Stephanie Heredia v. Eddie Bauer LLC
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 7 STEPHANIE HEREDIA, Case No. 16-cv-06236-BLF
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT
9 v. EDDIE BAUER’S MOTION TO
STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S
10 EDDIE BAUER LLC, REPRESENTATIVE PAGA ACTION
CLAIMS OR, ALTERNATIVELY, FOR
11 Defendant. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS 12 [Re: ECF 83]
13 14 This case started as a wage and hour class action alleging that Eddie Bauer (“Defendant”) 15 failed to compensate its hourly employees for time spent undergoing off-the-clock security “exit 16 inspections” of employees’ personal belongings before leaving the store. Plaintiff, Stephanie 17 Heredia, worked as a sales associate at an Eddie Bauer retail store in Gilroy, California from 18 November 2013 to March 2016. During that time, she alleges that she was required to undergo 19 inspections of her personal belongings—otherwise known as “bag checks” or “security 20 …