Esnoz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jose Antonio Aliaga Aguero, 1:22-cv-01237-NODJ-CDB Plaintiff, ORDER v. Phillip T. Esnoz, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Jose Aliaga Aguero brings this action against defendants Western Range 18 Association and others for breach of contract, violations of the California Labor Code, and 19 violations of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims’ Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). Western Range moves to dismiss Mr. Aguero’s TVPRA claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. For the following reasons, the court denies the motion.! 23 I. BACKGROUND A brief description of the parties and their relationships is necessary at the outset. Before 25 his death in 2021, Joe S. Esnoz owned a farm in Kern County, California, which he operated under the name “Joe Esnoz Farms” and where he employed sheepherders. Second Am. Compl. 'Tn the…