Ridgeway
Ridgeway v. Nabors Completion & Production Services Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Pregerson, J.
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND DISMISS OR STAY
Presently before the Court ax*e Defendants’ Motions to Compel Arbitration. (Dkt. Nos. 26, 28.) Having considered the parties’ submissions and heard oral argument, the Court adopts the following order.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs Brandyn Ridgeway (“Ridge-way”) and Tim Smith (“Smith”; collectively, “Plaintiffs”) brought this class action wage and hour employment dispute against their former employer, Defendant Nabors Completion and Production Services, Co. (“Nabors”), as well as unknown Doe defendants. (First Am. Compl. ¶ 1-2 (“FAC”).) Plaintiffs allege Nabors failed to pay prevailing wages on public works, violated California Labor Code sections 203 and 226(a), and violated California Business & Professions Code section 17200. (Id. at 1H7.) Plaintiffs have also alleged a declaratory relief cause of action against Nabors and Defendants City of Long Beach (“Long Beach”) and Tidelands Oil Production Company (“Tidelands”), asking the court to find that the work Plaintiffs did for Nabors was “public work” because Nabors was a subcontractor of Tidelands, who had contract with Long Beach. (Id. at…