Griego

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRANDAN GRIEGO, Case No.: 20cv401-L-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION FOR CLASS

CERTIFICATION AND DENYING

WAL-MART STORES, INC. et al.,

PLAINTIFF’S EX PARTE MOTION

Defendants. TO RECONSIDER

16 (ECF Nos. 55, 77)

Pending before the Court are Plaintiff Brandan Griego’s motion for class certification (ECF No. 55) and his ex parte motion to reconsider (ECF No. 77). The Court decides the matters on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Civ. L. R. 7.1(d)(1). For the reasons stated below, the Court denies Plaintiff’s motion for class certification and denies his ex parte motion as moot. This action was transferred to this Court at Plaintiff’s request. (Pl.’s Mot. for Transfer and Reassignment Under Local Rule 40.1, ECF No. 82.) Plaintiff requested the transfer because a nearly identical case was already pending in this Court, Garcia v. Wal- Mart…