Ruffin, Jr. et al v. Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC et al

Filing 208

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, Given that no objection to the R&R has been filed, and the deadline to do so has passed, the Court need only conduct a clear error review. Now, having reviewed the R&R in accord with the standard, the Court is satisfied that there is no clear error on the face of the record. Therefore, the Court adopts it, and its modification of the settlement agreement, in its entirety as the opinion of the Court. For the foregoing reasons, the parties' proposed settlement agreement, including attorney's fees, is approved, incorporating the modifications set forth in the R&R. The parties are directed to submit, for the Court's consideration and entry, a revised stipulation and order of dismissal. (Ordered by Judge Eric N. Vitaliano on 4/19/2016) c/m (Galeano, Sonia)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

MATT RAVENELL, individually and on behalf of
all other persons similarly situated, et al..
Plaintiffs,

OFRc,.
MEMORANDUM & ORDER

08-cv-2113(ENV) (SMG)

-againstAVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC., AVIS BUDGET
CAR RENTAL, LLC and AVIS RENT A CAR
SYSTEM, LLC,
Defendants.

FREDERICK RUFFIN, JR. and LORETTA

DONATELLI, individually and on behalf of all other
persons similarly situated, et al..

15-CV-3618 (ENV) (SMG)

Plaintiffs,

-against-

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC and AVIS
RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC,
Defendants.

VITALIANO, D.J.

On July 17,2015, the parties in these two FLSA actions sought by motion approval of a
settlement agreement that would resolve both cases. On January 22,2016, the application was
referred to Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold for a Report and Recommendation ("R&R")- The
R&R issued on March 14,2016. The March 31,2016 deadline for objections, clearly announced

in the R«&R, has passed without thefiling of any written objection. Nor has any been filed since.
Discussion

At the heart of his analysis. Judge Gold found thatthe proposed $7.8 million settlement

/s/ ERIC N. VITALIANO