In Gittens v. The School Board of Lee County, Florida, No. 2:16-CV-412, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115987 (M.D. Fla. July 7, 2017), Plaintiffs brought suit against their employer, the School Board of Lee County, Florida ("School District"), alleging that the School District discriminated against them on the basis of their race, i.e., African-American. After Plaintiffs moved for class certification, Judge Mac R. McCoy of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied their motion, finding that Plaintiffs "fail[ed] to provide the necessary glue to hold the putative class claims together under [the] commonality analysis," that was set forth in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 564 U.S. 338 (2011). Id. at *34.
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