Blackwell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 1] Tim Blackwell, No. 2:20-cv-01968-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. Commercial Refrigeration Specialists, Inc. & Climate Pros, LLC, Defendants. Plaintiff Tim Blackwell brought this putative class action and a representative action 18 under the Private Attorney Generals Act (PAGA) against defendants Commercial Refrigeration Specialists, Inc. and Climate Pros, LLC (collectively, defendants), alleging wage and hour 20 violations and unfair business practices in connection with his former employment with defendants. See generally First Am. Compl. (FAC), ECF No. 33. Blackwell moves to certify a 22 class and five subclasses, see Mot. to Certify (Mot.), ECF No. 43, and moves to strike numerous 23 declarations filed with defendants’ opposition to class certification, see Mot. Strike, ECF No. 47. Defendants oppose, Opp’n Mot. Certify (Opp’n), ECF No. 44; Opp’n Mot. Strike, ECF No. 48, 25 and…