Todd Fisher v. Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Procedural History Defendant provides various inspection, maintenance, and rehabilitation services and products to electric and telecommunications utilities. (ECF No. 35 at 12.) Plaintiff filed this

26 1 This matter was initially assigned to District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill. On February 2, 2020, District Judge O’Neill assumed inactive senior status and the case was unassigned. (ECF No. 22.) As explained in the 27 Standing Order in Light of Ongoing Judicial Emergency in the Eastern District of California, District Judge Drozd is presiding over all cases previously assigned to District Judge O’Neill as well as those assigned to District Judge Drozd. (ECF No. 22-1.) putative class action alleging state law wage and hour violations against Defendant in the Superior Court of California for the County of Tulare on November 5, 2018. (ECF No. 1-2.) On December 13, 2018, Defendant removed the matter to federal court. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to amend the complaint on January 23, 2020, which Defendant opposed. (See ECF Nos. 18, 23, 25.) The Court entered an order granting Plaintiff 5 leave to amend on…