Filed: Nov. 27, 2018
Latest Update: Nov. 27, 2018
Summary: ORDER BRENDA K. SANNES , District Judge . Upon consideration of the joint stipulation for approval of settlement and dismissal of claims, (Dkt. No. 129), the unopposed motion for approval of the collective action settlement, (Dkt. No. 130), the supplemental letter brief requesting approval of attorneys' fees, (Dkt. No. 132), Plaintiffs' Lodestar calculation, (Dkt. No. 133-1), and Plaintiffs' attorneys' contemporaneous time records, (Dkt. No. 133-2; Dkt. No. 133-3), as well as the representa
Summary: ORDER BRENDA K. SANNES , District Judge . Upon consideration of the joint stipulation for approval of settlement and dismissal of claims, (Dkt. No. 129), the unopposed motion for approval of the collective action settlement, (Dkt. No. 130), the supplemental letter brief requesting approval of attorneys' fees, (Dkt. No. 132), Plaintiffs' Lodestar calculation, (Dkt. No. 133-1), and Plaintiffs' attorneys' contemporaneous time records, (Dkt. No. 133-2; Dkt. No. 133-3), as well as the representat..
More
ORDER
BRENDA K. SANNES, District Judge.
Upon consideration of the joint stipulation for approval of settlement and dismissal of claims, (Dkt. No. 129), the unopposed motion for approval of the collective action settlement, (Dkt. No. 130), the supplemental letter brief requesting approval of attorneys' fees, (Dkt. No. 132), Plaintiffs' Lodestar calculation, (Dkt. No. 133-1), and Plaintiffs' attorneys' contemporaneous time records, (Dkt. No. 133-2; Dkt. No. 133-3), as well as the representations by counsel at the November 1, 2018 and November 26, 2018 telephone conferences, (see November 1, 2018 and November 26, 2018 Minute Entries), and for the reasons stated at the November 26, 2018 telephone conference, it is hereby
ORDERED that the parties' settlement is approved as a fair and reasonable resolution of a bona fide dispute regarding unpaid wages under the FLSA and state laws; and it is further
ORDERED that the claims asserted by the Settling Plaintiffs in the Collective and Class Action Complaint are DISMISSED with prejudice; and it is further
ORDERED that the claims asserted by the Non-Participating Opt-in Plaintiffs, Angelisa Collins, Sharlyn McCray, Kathryn Long-Krueger, Jessica Seward, Carolyn Carlisle, Talib Abu-Sufyaan, Daniel Terri, Darryl E. King, Melvin Miller, and Peggy Young, are DISMISSED without prejudice; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court close this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
