James

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHRISTOPHER JAMES, et al., Case No. 19-cv-06462-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR CLASS

UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC., CERTIFICATION Defendant. Docket No.

12 13 Plaintiffs Christopher James and Spencer Verhines are current or former Uber drivers who contend that they and a putative class of approximately 4,828 other Uber drivers are Uber’s employees and therefore eligible for various protections under the California Labor Code. See Docket No. 81 (Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (“Am. Compl.”)) ¶ 23. Plaintiffs raise various wage-and-hour claims under California law and seek various forms of relief, including under California’s Unfair Competition Law (UCL) and the federal Declaratory Judgment Act (DJA). Id. Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23. See Docket No. 56…