Melgoza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DANIELA MELGOZA, on behalf of herself Case No. 3:22-cv-01756-LB and all others similarly situated, (Related Case No. 3:22-cv-00525-LB) 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS AND CONSOLIDATING v. RELATED CASES 14 AEGIS SENIOR COMMUNITIES LLC Re: ECF No. 16 D/B/A AEGIS LIVING, Defendant.

INTRODUCTION This wage-and-hour employment class action, Daniela Melgoza v. Aegis Senior Communities, LLC D/B/A Aegis Living, No. 22-cv-01756-LB, is related to an earlier-filed class action, Andrea Salonga v. Aegis Senior Communities, LLC, No. 22-cv-00525-LB.1 The defendant is the same in both actions. The defendant has moved to dismiss or stay the state-law claims in the Melgoza action under the first-to-file rule.2 Alternatively, the defendant asked the court to consolidate the two cases under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a).3

1 Order –…