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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

German Vasquez, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

China Delight Restaurant, et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 06-00708 JW 

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS'

MOTION TO DISMISS

German Lainez Vasques (“Vasquez”) and Rosa Cruz (“Cruz”), filed this action against

Willie Huang (“Huang”) and China Delight Restaurant (collectively, “Defendants”) for violations of

the Fair Labor Standard Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and other state law claims. The

full background and factual allegations of this case may be found in the Court's September 28, 2006

Order denying the Defendants' motion to dismiss. (hereafter, "September 28 Order," Docket Item

No. 26.)

In its September 28 Order, the Court denied Defendants' motion to dismiss without prejudice

to be renewed after full disclosure of the relevant copies of Defendants' tax returns. Defendants

have now disclosed the tax returns for the years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2005 and move to dismiss

Plaintiffs' Complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (hereafter, "Motion," Docket Item No.

28.) Plaintiffs have filed a statement of non-opposition to Defendants' motion. (See Docket Item

No. 33.) The Court found it appropriate to take the motion under submission without oral

arguments. See Civ. L. R. 7-1(b). 

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Plaintiffs allege that Defendants violated the Fair Labor Standard Act by failing to pay them

minimum wage and overtime during their employment in the years of 2001 to 2005. The FLSA

requires payment of minimum wage and overtime, prohibits child labor, and applies to every

enterprise that

1) has employees who in any workweek are engaged in commerce or in the production

of goods for commerce, or that has employees handling, selling or otherwise working

on goods or materials that have been moved in or produced for commerce by any

person; and

2) whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is not less than $500,000.

29 U.S.C. §§ 203, 206-07. Upon the Court's order, Defendants have submitted clear and convincing

evidence of their annual gross volume sales for the years 2001 to 2005. Defendants Schedule Cs, as

submitted to the Internal Revenue Service under penalty of perjury, show annual gross income of

less than $300,000. (Motion, Ex. D.) Since the FLSA is applicable to enterprises with gross volume

sales of $500,000 or greater, the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction of this action. 

In light of this evidence, and Plaintiffs' non-opposition to the motion, the Court GRANTS

Defendants' motion to dismiss with prejudice with respect to Plaintiffs' Fair Labor Standard Act

claim (Claim 2). The Court declines to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' state law

claims. These claims are dismissed without prejudice and Plaintiffs may refile them in the state

court.

Dated: November 21, 2006 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Adam Wang waqw@sbcglobal.net

Haeyoung Lee HYLLAW@AOL.COM

Dated: November 21, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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