Miguel-Sanchez

I. BACKGROUND

1 A. Plaintiffs’ Allegations 2 According to the complaint, Mesa is a farm labor contractor that employs migrant and 3 seasonal agricultural field workers. Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 1, 7-11, 17; Dkt. No. 35-1 ¶ 2; Dkt. No. 35-2 ¶ 4 2. Mr. Miguel-Sanchez has worked for Mesa since February 2009, and Messrs. Meza-Estrada and 5 Jimenez-Cruz have worked for Mesa since September 2014. Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 7-9. Plaintiffs were to 6 be compensated for their work on a piece rate and hourly basis. Id. ¶¶ 3, 18, 30. 7 Plaintiffs allege violations of the California Labor Code and the AWPA. First, plaintiffs 8 say that they and other putative class members were not paid for time spent on “pre-shift 9 exercises” and distribution of items and tools needed for their work, and that Mesa did not 10 accurately record their field arrival times and work that occurred prior to scheduled shift start 11 times. Id. ¶¶ 21-24. Second, because plaintiffs and other putative class members began work 12 before dawn, they required headlamps. Plaintiffs say they purchased, maintained, charged, and 13 replaced their own headlamps and batteries without any reimbursement or compensation for those 14 items,…