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BACKGROUND

19 On July 31, 2025, the Court issued an order granting the parties stipulation regarding 20 their agreement related to various discovery matters. (ECF No. 17.) Within the order, the Court 21 ordered Defendant to “produce a sample of putative Class Members’ itemized wage statements 22 during the Class Period” and said sample shall “consistent of two back-to-back wage statements 23 for each quarter of the Class Period, which are to be identified in a random fashion, and the 24 sample shall include the pay periods identified in Exhibit 1.” (Id.) 25 On October 3, 2025, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel Defendant to comply with the 26 order to produce the itemized wage statements, in addition to a request for reasonable expenses. 27 (ECF No. 21.) That same day, the Court set a hearing on the motion for October 29, 2025, at 1 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 9 for this matter to be heard. (Id.) However, after reviewing the 2 record, the Court vacated the hearing on October 22, 2025, and took the matter under submission 3 to be decided on the papers. (ECF No. 22.) In that order, the Court also directed Plaintiff to 4 advise whether he intended to pursue sanctions,…