ESPINOZA PAGA v. BETA OPERATING COMPANY LLC (2019)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rigoberto ESPINOZA, as an aggrieved employee pursuant to the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BETA OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, dba Beta Offshore, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendant-Appellee.
Andre Jefferson, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Beta Operating Company, LLC, dba Beta Offshore, a Delaware limited liability company; Memorial Production Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 15-56819, No. 15-56856

Decided: September 05, 2019

Before: BEA and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and J. MOTZ, * District Judge.

Arnab Banerjee, Liana Carter, Esquire, Melissa Grant, Attorney, Raul Perez, Ryan Wu, Esquire, Capstone Law APC, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant George W. Abele, Esquire, Attorney, Chris Jalian, Attorney, Paul Hastings LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee

ORDER **

These appeals are submitted on the briefs. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). The judgments are vacated and the cases remanded to the district court for further consideration in light of Parker Drilling Mgmt. Servs., Ltd. v. Newton, ––– U.S. ––––, 139 S. Ct. 1881, 204 L.Ed.2d 165 (2019). Each party is to bear its own costs.

VACATED AND REMANDED.

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