Bowles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 STEVEN D. BOWLES, CASE NO. 1:19-cv-00635-AWI-BAM

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING, IN PART,

v. MOTION TO STAY LAWSUIT

LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY; (Doc. No. 25)

LEPRINO FOODS DAIRY PRODUCTS

COMPANY,

Defendants.

10 I. Introduction In this putative class action lawsuit, an hourly-wage employee, Plaintiff Steven Bowles (“Plaintiff” or “Bowles”), alleges that his employers, Defendant Leprino Foods Company and Defendant Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company (collectively “Defendant” or “Leprino”1), violated California’s wage-and-hour laws. Specifically, Bowles alleges that Leprino failed to pay Bowles and the other hourly-wage employees — i.e., the putative class — their lawful wages, failed to provide the putative class with proper meal periods during their shifts, and failed to timely pay the putative class their wages. Now before the Court is Leprino’s motion to dismiss this lawsuit pursuant to the first-to- 20 …