Melanie Walther v. Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc.

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CLERK, US. DISTRICT COURT

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1s Plaintiffs, y. __|[pRooKDALE SENIOR LIVING —_-} ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFES' COMMUNITIES, INC., and DOES 1- 17 || 50, 18 Defendant. 19 20 21 22 || I. INTRODUCTION 24 Plaintiffs Melanie Walther and Evelyn Garcia, on behalf of themselves and all 26 || similarly situated individuals, bring this putative class action against Defendant 27 || Brookdale Senior Living Communities and unnamed Does. (Dkt. 1-5 at 9 [Complaint, 28 || hereinafter “Compl.”].) Plaintiffs, who worked at a senior living community, allege that

they were employed by Defendant from 2016 to 2017. (Id. ¶ 2.) However, Plaintiffs were actually employed by Defendant’s sister company, BKD Twenty-One Management Company, Inc. (“BKD Management”). (Dkt. 1 [Notice of Removal,…