Hollis

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ZOE HOLLIS, individually and on No. 24-2464 behalf of all others similarly situated, D.C. No. 3:21-cv-00965- Plaintiff - Appellant, YY v.

R&R RESTAURANTS, INC, an OPINION Oregon corporation doing business as Sassy's; STACY MAYHOOD; IAN

HANNIGAN; FRANK FAILLACE,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 8, 2025 Seattle, Washington

Filed November 18, 2025

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Richard A. Paez, and Gabriel P. Sanchez, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez HOLLIS V. R&R RESTAURANTS, INC.

SUMMARY *

Fair Labor Standards Act

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants on a retaliation claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act and remanded for further proceedings. Zoe Hollis, a dancer at a Portland strip club called Sassy’s, sued the club’s owners and managers under the FLSA for misclassifying its dancers as independent contractors and violating corresponding wage and hours provisions. After…