Abelardo Saucedo v. Farmland Management Services

ORDER

We certify to the Washington Supreme Court the questions set forth in Part III of this order.

Further proceedings in this court are stayed pending receipt of the answers to the certified questions. These cases, which were consolidated on appeal, are withdrawn from submission until further order of this court or an order declining to accept the certified questions. If the Washington Supreme Court accepts the certified questions, the parties will file a joint report six months after the date of acceptance, and every six months thereafter, advising us of the status of the proceeding.

I.

Pursuant to Washington Revised Code § 2.60.020, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (before which this appeal is pending) certifies to the Washington Supreme Court questions of law regarding the proper interpretation of the Washington Farm Labor Contractor Act (“FLCA”), in particular Washington Revised Code § 19.30.010 and § 19.30.200. No published decision of either the Washington Supreme Court or the Washington appellate courts has interpreted the relevant provisions of this statute to date, and the answers to the certified questions are “necessary ... to…