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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDGAR MONTES SANCHEZ, No. 2:20-cv-01428-MCE-JDP

ARTURO RAMIREZ ALVAREZ,

FILIBERTO LOPEZ HERRERA, and DANIEL VARELAS HERRERA, as individuals and on behalf of all other MEMORANDUM AND ORDER similarly situated persons, 14 Plaintiffs, 15 v.

SARBANAND FARMS, LLC, MUNGER

BROS., LLC., CROWNE COLD

STORAGE, LLC, ROBERT HAWK,

CLIFF WOOLLEY, CSI VISA PROCESSING, SC, and DOES 1 through 10, Defendants. 21 Plaintiffs, who are seasonal farmworkers from Mexico, brought the present action against agricultural entities they worked for in the United States on grounds that their recruitment and employment as blueberry harvesters violated both California statutory and common law. Defendants include Munger Bros, LLC (“Munger”) and two other entities allegedly owned and/or managed by Munger, Sarbanand Farms, LLC and Crowne Cold Storage, LLC. In addition, Plaintiffs include CSI Visa Processing, SC (“CSI”), a farm labor contractor that supplies Mexican workers to agricultural employers…