Johnson v. Frac Tech Services Ltd
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ORDER, with respect to 2 NOTICE of Related Case; Case Number 4:09-cv-679-JLH, this Court will defer to Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes with respect to whether judicial economy requires that the two cases proceed before a single Judge & thus should be consolidated. Signed by Judge Susan Webber Wright on 12/22/09. (jct)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS WESTERN DIVISION MARKIBA JOHNSON, RICK ABBOTT, TIMOTHY DEAL, JAMES HALL, JUAN LERMA, RICHARD PEARSON, MICHAEL POPE and TREVOR POWELL, EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, Plaintiffs, vs. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
No. 4:09cv00739 SWW
FRAC TECH SERVICES, LTD., Defendant.
ORDER Plaintiffs bring this collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., against defendant Frac Tech Services, LTD (Frac Tech), on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all other Frac Tech employees, whether past, present or future, who are classified as hourly employees and non-exempt from the overtime requirements of the FLSA. With respect to the Notice of a Related Case [doc.#2] earlier filed by plaintiffs reporting that this case is related to another case currently pending before Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes, Smith v. Frac Tech Services, Ltd, 4:09cv00679 JLH (E.D. Ark), this Court, by Order entered December 7, 2009 [doc.#35], directed that plaintiffs and Frac Tech each file a pleading addressing whether, as claimed by plaintiffs, judicial economy requires that the two cases proceed before a single judge. Plaintiffs and Frac Tech both responded to the Court's Order, with plaintiffs noting that they have filed a motion to consolidate in Smith v. Frac Tech Services, Ltd, 4:09cv00679 JLH (E.D.
Ark). Accordingly, this Court will defer to Chief Judge Holmes with respect to whether judicial economy requires that the two cases proceed before a single judge and thus should be consolidated.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 22nd day of December 2009. /s/Susan Webber Wright UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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