Ortiz

I. INTRODUCTION

17 Plaintiffs Azucena Ortiz, Gustavo Meza, and Dominga Espinoza filed this putative class 18 action on September 5, 2023, mostly alleging violations of California state labor laws. (ECF No. 19 1). The complaint names five Defendants: (1) Lucero Ag Services, Inc.; (2) Paragroup Farms, 20 Inc.; (3) Ricardo Ulices Lucero-Ambrosio; (4) 559 Ag Corp., and (5) Artemio Fidel Salazar Luna. 21 Defendants Lucero Ag Services, Inc., Paragroup Farms, Inc., and Ricardo Ulices Lucero- 22 Ambrosio have answered the complaint (ECF Nos. 15, 17). However, Defendants 559 Ag. Corp. and Defendant Artemio Fidel Salazar Luna (referred to collectively as Defendants unless otherwise noted) failed to respond to the complaint after purportedly being served, and Plaintiffs obtained a clerk’s entry of default against them on February 9, 2024, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a). (ECF No. 20). Plaintiffs filed a motion on April 22, 2024, requesting that (1) this Court issue an order for Defendants to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for failing to respond to subpoenas; (2) the Court to compel Defendants to produce the documents…