed motion for preliminary approval of a class-action settlement on February 24, 2025. The motion sought preliminary approval of the proposed settlement and notice to the putative class, meaning the people who may ultimately be included in the class.

Report and Recommendation

The case had been referred to Magistrate Judge Gary Stein for general supervision of pretrial proceedings and dispositive motions. On May 28, 2025, Judge Stein issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that the court grant the motion, preliminarily approve the settlement, and provide notice to the putative class.

The Report and Recommendation gave the parties fourteen days after service to object and warned that failing to object on time would waive the right to object. No objections were filed, and the objection period expired. The court stated that the parties therefore waived the right to object to the Report and Recommendation or to obtain appellate review of it.

Ruling

Despite the waiver, Judge John P. Cronan conducted a de novo review, meaning an independent review, of the Report and Recommendation and found it well founded. He adopted the Report and Recommendation in its entirety. The court stated that it would separately enter an order substantially in the form attached to the recommendation, preliminarily approving the proposed settlement and providing for class notice. The Clerk of Court was directed to close docket entry 175, which contained the plaintiffs’ motion.

This order granted preliminary approval only; the opinion does not state that the settlement received final approval.