Sides et al v. Global Travel Alliance, Inc., No. 1:2020cv00053 - Document 98 (D. Mont. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN FULL GRANTING 63 MOTION to Strike or Deny Class Certification, DENYING 80 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; GRANTING 83 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Susan P. Watters on 3/24/2023. (AMC)

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Sides et al v. Global Travel Alliance, Inc. Doc. 98 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA BILLINGS DIVISION LISA SIDES,et al., CV 20-53-BLG-SPW Plaintiffs, ORDER ADOPTING vs. FINDINGS AND GLOBAL TRAVEL ALLIANCE, INC., RECOMENDATIONS Defendant. Before the Court are U.S. Magistrate Judge Cavan's Findings and Recommendations(Doc.91)regarding Plaintiff Lisa Sides et aVs Motion for Partial Summary Judgment(Doc. 80)and Defendant Global Travel Alliance's Motion for Summary Judgment(Doc. 83)and Motion to Strike or Deny Class Certification(Doc. 63). Judge Cavan recommends that the Court deny Plaintiffs' motion and grant Defendant's motions. (Doc. 91 at 2). Plaintiffs timely filed objections. (Doc. 94). Defendant filed a response to those objections. (Doc. 97). For the following reasons, the Court adopts Judge Cavan's recommendations. I. Background Dockets.Justia.com more time. Plaintiffs have not stated what further evidence in support of class certification they hope to find nor provided any sort of schedule or timeline for the Court. 3. Plaintiffs' Third Obiection Finally, Plaintiffs state that the Magistrate conflated damage differences between the Plaintiffs as a lack of commonality or typicality in his evaluation of the class certification factors. (Id. at 23-24). This objection is unavailing. The Magistrate relied upon his previous findings on class certification when determining the motion to strike. (Doc. 91 at 16). Plaintiffs did not object to those findings when they were adopted by this Court. (See Doc. 4 7 at 5-6). They cannot now complain of errors in that analysis. The Court adopts the Magistrate's findings regarding Defendant's motion to strike. IV. Conclusion IT IS ORDERED that the proposed Findings and Recommendations entered by the United States Magistrate Judge (Doc. 91) are ADOPTED IN FULL. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: 1. Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 80) is DENIED; 2. Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. 83) is GRANTED;and 16

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