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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GRACIELA SANCHEZ, No. 2:20-cv-01436 TLN AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Defendant. 16 This case is before the court on plaintiff’s three motions to compel (ECF Nos. 33, 34, 35), each of which is briefed in a separate joint statement (ECF Nos. 46, 47, 48). These motions collectively present approximately 70 pages of briefing, exclusive of voluminous exhibits. They turn on a common question regarding the scope of pre-certification discovery in this putative class action: whether plaintiff’s pre-certification discovery regarding the alleged wage and hour violations (see First Amended Complaint, ECF No. 22) should (1) be limited to the same job position at the same corporate division/location as plaintiff’s own employment (Abbot Nutrition division of Abbot Laboratories in Fairfield, CA), or (2) include all hourly-paid or non-exempt California employees of the named defendant Abbott Laboratories. ECF No. 45 at…