Mitchell v. United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CRYSTAL MITCHELL, individually and Case No. 1:23-cv-00060-JLT-EPG on behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY OR v. DISMISS THE FIFTH AND SIXTH CAUSES OF ACTION PURSUANT TO THE

UNITED HEALTH CENTERS OF THE COLORADO RIVER DOCTRINE

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, a California corporation; and DOES 1-100, inclusive, (Doc. 9) 16 Defendants.

18 I. BACKGROUND On January 11, 2023, Crystal Mitchell filed this putative class and collective action, advancing numerous wage and hour claims under state and federal law against her former employer United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley. (Doc. 1.) The original complaint was relatively broad in scope, alleging that Defendant failed to pay its employees for all hours worked and/or related overtime because Defendant utilized an impermissible rounding policy for timekeeping; failed to permit employees to take requisite…