Alexis Gomez v. Rapid Pasadena Services, LLC

I. Background

Plaintiffs Alexis Gomez, Mario Gonzalez, Vivian Y. Ramos Valderrama, Ronelle Silas, Dominique Gonzales, and Francisco Zuleta brought this consolidated putative class action against Defendants for multiple wage and labor code violations during the period between December 12, 2016 and December 11, 2020. See Removal Notice ¶¶ 1-25, ECF No. 1. Plaintiffs allege that they were non-exempt hourly employees of Defendants Rapid Pasadena Services, LLC; Rapid Sameday Logistics, LLC; Rapid Logistics Courier, LLC; Rapid Logistics, LLC; Rapid Logistics; and Etai Fishbein (the “Rapid Defendants”) and Defendants Amazon.com Services, Inc.; Amazon.com, LLC; Amazon.com, Inc; Amazon.com Services LLC; Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc.; and Amazon Logistics, Inc. (the “Amazon Defendants”). The Rapid Defendants had entered into delivery services contracts with the Amazon Defendants and were responsible for completing deliveries of products to Amazon customers in California. See Complaint (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 27-39, ECF No. 1-1. The Complaint alleges nine causes of action: (1) Failure to Provide Meal Periods, Cal. Lab. Code §§ 204, 223, 226.7, 512, 1198; (2)…