Stephanie Heredia v. Eddie Bauer LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 STEPHANIE HEREDIA, Case No. 16-cv-06236-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT

v. EDDIE BAUER’S MOTION TO

STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S

EDDIE BAUER LLC, REPRESENTATIVE PAGA ACTION

CLAIMS OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR

Defendant. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS [Re: ECF 83]

13 This case started as a wage and hour class action alleging that Eddie Bauer (“Defendant”) failed to compensate its hourly employees for time spent undergoing off-the-clock security “exit inspections” of employees’ personal belongings before leaving the store. Plaintiff, Stephanie Heredia, worked as a sales associate at an Eddie Bauer retail store in Gilroy, California from November 2013 to March 2016. During that time, she alleges that she was required to undergo inspections of her personal belongings—otherwise known as “bag checks” or “security …