Gomez
Gomez v. J. Jacobo Farm Labor Contractor, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 MARISOL GOMEZ and IGNACIO CASE NO. 1:15-cv-01489-AWI-BAM
OSORIO,
5 Plaintiffs, ORDER RECONSIDERING ORIGINAL CLASS CERTIFICATION ORDER AND v. GRANTING CLASS CERTIFICATION
J. JACOBO FARM LABOR (Doc. Nos. 114, 117)
CONTRACTOR, INC.
Defendant.
10 I. Introduction In this lawsuit a farm labor contractor is being sued by two of its employees for violating California’s wage-and-hour laws and the federal Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act of 1983 (“MAWPA”). The two employees are Plaintiffs Marisol Gomez and Ignacio Osorio (collectively “Plaintiffs”). The farm labor contractor is Defendant J. Jacobo Farm Labor Contractor, Inc. (“Defendant”). Plaintiffs moved for class certification pursuant to Rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Doc. No. 108. The Court issued an order granting, in part, and denying, in part, Plaintiff’s motion for class certification. …