Ward

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jennifer Ward, et al., No. 2:19-cv-0058 1-KJM-AC Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Sutter Valley Hospitals, 1S Defendant. 16 Defendant moves to strike plaintiffs’ renewed motions for class and collective 18 certification. Mot. Strike, ECF No. 80. In response, plaintiffs move for “administrative relief” to modify the scheduling order and retroactively allow their renewed motions. Mot. Admin. Relief, ECF No. 87. The court submits the matters without hearing. For the reasons below, the court grants defendant’s motion and strikes plaintiffs’ renewed motions. The court also strikes 22 plaintiffs’ motion for administrative relief. 23 I. BACKGROUND The court summarized the background of this case in its prior order. See Order (July 18, 2022) at 2-5, ECF No. 66. In brief, plaintiffs Jennifer Ward and Sacora Besabe brought this 26 lawsuit on behalf of surgical technicians employed by…