Williams v. City of Berkeley

Filing 19

ORDER TO FILE MOTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT OF FLSA CLAIMS Re: Dkt. No. 18 . Signed by Judge Nathanael Cousins on 12/5/2014. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/5/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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11 JAMAL WILLIAMS,

Case No. 14-cv-01830 NC

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ORDER TO FILE MOTION
REGARDING APPROVAL OF
SETTLEMENT OF FLSA CLAIMS

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Plaintiff,
v.

14 CITY OF BERKELEY,
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Re: Dkt. No. 18

Defendant.

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This action was commenced in the Alameda County Superior Court. See Dkt. Nos.

18 1; 1-1 at 2. The City of Berkeley removed the action to this Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1331
19 and 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) on the basis that plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint contains
20 claims for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 207 and 211.
21 See Dkt. Nos. 1; 1-1 at 30. The case settled as a result of an Early Neutral Evaluation. See
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On December 4, 2014, the parties filed a stipulation purporting to dismiss the action

24 with prejudice. Dkt. No. 18. However, dismissal is premature because an employee’s
25 claims under the FLSA are nonwaivable and may not be settled without supervision of
26 either the Secretary of Labor or a district court. See Yue Zhou v. Wang’s Restaurant, No.
27 05-cv-0279 PVT, 2007 WL 2298046, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 8, 2007) (citing Barrentine v.
28 Ark.-Best Freight Sys., Inc., 450 U.S. 728, 740 (1981); Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United
Case No. 14-cv-01830 NC
ORDER TO FILE MOTION FOR
SETTLEMENT APPROVAL

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IT IS SO OR
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Date: Decem
mber 5, 2014
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Nath
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Magistrate J
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Case No. 14-cv-0183 NC
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ORDER TO FILE MOTION FO
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