Carter
Carter v. JAI-PUT Enterprise Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DECATUER CARTER, Case No. 18-cv-06313-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON MOTION TO ALTER
v. JUDGMENT AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES JAI-PUT ENTERPRISE INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 123, 126 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Decatuer Carter filed this lawsuit against Defendants Jai-Put Enterprise Inc. and Krishna Vepa (collectively, “Defendants”) asserting wage-and-hour violations for himself and, for certain claims, on behalf of other aggrieved employees under California’s Private Attorneys’ General Act (“PAGA”), Cal. Lab. Code § 2698 et seq. Following a four-day bench trial, the court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law and rendered judgment to Carter in part and Defendants in part. [Docket Nos. 120 (“FF/CL”), 121.] Carter now moves to alter the judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) and for attorneys’ fees. The court held a hearing on both motions on August 11, 2022. For the following reasons, the motion to…