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