Mobley v. Workday, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
DEREK MOBLEY,
Plaintiff,
v.
WORKDAY, INC.,
Defendant.
Case No. 23-cv-00770-RFL
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
STAY
Re: Dkt. Nos. 209, 213
Workday seeks to stay the notice process in this action on the grounds that the Supreme
Court is considering petitions for certiorari in two unrelated cases that seek clarification
regarding the standard that governs notice in an ADEA collective action. Workday states that
the Supreme Court “is likely to grant certiorari” and if it does, “there is more than a fair
probability the Court will overturn the Ninth Circuit’s ‘lenient standard’” which the Court has
applied in this case. (Dkt. No. 209 at 5.) The Court, in its discretion, declines to stay the notice
process. The harm that Workday describes is speculative at this stage, given the chain of events
that would need to occur in unrelated cases before it would be necessary to reassess the notice
process in this case. On the other hand, Plaintiffs have expended significant resources to
maintain this action, and would be harmed by the lengthy delay that Workday seeks to impose.
The Motion to Stay is DENIED. Workday’s Emergency Motion to Shorten Time for Briefing
(Dkt. No. 213) is DENIED AS MOOT.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 5, 2025
RITA F. LIN
United States District Judge
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