Samantha Shafer v. Red Tie, LLC dba Red Tie Gentlemen's Club

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 SAMANTHA SHAFER, Case No. 2:20-cv-05726-ODW (PVCx)

Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR CONDITIONAL 14 RED TIE, LLC dba RED TIE CERTIFICATION OF

GENTLEMEN’S CLUB; MIKE

COLLECTIVE ACTION AND MUDARIS, an individual; DOE

ISSUANCE OF NOTICE [22], AND

16 MANAGERS 1–3; and DOES 4–100, GRANTING IN PART MOTION inclusive, FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

COMPLAINT [30]

18 Defendants. 19 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Samantha Shafer filed this putative collective action against 22 Defendants Red Tie LLC and Mike Mudaris for allegedly violating several provisions 23 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) by misclassifying workers like herself as 24 independent contractors, failing to pay minimum and overtime wages, and 25 implementing illegal practices regarding the taking and sharing of …