Padilla
Padilla v. City of Richmond
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LUIS PADILLA, Case No. 20-cv-04597-PJH Plaintiff,
v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS
CITY OF RICHMOND, Re: Dkt. No. 18 Defendant.
13 Defendant City of Richmond’s (“defendant” or “the City”) motion to dismiss came on for hearing before this court on December 9, 2020. Plaintiff Luis Padilla (“plaintiff”) appeared through his counsel, Tashayla Billington. Defendant appeared through its counsel, Jesse Maddox, Lisa Charbonneau, and Bruce Soublet. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby rules as follows. BACKGROUND On July 10, 2020, plaintiff filed a putative collective action complaint alleging a single claim for violation of section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. § 207. Dkt. 1. On July 13, 2020, counsel for plaintiff filed sixty-one individual consent affidavits…