Powell v. Lakeside Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

Filing 22

ORDER Granting 19 Motion to Approve Settlement; Adopting Report and Recommendations re 20 Report and Recommendations. This case is dismissed with prejudice. The Clerk is directed to close this case. Signed by Judge John Antoon II on 11/22/2011. (DJD)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
ROBERT ALLAN POWELL, JR. ON HIS
OWN BEHALF AND OTHERS
SIMILARLY SITUATED,
Plaintiffs,
-vs-

Case No. 6:11-cv-719-Orl-28GJK

LAKESIDE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTHCARE, INC.,
Defendant.
______________________________________

ORDER
This case is before the Court on the Joint Motion to Approve Settlement (Doc. No. 19)
filed November 8, 2011. The United States Magistrate Judge has submitted a report
recommending that the motion be granted.
After an independent de novo review of the record in this matter, and consideration
of the Joint Notice of Non-Objection to the Report and Recommendation (Doc. No. 21), the
Court agrees entirely with the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Report and
Recommendation. Therefore, it is ORDERED as follows:
1.

That the Report and Recommendation filed November 14, 2011 (Doc. No. 20)

is ADOPTED and CONFIRMED and made a part of this Order.
2.

The Joint Motion to Approve Settlement (Doc. No. 19) is GRANTED to the

extent that the Court finds the settlement to be a fair and reasonable resolution of a bona fide
dispute over Fair Labor Standard Act provisions.

3.

This case is dismissed with prejudice.

4.

The Clerk is directed to close this case.

DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida this __22nd___ day of
November, 2011.

Copies furnished to:
United States Magistrate Judge
Counsel of Record

-2-