Valenzuela
Valenzuela v. Best-Line Shades, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 DOLORES VALENZUELA, et al., Case No. 19-cv-07293-JSC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION
v. FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
BEST-LINE SHADES, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 47 Defendants.
13 Plaintiffs Dolores Valenzuela, Adela Flores, and Raymunda Menjivar filed this putative wage and hour class and collective action against their former employer Best-Line Shades, Inc., Best-Line, Inc., and its owner and president Jill Schaffer seeking to recover unpaid wages and penalties under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and California labor laws. Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) and for conditional certification under Section 216(b) of the FLSA is now pending before the Court. (Dkt. No. 47.) Defendants have not filed an opposition brief and the Best-Line entities are now defunct. Having considered Plaintiffs’ motion and the relevant legal authority, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion for…