A Boston federal judge has called the question of whether two plaintiffs are illegal aliens “irrelevant” to their Fair Labor Standards Act claims about unpaid wages and their “suitability” to lead a class.
On March 23, Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. of the District of Massachusetts issued an order in Lin v. Chinatown Restaurant Corp. denying the defendants’ motion to compel the plaintiffs to respond to written discovery about their immigration status. O’Toole also granted the plaintiffs’ motion to compel Brockton, Mass.-based Chinatown Restaurant to respond to its written discovery questions about potential class members.
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