Saramiento

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 RIGOBERTO SARMIENTO, et al., Case No. 20-cv-07974-BLF (SVK)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. LIMIT CONTACT WITH PUTATIVE

CLASS MEMBERS

FRESH HARVEST, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 88 Defendants.

In this putative class action, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants Fresh Harvest, Inc. and SMD Logistics, Inc. violated employees’ right to receive prevailing wages and equal pay under their employment agreement, the H-2A visa, and California employment law. Dkt. 53 (First Amended Complaint). Now before the Court is Defendants’ motion to limit communications with putative class members. Dkt. 88 (the “Motion”). Specifically, Defendants seek (1) to limit Plaintiffs and counsel to court-approved contact with putative class members; (2) a curative notice to the putative class; and (3) sanctions associated with the Motion. Id. Judge Freeman referred the Motion to the undersigned. Dkt. 89. For the reasons stated on the record at the hearing and 18 …