Roosevelt Espinosa et al. v. CEVA Freight, LLC et al.

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 ROOSEVELT ESPINOSA et al., Case № 2:23-cv-00659-ODW (Ex)

Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: MOTIONS FOR

v. PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

14 CEVA FREIGHT, LLC, et al., [112] [116]

15 Defendants.

16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs, thirteen truck drivers, bring this action against Defendant CEVA 19 Freight, LLC, alleging violations of various federal, state, and municipal employment 20 laws. (Sixth Am. Compl. (“SxAC”), Dkt. No. 103.) CEVA asserts affirmative 21 defenses, including that CEVA is not Plaintiffs’ employer, and that Plaintiffs are 22 independent contractors. (Answer 22–29, Dkt. No. 105.) Three Bellwether 23 Plaintiffs—Roosevelt Espinosa, Jose Fernandez, and Manuel Guzman—now move for 24 partial summary judgment, asking the Court to dismiss CEVA’s affirmative defenses 25 and find that they are employees. (Pls.’ Mem. P. & A. ISO Mot. Summ. J. (“PMSJ”), 26 Dkt. No. 112-1.) CEVA also moves for partial summary…