Saramiento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 RIGOBERTO SARMIENTO, et al., Case No. 20-cv-07974-BLF

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

FRESH HARVEST, INC.,, et al., [Re: ECF No. 178] Defendants.

12 Before the Court is Plaintiffs Rigoberto Sarmiento and Gustavo Luevano-Vaca’s (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) motion for protective order to limit Defendants Fresh Harvest, Inc. and SMD Logistics, Inc.’s (collectively, “Fresh Harvest”) communications with Plaintiffs and putative class members in this pre-class certification wage and labor class action. Plaintiffs’ motion is based on evidence of Fresh Harvest’s prior communications with putative class members and Plaintiffs, including an incident on June 13, 2022 when Fresh Harvest allegedly sent a leader of a Mexican vigilante group to Plaintiff Luevano-Vaca’s residence in Mexico. See Motion, ECF No. 178. Fresh Harvest…