Hill v. Aero-Marine Technologies, Inc.

Filing 25

ORDER adopting #24 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re #23 Joint MOTION for Settlement Approval and Memorandum of Law filed by David Hill. The Report and Recommendation #24 is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED and the findings incorporated herein. The Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement (Doc. 23) is GRANTED and the Settlement Agreement (Doc. 23 at 5-8) is APPROVED as a fair and reasonable resolution of the bona fide FLSA dispute. This action is DISMISSED with prejudice. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment accordingly, terminate any pending deadlines and motions, and close the file. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 8/16/2017. (LMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
DAVID HILL, individually, and on behalf
of all others similarly situated
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:17-cv-53-FtM-38MRM

AERO-MARINE TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.,
Defendant.
/
OPINION AND ORDER1
This matter comes before the Court on United States Magistrate Judge Mac R.
McCoy’s Report and Recommendation. (Doc. 24). Judge McCoy recommends granting
the parties’ Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement (Doc. 23) and approving the
Settlement Agreement (Doc. 23 at 5-8) as a fair and reasonable resolution of a bona fide
dispute under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The parties do not object to the
Report and Recommendation, and the time to do so has expired.
A district judge “may accept, reject, or modify in whole or in part, the findings or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The district
judge “shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified

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proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” Id. And “[t]he judge
may also receive further evidence or recommit the matter to the magistrate judge with
instructions.” Id.
After examining the file carefully and independently, and upon considering Judge
McCoy’s findings and recommendations, the Court accepts and adopts the Report and
Recommendation.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
(1) The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 24) is ACCEPTED and ADOPTED
and the findings incorporated herein.
(2) The Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement (Doc. 23) is GRANTED and the
Settlement Agreement (Doc. 23 at 5-8) is APPROVED as a fair and reasonable
resolution of the bona fide FLSA dispute.
(3) This action is DISMISSED with prejudice.
(4) The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment accordingly, terminate any pending
deadlines and motions, and close the file.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this 16th day of August 2017.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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