Chavez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

10 ERIC CHAVEZ, Case No. 15-cv-03746-NC 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART 12 AND DENYING IN PART v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR 13 SUMMARY JUDGMENT

CONVERSE, INC.,

14 Re: Dkt. No. 179 Defendant. 15 16 17 Plaintiff Eric Chavez represents a class of employees, arguing that Defendant 18 Converse, Inc. owes wages for time spent by the class undergoing mandatory security 19 inspections. Moving for summary judgment, Converse argues that its policy was 20 implemented under a good faith understanding of California law and that, in any case, the 21 time spent was de minimis. See Dkt. No. 179. The Court GRANTS Converse’s motion for 22 summary judgment as to Labor Code penalties, but otherwise DENIES the motion. 23 I. Background 24 The factual and procedural background of this five-year-old class action is well 25 known to the parties. Since the Court…