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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

REQUEST FOR BRIEFING RE

TRANSPORTATION WORKERS 

EXEMPTION TO THE

FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT

In Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105, 119 (2001), the Supreme Court held

that Section 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act exempts contracts of employment of transportation

workers from the coverage of that act. It appears that plaintiff, as well as the possible members

of the conditionally-certified collective, would be transportation workers within the meaning of

that exemption. Nevertheless, both sides briefed defendants’ motion to compel arbitration

under the presumption that the FAA applied. By OCTOBER 27 AT NOON, both sides shall

submit briefs NOT TO EXCEED TEN PAGES, addressing whether the transportation workers

exemption applies in this case and, if so, what the implications of its application are.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 22, 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:14-cv-05003-WHA Document 91 Filed 10/22/15 Page 1 of 1