Nathan Christensen v. Carter's Retail, Inc.

Case 8:20-cv-00776-JLS-KES Document Filed 08/15/ Page 1 of Page ID #:1493

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:20-cv-00776-JLS-KES Date: August 15, 2022 Title: Nathan Christensen v. Carter's Retail, Inc. et al

Present: Honorable JOSEPHINE L. STATON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

V.R. Vallery N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFF: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANTS:

Not Present Not Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE STAYED PENDING THE

CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN

ESTRADA V. ROYALTY CARPET MILLS, 511 P.3d 191 (CAL. 2022)

On June 30, 2022, the Ninth Circuit held in Hamilton v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 39 F.4th 575 (9th Cir. 2022) that it would be “inappropriate to allow federal courts to treat a freestanding manageability requirement as a dispositive consideration in PAGA cases” relying, in part, on the California Court of Appeal’s decision in Estrada v. Royalty Carpet Mills, Inc., 76 Cal.…