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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 MARIA G. MORENO, ESTHER L. CASE NO. 1:12-CV-0556 AWI JLT LOPZ, et al., ORDER RE: MOTIONS TO DISMISS Plaintiffs 10 v. (Docs. 54 and 63)

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TRANSPORT INC., J.L. PADILLA & SONS LABOR SERVICES INC., et al., 13 Defendants 14 I. Background This case exists in the shadow of a number of previous cases involving the same or similar subject matter (especially Soto v. Castlerock, Civ. Case No. 09-0701, which was ultimately dismissed). Plaintiffs are various farm laborers who worked for farm labor contractors (“FLCs”) on certain table grape vineyards in Tulare and Kern Counties. Plaintiffs seek to represent a class of workers, alleging that their employers violated a number of California labor laws, California unfair competition law, and the federal Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act (“MSAWPA”) by: (a) forcing employees to work pre-shift and post-shift ‘off the clock’ time…