Ortiz

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiffs Azucena Ortiz, Gustavo Meza, and Dominga Espinoza filed this putative class 19 action on September 5, 2023, mostly alleging violations of California state labor laws. (ECF No. 20 1). The complaint names five Defendants: (1) Lucero Ag Services, Inc.; (2) Paragroup Farms, 21 Inc.; (3) Ricardo Ulices Lucero-Ambrosio; (4) 559 Ag Corp., and (5) Artemio Fidel Salazar Luna. 22 Defendants Lucero Ag Services, Inc., Paragroup Farms, Inc., and Ricardo Ulices Lucero- 23 Ambrosio have answered the complaint (ECF Nos. 15, 17). However, Defendants 559 Ag. Corp. 24 and Defendant Artemio Fidel Salazar Luna (referred to collectively as Defendants unless 25 otherwise noted) failed to respond to the complaint after purportedly being served, and Plaintiffs 26 obtained a clerk’s entry of default against them on February 9, 2024, under Federal Rule of Civil 27 Procedure 55(a). (ECF No. 20). 28 Plaintiffs filed a motion on April 22, 2024, requesting (1) this Court issue an order for 1 Defendants to show cause why they should not be held in contempt for failing to respond to 2 subpoenas; (2) the Court to compel Defendants to produce the documents requested in…