Arnold

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 BRANDON BEBAULT et al., Case No. 18-cv-02373-JD

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE CLASS CERTIFICATION

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 68 10 DMG MORI USA, INC., Defendant. 11

12 13 Named plaintiffs Brandon Bebault and Steven Arnold ask for certification of a national 14 class for claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) against DMG Mori USA, Inc. 15 (“DMG”). Dkt. No. 68. The Court certifies a class consisting of all persons residing in the United 16 States for whom DMG procured or caused to be procured a consumer report for employment 17 purposes on or after April 19, 2016. Plaintiff Arnold will be the class representative. 18 BACKGROUND 19 The salient facts are undisputed. DMG is an Illinois corporation that makes cutting 20 machine tools. Bebault and Arnold are former employees of DMG. During the employment 21 application process, DMG gave them a one-page form authorizing DMG to obtain a consumer 22 report as part of a pre-employment background check. Dkt. No. 65 (second amended…