UnifySCC
UnifySCC v. Cody
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 SAN JOSE DIVISION 8 9 UNIFYSCC, et al., Case No. 22-cv-01019-BLF
10 Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
11 v. DENYING IN PART CLASS
CERTIFICATION
12 SARA H. CODY, et al., [Re: ECF No. 81, 86] 13 Defendants.
14 15 Before the Court is Plaintiffs UnifySCC, Tom Davis, Maria Ramirez, and Elizabeth 16 Baluyut’s Motion for Class Certification. ECF No. 81 (“Mot.”); ECF No. 86 (“Amended 17 Notice”). Defendants Sara Cody, James Williams, Jeffrey Smith, and Santa Clara County1 oppose 18 the motion. ECF No. 105 (“Opp.”). Plaintiffs filed a reply in support of the motion. ECF No. 19 114. The Court heard a hearing on the motion on December 20, 2023. ECF No. 119. 20 For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the 21 motion and will certify a class only with respect to liability issues. 22 I. BACKGROUND 23 Beginning in March 2020, COVID-19 began to spread rapidly throughout the United 24 …