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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HAROLD C. ROBINSON, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

OPEN TOP SIGHTSEEING SAN 

FRANCISCO, LLC, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 14-cv-0852-PJH 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO ADD 

PROPOSED CLASS 

REPRESENTATIVE 

 Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to add proposed class representative 

Lawrence Muse. Based on the arguments made in the motion, and on the fact that 

defendant does not oppose the motion, the court GRANTS plaintiff’s motion to add 

Lawrence Muse as a representative of the putative class. 

 Plaintiff also filed a reply, in which he requested that the court “not preclude the 

new class representative from pursuing his claims for injunctive relief on a classwide 

basis under Rule 23(b)(3).” Plaintiff’s reply goes on to cite several district court cases 

allowing a class to seek injunctive relief under Rule 23(b)(3). 

 The court finds that plaintiff’s request was not properly raised, given that it was first 

raised in his reply brief, and thus declines to issue any ruling regarding the propriety of 

seeking injunctive relief under Rule 23(b)(3). The court instead directs the parties to 

meet and confer on the issue, and if they are unable to reach a resolution, plaintiff may 

seek leave to file a motion on the issue. As it stands now, the court will treat plaintiff’s 

current motion for class certification as seeking certification under Rule 23(b)(3) based on 

only a damages theory. 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

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