Manes v. Gettings Productions, Inc.

Filing 23

ORDER granting 20 Motion for Settlement; adopting 21 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. on 5/23/2017. (VMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
JASON MANES,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 6:17-cv-40-Orl-37GJK

GETTINGS PRODUCTIONS, INC.,
Defendant.
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ORDER
Plaintiff initiated this action against his former employer, alleging that it failed to
pay him overtime and minimum wage compensation in violation of: (1) the Fair Labor
Standards Act (“FLSA”); and (2) the Florida Minimum Wage Act. (Doc. 1.) On
April 6, 2017, Defendant notified the Court that the parties had agreed to “a full and final
settlement” of this action. (Doc. 16.) Thereafter, the parties jointly moved for approval of
their operative settlement agreement pursuant to Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United States
ex rel. United States Department of Labor, 679 F.2d 1350 (11th Cir. 1982). (Doc. 20, pp. 1–8
(“Motion”); see also id. at 9–29 (“Agreement”).) On referral, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Gregory J. Kelly recommended that the Court grant the Motion and approve the
Agreement (Doc. 21 (“R&R”)), and, thereafter, the parties filed a joint notice of no
objection (Doc. 22).
In his R&R, Magistrate Judge Kelly concludes that under the Agreement: (1) the
amount Plaintiff will receive as unpaid wages, overtime wages, liquidated damages, and
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interest (“Settlement Amount”) is fair and reasonable; and (2) the amount Plaintiff’s
counsel will receive as attorney fees and costs (“Fee”) is fair and reasonable, given the
parties’ representation that the Fee was negotiated separately from the Settlement
Amount. (Doc. 21, pp. 5–6.)
Absent objections, the Court has examined the R&R for clear error. See Wiand v.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. 8:12-cv-557-T-27EAJ, 2016 WL 355490, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 28,
2016); see also Marcort v. Prem, Inc., 208 F. App’x 781, 784 (11th Cir. 2006). Finding none,
the Court concludes that the R&R is due to be adopted in its entirety.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Gregory J. Kelly’s Report and Recommendation
(Doc. 21) is ADOPTED, CONFIRMED, and made a part of this Order.

2.

The parties’ Joint Motion for Approval of the Revised FLSA Settlement and
Incorporated Memorandum of Law (Doc. 20, pp. 1–8) is GRANTED.

3.

The parties’ operative Settlement Agreement (Doc. 20, pp. 9–29) is
APPROVED.

4.

This action is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

5.

The Clerk is DIRECTED to close the file.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Orlando, Florida, on May 23, 2017.

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Copies to:
Counsel of Record

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