Cornejo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KATY CORNEJO, individually and on No. 2:22-cv-01247-MCE-DB behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. BIG LOTS STORES, INC., an Ohio corporation; and DOES 1–50, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 On April 20, 2022, Plaintiff Katy Cornejo (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, initiated the present wage-and-hour class action in the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento, against her former employer Defendant Big Lots Stores, Inc. (“Defendant”). See Ex. 1, Not. Removal, ECF No. 1-1, at 19–49. Defendant subsequently removed the action to this Court on July 14, 2022, under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). See Not. Removal, ECF No. 1. Presently before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Deny Class Certification, ECF No. 11, which has been fully briefed. ECF Nos. 11-1 (“Def.’s Mem.”), 14 (“Pl.’s Opp’n”), 15 (“Def.’s Reply”). For the following reasons, Defendant’s Motion…