Lopez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 JESSIE LOPEZ, on behalf of No. 2:23-cv-02734 WBS DB himself and all others similarly situated, and the general public, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: Plaintiff, DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS 15 v. 16 WEST COAST ARBORISTS, INC., a California corporation; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 18 Defendants.

20 ----oo0oo---- 21 Plaintiff Jessie Lopez brought this putative labor 22 class action against his employer West Coast Arborists, Inc., a 23 tree and landscape maintenance company, in Sacramento Superior 24 Court. Defendant removed to federal court. Plaintiff alleges 25 multiple violations of the California Labor Code, including (1) 26 failure to provide meal periods, Cal. Lab. Code §§ 226.7, 512; 27 (2) failure to provide rest periods, id. § 226.7; (3) failure to 28 pay hourly wages and overtime, id. §§ 223, 510; (4) failure to provide accurate written wage statements, id. § 226; (5) failure to timely pay all final wages, id. §§ 201-03; (6)…