Meek
Meek v. Skywest, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CODY MEEK, Case No. 17-cv-01012-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE CLASS CERTIFICATION
v. AND MOTION TO SEAL
SKYWEST, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 132, 134 Defendants.
Named plaintiffs Cody Meek, Jeremy Barnes, and Coryell Ross seek class certification for employment claims under California state law against SkyWest, Inc. and SkyWest Airlines, Inc. (SkyWest). Dkt. No. 134. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and certification is granted in part. The administrative motion to file under seal, Dkt. No. 132, is denied. DISCUSSION I. CLASS CERTIFICATION Plaintiffs propose a class of “all individuals currently or formerly employed by the Defendants SkyWest Airlines, Inc. and SkyWest, Inc. (‘SkyWest’) as Frontline Employees who worked on the ground and were paid on an hourly basis (‘Frontline Employees’) for at least one shift in the State of California at any time from February…