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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 15:2(a) Fair Labor Standards Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUAN SARAVIA, individually and on

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

 v.

DYNAMEX, INC., DYNAMEX FLEET

SERVICES, INC., DYNAMEX

OPERATIONS EAST, INC., and

DYNAMEX OPERATIONS WEST, INC.,

Defendants. /

No. C 14-05003 WHA

ORDER CLARIFYING

SCOPE OF CONDITIONALLY

CERTIFIED COLLECTIVE

ACTION

The conditionally-certified collective action is limited to drivers in California. The

certification order noted that this limitation avoided concerns that certain drivers had signed

agreements based on defendants’ 2013 template because that template had not rolled out in

California. Saravia only signed agreements based on earlier templates. Defendants have

explained that the 2013 template has rolled out to some drivers in California. Defendants now

seek clarification as to whether the collective action includes California drivers that are subject

to agreements based on the 2013 template.

Saravia is not similarly situated to drivers that only signed agreements based on a

substantially different template from the agreements he signed. Saravia remains similarly

situated to drivers that signed agreements based on the 2011 and 2012 templates, even if those

drivers have also signed agreements based on the 2013 template, at least as to the time period

for which they were subject to the earlier agreements. Accordingly, the conditionally-certified

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collective action must be limited to those drivers in California that signed agreements based on

the 2011 and 2012 templates. To be clear, the conditionally-certified collective action shall

include any driver that signed agreements based on the earlier templates, even if that driver later

signed an agreement based on the 2013 template.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 12, 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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