Bijon Hill v. Walmart Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BIJON HILL, No. 21-15180 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:19-cv-05436-

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WALMART INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jon S. Tigar, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 9, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed April 26, 2022

Before: PAUL J. KELLY, JR., * MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and DANIELLE J. FORREST, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

* The Honorable Paul J. Kelly, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

California Employment Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Walmart in a diversity action brought by a plaintiff who alleged that Walmart owed her penalties pursuant to California Labor Code § 203 because it failed to pay her immediately after several photo shoots.

Plaintiff appeared in ten photo shoots organized by Walmart between July…