MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ v. ELKHORN PACKING CO. LLC

No. 19-17311.

17 F.4th 875 (2021)

Dario MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ, on behalf of himself and other aggrieved employees, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELKHORN PACKING CO. LLC; D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina Silva (argued), Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud Romo, La Jolla, California; Geoffrey F. Gega , Law Offices of Geoffrey Gega, Santa Ana, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Karla Gilbride (argued) and Rodolfo Padilla , Public Justice P.C., Washington, D.C.; Ana Vicente de Castro and Josephine B. Weinberg , California Rural Legal Assistance Inc., Salinas, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Bruce Goldstein , Iris Figueroa , and Gabriela Hybel , Farmworker Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Farmworker Justice.

Dissent by Judge RAWLINSON


OPINION

For three consecutive lettuce-harvesting seasons, Dario Martinez-Gonzalez worked as a farm laborer for Elkhorn Packing Company and D'Arrigo Brothers (collectively, "Elkhorn"). After quitting his job in the middle of the third season, Martinez-Gonzalez sued his former employers, alleging violations of federal...

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