Hernandez
Hernandez v. Dutton Ranch Corporation
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 OMAR HERNANDEZ, et al., Case No. 19-cv-00817-EMC
8 Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’
9 v. MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY
CERTIFICATION AND TO
10 DUTTON RANCH CORPORATION, FACILITATE COLLECTIVE ACTION
NOTICE
11 Defendant. Docket No. 30 12
13 14 Plaintiffs are Omar Hernandez Hernandez (“O. Hernandez”) and Antonio Hernandez 15 Santiago (“A. Hernandez”). In December 2018, they initiated this action – which includes wage- 16 and-hour claims brought on Plaintiffs’ own behalf and on the behalf of those similarly situated – 17 in state court.1 Defendant Dutton Ranch Corporation removed the case to federal court. The 18 current operative complaint – namely, the second amended complaint (“SAC”) – contains a FLSA 19 claim. O. Hernandez is the only named plaintiff for this claim. Currently pending before the 20 Court is O. Hernandez’s motion for preliminary certification of the FLSA claim. O. Hernandez 21 also asks that the Court facilitate a collective action…