Key v. Fugitt et al

Filing 13

ORDER denying the 12 Stipulation and request for approval for settlement and entry of consent judgment. Signed by Judge B. Avant Edenfield on 10/22/14. (wwp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
STATESBORO DIVISION
RAMIE KEY,

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Plaintiff,
V.

CHARLES FUGITT and
CHRISTOPHER KIGHT,

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Defendants.
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Plaintiff Ramie Key and Defendant Charles Fugitt have proposed that the Court enter a consent
judgment on the terms of their settlement, ECF No. 12. District courts in this circuit are to approve
only those settlements that "'[are] fair, adequate and reasonable and [are] not the product of collusion
between the parties." Bennett v, Behring Corp., 737 F.2d 982, 986 (11th Cir. 1984) (quoting Cotton v.
Hinton, 559 F.2d 1326, 1330 (5th Cir. 1977)); see also In re Smith, 926 F.2d 1027, 1028-29 (11th Cir.
1991). On the meager record before it, the Court cannot find that the settlement is fair, adequate, and
reasonable. Therefore, the Court declines to approve a consent judgment. The parties' request for
approval of the settlement and entry of the consent judgment, EC

No. 12, is DENIED.

Thelay of October 2014

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA