Mirabelli
Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori Ann West, individually and on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, et al. v. Mark Olson, in his official capacity as President of the EUSD Board of Education, et al.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ELIZABETH MIRABELLI, and LORI Case No.: 3:23-cv-768-BEN-WVG ANN WEST, individually and on behalf 8 of herself and all others similarly situated, 9 et al.,
10 Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING CLASS
11 v. CERTIFICATION
12 MARK OLSON, in his official capacity as
President of the EUSD Board of 13 [Dkt. 244] Education, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiffs seek to certify this civil rights action as a class action under Federal Rule 17 of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2) and (b)(1)(A). They seek certification of a plaintiff class 18 with four subclasses and to appoint the plaintiffs as class representatives and counsel as 19 counsel for the class. The Defendants oppose class certification focusing on factual 20 differences among the putative class members and policy variations among the state 21 public school system’s many local arms. The motion is granted. 22 While business litigation has been the main domain for class actions over the past 23 several decades, the…