Suazo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALBERT PARIS SUAZO and ALEXA Case No. 3:22-cv-06307-JD SUART, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,

ORDER RE PERSONAL

Plaintiffs, JURISDICTION v.

BLUEMERCURY, INC., Defendant.

Plaintiffs Albert Suazo and Alexa Suart were employed in California as hourly, nonexempt store managers for defendant Bluemercury, Inc. See Dkt. No. 1 ¶¶ 16, 18. Suazo and Suart allege wage-and-hour claims on behalf of a proposed nationwide, non-New York collective of “similarly situated” store managers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., as well as claims for violations of California state law on behalf of a putative class of California store managers. See id. ¶¶ 1, 41, 67. The putative class claims are not in issue for present purposes. Four store managers who worked for Bluemercury in Maryland, Florida, South Carolina, and Minnesota have filed consent forms to “opt in” to the proposed FLSA collective and join Suazo and…