Miller v. ICON Clinical Research LLC

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 CHRYSTAL L. MILLER, CASE NO. 20-cv-04117-YGR

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR REMAND

vs. Re: Dkt. Nos. 9, 13 ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH LLC, ET AL., Defendants.

Plaintiff Chrystal Miller brings this wage-and-hour putative class action against defendants ICON plc (“ICON”); ICON Clinical Research, LLC (“ICON Clinical”); DOCS Global Inc.; and Lynda Holcroft. The complaint alleges that ICON employed plaintiff as a Clinical Research Associate (“CRA”) from approximately October 9, 2017 through March 19, 2019, during which time defendants misclassified her and other CRAs as exempt employees. Plaintiff asserts five causes of action on behalf of herself and the putative class: (1) failure to pay overtime wages; (2) failure to provide meal and rest periods; (3) failure to provide accurate, itemized wage statements; (4) failure to pay all final wages in a timely manner; and (5) unlawful and unfair business practices. Plaintiff defines the putative class as “[a]ll persons…