Perez
Perez v. Gold Coast Farms, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MANUEL PEREZ and MACARIO No. 1:18-cv-00927-DAD-EPG
PEREZ,
12 Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING PRELIMINARY
v. APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT ALL AG, INC., a California corporation; (Doc. No. 40) et al., 16 Defendants.
18 INTRODUCTION This matter came before the court on September 4, 2019 for hearing on a motion for preliminary approval of the proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) brought on behalf of plaintiffs Manuel Perez and Macario Perez (collectively, the “plaintiffs”). (Doc. No. 40; see also Doc. Nos. 42, 43.) Attorneys Anali Cortez and Estella Cisneros appeared on behalf of plaintiffs, and attorneys Dawn Berry and Justin Campagne appeared telephonically on behalf of defendants. For the reasons set forth below, the court must deny preliminary approval of the Settlement. BACKGROUND Defendants Means Nursery, Inc. (“Means Nursery”) and Gold Coast Farms, LLC (“Gold Coast”) cultivate and prepare…