Hernandez
Hernandez v. Dutton Ranch Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division OMAR HERNANDEZ, et al., Case No. 19-cv-00817-EMC (LB)
Plaintiffs,
DISCOVERY ORDER
v. Re: ECF No. 66 DUTTON RANCH CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. 16 The two named plaintiffs, who are migrant farmworkers who harvested grapes and apples for Dutton Ranch, sued Dutton individually and in a representative capacity for, among other claims, wage-and-hour violations, including a claim under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”).1 They dispute Dutton’s refusal to produce the PAGA group’s contact information and pay records: (1) the plaintiffs ask for production pursuant to a protective order, and (2) Dutton wants the court to send a Belaire notice (informing them of the lawsuit and providing an opportunity to opt out of having the plaintiffs’ counsel contact them).2 See Austin v. Foodliner, Inc., No. 16-cv-07185-HSG (DMR), 2018 WL 1168694, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 6, 2018) (citing
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