Ali
Ali v. Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LILIA ALI, on behalf of herself and all No. 1:19-cv-00959-JLT-BAM others similarly situated, ORDER ADOPTING IN PART AND Plaintiff, DECLINING TO ADOPT IN PART FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA
BELLA, INC., a California corporation, (Docs. 61, 77) and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 Lilia Ali filed suit against a pistachio grower and processor, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., alleging that Setton Pistachio violated California wage-and-hour laws by enforcing an unlawful rounding policy that failed to compensate hourly employees for all hours worked. Ali filed a motion for class certification, seeking to certify a class consisting of “[a]ll California-based hourly employees employed by Defendant during the time period from April 27, 2012 to the present to whom Defendant paid based on…