Cariene Cadena v. Customer Connexx LLC

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CARIENE CADENA; ANDREW No. 23-15820 GONZALES, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-00233- Plaintiffs-Appellants, APG-DJA v.

CUSTOMER CONNEXX LLC; OPINION

JANONE, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 12, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed July 10, 2024

Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Michael T. Liburdi, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

* The Honorable Michael T. Liburdi, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Labor Law

The panel reversed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Customer Connexx LLC, the defendant in an action brought by a certified collective of call-center workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act for failing to pay overtime wages, and remanded for further proceedings. The workers alleged…