Rivers v. Vaughn Urgent Care, LLC (JOINT ASSIGN)(MAG+)

Filing 24

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 5/19/2016. (wcl, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

LELA S. RIVERS,

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Plaintiff,
v.
VAUGHN URGENT CARE, LLC,
Defendant.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
2:14cv1172-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Plaintiff Lela Rivers, a nursing assistant, brought
an action against her former employer, defendant Vaughn
Urgent Care, LLC, alleging racial discrimination and
retaliation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII
of

the

Civil

Rights

Act

of

1964,

as

well

as

the

anti-retaliation provision of the Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 215(a)(3).
The parties have now settled the case, and filed a
joint stipulation of dismissal.

Following briefing by

the parties, the court is satisfied that Lynn’s Food
Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350 (11th Cir.

1982), which requires courts to review the fairness of
private
wages

settlements

and

liquidated

of

FLSA

claims

damages,

does

for
not

unpaid

back

require

such

review of settlements, like the one before the court,
involving only retaliation claims under FLSA (or other,
non-FLSA claims).

See McQuillan v. H.W. Lochner, Inc.,

2013

at

WL

6184063,

(Honeywell,

J.,

*3

(M.D.

adopting

Fla.

Nov.

recommendation

25,
of

2013)
Smith,

M.J.); Dorner v. Polsinelli, White, Vardeman & Shalton,
P.C., 856 F. Supp. 1483, 1489 (D. Kan. 1994) (O’Connor,
J.).
Judgment will be entered accordingly.
DONE, this the 19th day of May, 2016.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson____
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE