Cesar Martinez-Rodriguez v. Curtis Giles

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CESAR MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ; No. 19-35526

DALIA PADILLA-LÓPEZ; MAYRA

MÚÑOZ-LARA; BRENDA GASTÉLUM- D.C. No. SIERRA; LESLIE ORTIZ-GARCÍA; 1:17-cv-00001-

RICARDO NERI-CAMACHO, DCN

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. OPINION

CURTIS GILES, an individual; DAVID FUNK, an individual; FUNK DAIRY, INC., an Idaho corporation; SHOESOLE FARMS, INC., an Idaho corporation; DOES, 1–10, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho David C. Nye, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 4, 2020 Portland, Oregon

Filed April 18, 2022 MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ V. GILES

Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Jennifer Choe-Groves, * Judge.

Opinion by Judge Collins

SUMMARY **

Forced Labor

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendants on claims of violation of federal statutory prohibitions on forced labor, reversed the district court’s decision declining to retain supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims,…