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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Denial of Overtime Compensation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Allyson Kesley, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

Entertainment U.S.A., Inc., d/b/a Christie’s 

Cabaret, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-14-01105-PHX-NVW

ORDER 

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ oral motion, made in conference yesterday, for leave 

to amend their Complaint by naming one or more additional representatives for the 

conditionally certified Fair Labor Standards Act collective (see Doc. 92) and the 

proposed Rule 23 class (see Doc. 154). The only current representative—La’Shaunta 

Cooper—is not a suitable representative because she has not filed tax returns for the last 

six years. (Doc. 164-2 at 7.) 

The original deadline for amending pleadings was June 19, 2015. (Doc. 145 at 1.) 

But leave to amend should be freely given when justice so requires. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

15(a)(2). Here, the amendment would merely substitute representatives for an alreadyexisting collective and an already-proposed class, so Defendants would suffer little 

prejudice. Further, the need for amendment was discovered as the case developed, so 

Plaintiffs’ diligence is not in question. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ oral motion for leave to amend 

their Complaint by naming one or more additional representatives for the conditionally 

certified collective and the proposed class is granted. Plaintiffs shall file the further 

amended complaint by October 9, 2015. 

Dated this 2nd day of October, 2015. 

Neil V. Wake

United States District Judge

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