Stonecypher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW STONECYPHER, an No. 2:17-cv-02409-MCE-EFB individual, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 IASCO FLIGHT TRAINING INC., a California corporation, Defendant. 17 Through the present lawsuit, Plaintiff Matthew Stonecypher (“Plaintiff”) seeks damages from his former employer, Defendant IASCO Flight Training, Inc. (“Defendant” or “IASCO”) stemming from his six-month tenure as a certified flight instructor for Defendant. According to Plaintiff, he was retaliated against and ultimately terminated for complaining that Defendant, in operating its business, was violating regulations enacted pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 49 U.S.C. §§ 40103, et seq. (“FAA”). Plaintiff further claims that Defendant violated various state mandated wage and hour laws in failing to pay overtime. By Memorandum and Order filed September 17, 2018 (ECF No. 19), this Court granted Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and to Strike (ECF No. 8) as to Plaintiff’s state 28 …