Vasquez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 ISAIAS VASQUEZ and LINDA HEFKE, CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00796-AWI-BAM

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, AND

v. DENYING, IN PART, PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR CLASS

LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY and CERTIFICATION

LEPRINO FOODS DAIRY PRODUCTS

COMPANY, (Doc. No. 116)

Defendants.

10 I. Introduction In this lawsuit, two cheese manufacturing companies are being sued by two of their employees for violating California’s wage-and-hour laws. The two employees are Isaias Vasquez and Linda Hefke (collectively “Plaintiffs”). The two cheese manufacturing companies are Leprino Foods Company and Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company (collectively “Defendants” or “Leprino”).1 Now before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification pursuant to Rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Doc. No. 116. For the reasons discussed herein, Plaintiffs’ certification motion will be granted, in part,…