Date: 04-22-2024

Case Style:

Armida Ruelas, et al. v. County of Alameda

Case Number: Not availableli

Judge: Not Available

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Alameda County)

Plaintiff's Attorney:

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Defendant's Attorney: Cortlin H. Lannin, Isaac D. Chaput, Adam Z.Margulies, Eric C. Bosset and Kevin F. King

Description:

Oakland, California civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant claiming that they were wrongfully not paid for work performed by them for working in the kitchen preparing meals for the county jail population and staff under and agreement between the county and a private contractor.

nmates at the Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County work
in the kitchen preparing meals for the county jail population and
staff under an agreement between the county and a private
contractor. They are not paid for their labor. A group of
nonconvicted individuals who were performing this labor while
detained at the jail sued the county and the private contractor
in federal court for failing to pay minimum wage and overtime.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has
asked us to decide whether nonconvicted incarcerated
individuals working in a county jail for a private company have
a claim for minimum wage and overtime under California law

Outcome: On certified question of law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The answer was no.

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