Sampson Brown v. Body & Soul Services Inc et al

Filing 26

ORDER adopting 25 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. IT IS ORDERED that 16 Motion to Conditionally Certify FSLA Collective Action Classes and to Facilitate Notice is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties file a joint or unopposed motion for approval of notices and opt-in-forms, within 14 days. Defendants shall provide Plaintiff with the names and mailing addresses for the prospective members of the collective action classes within the same period of time. Signed by Judge Robert G James on 5/18/2017. (crt,Crawford, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
MONROE DIVISION

MARGARITE SAMPSON BROWN, on
behalf of herself and all those similarly
situated

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-0824

VERSUS

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JUDGE ROBERT G. JAMES

BODY & SOUL SERVICES, INC. ,
DERENDA FLOWERS, AND SHEILA
GREEN

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MAG. JUDGE KAREN L. HAYES

ORDER
The Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge having been considered, no
objections thereto having been filed, and finding that same is supported by the law and the record
in this matter,
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s “Motion to Conditionally Certify FLSA Collective
Action Classes and to Facilitate Notice Under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b)” is GRANTED IN PART and
DENIED IN PART, as set forth in the Report and Recommendation. To the extent that Plaintiff
moves to certify the two FLSA collective actions, the motion is GRANTED. However, the Late
Payment Class is subject to the temporal limitation proposed by Defendants.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, within 14 days from entry of this order, the parties
shall file a joint or unopposed motion for approval of notices and opt-in forms. Within that same
period, Defendants shall provide Plaintiff with the names and mailing addresses for the
prospective members of the collective action classes.

MONROE, LOUISIANA, this 17th day of May, 2017.