Brown v. Pontus LLC et al

Filing 31

ORDERED that the parties are DIRECTED to file within twenty-one days from the date of this order either the proposed settlement agreement for this Court's review or a brief detailing why the parties should not have to file a proposed settlement for the Court's review. Signed by Judge William T. Moore, Jr on 12/19/18. (loh)

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SAVANNAH DIVISION

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DIXIE BROWN,
Plaintiff,
CASE NO. CV417-202

V.

PONTUS LLC and IVAYLO

DIMITRIV,
Defendants.

ORDER

Before

the

Court

is

the

parties'

Stipulation

of

Dismissal. (Doc. 30.) Typically, a plaintiff may dismiss an

action by filing "a stipulation of dismissal signed by all

parties

who

have

41(a)(1)(A)(ii).

appeared."

In

this

Fed.

case,

R.

of

however,

the

Civ.

P.

parties'

stipulation is improper at this time.

In her complaint. Plaintiff Brown brought suit seeking
damages arising from an alleged sexual assault, employment
discrimination under Tile VII of the Civil Rights Act, and
violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). (Doc.

10.)

Because

Plaintiff's

violations of the

proposed

complaint

sought

recovery

FLSA, this Court must first review

settlement

terms

before

properly dismissed. See Dees

v.

this

action

can

for
any

be

Hydradry, Inc., 706 F.

Supp. 2d 1227, 1231 (M.D. Fla. 2010) ("Although a private