Barker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jonathan Barker, No. 2:20-cv-02170-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 stoli Group (USA), LLC, 1S Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Jonathan Barker’s work for defendant Stoli Group during 2019 qualified him for a bonus. However, Stoli terminated him before it issued bonuses for 2019 to employees and 19 refused to pay Barker any bonus. Stoli now moves for summary judgment on Barker’s wage 20 claims and his claim for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. As explained below, the court denies the motion. 22 I. BACKGROUND The following facts are undisputed unless otherwise noted. Stoli is the exclusive United 24 States distributor for Stolichnaya vodka. Pls. Stmt. of Undisp. Facts (SUDF) § 1, ECF No. 24-1. 25 Stoli markets and sells vodka to bars and restaurants through “on-premises” channels and to 26 retailers through “off-premises” channels. /d. In 2016, Stoli hired…