Ugochukwu Nwauzor v. the Geo Group, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UGOCHUKWU GOODLUCK Nos. 21-36024

NWAUZOR; FERNANDO 22-35026

AGUIRRE-URBINA, individually and on behalf of all those similarly D.C. No. situated, 3:17-cv-05769-

RJB

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v. OPINION

THE GEO GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation,

Defendant-Appellant.

STATE OF WASHINGTON, Nos. 21-36025 22-35027 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:17-cv-05806-

RJB

THE GEO GROUP, INC.,

Defendant-Appellant. NWAUZOR V. THE GEO GROUP, INC.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert J. Bryan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2022 Seattle, Washington

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and William A. Fletcher and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge W. Fletcher; Dissent by Judge Bennett

SUMMARY*

Washington’s Minimum Wage Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s judgment in favor of a class of detainees and Washington State in their consolidated…