Krumholz et al v. Associated Materials, LLC et al

Filing 29

REFERRAL ORDER - The pending 28 motion for conditional certification of a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket Entry 28) is hereby REFERRED to Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson pursuant to Rule 72(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for DECISION. So Ordered by Judge Joanna Seybert on 2/17/2015. C/ECF (Valle, Christine)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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EDWARD KRUMHOLZ, CAROLYN DEGREGORIO,
JAKUB DENIS, CARMEN FROLOFF, and
LOU VOLPE, individually and on
behalf of those individuals
similarly situated,

REFERRAL ORDER
14-CV-5371(JS)(AKT)

Plaintiffs,

-against-

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, LLC,
ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC.,
ALSIDE, INC., ALSIDE, ALSIDE
SUPPLY CENTER, ALSIDE N.Y. DISTRIB.
CORP., and JOHN DOES 1-12,
Defendants.
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APPEARANCES
For Plaintiffs:
Saul D. Zabell, Esq.
Zabell & Associates, P.C.
One Corporate Drive, Suite 103
Bohemia, NY 11716
For Defendants:

Brian Jeffrey Gershengorn, Esq.
Ogletree Deakins
1745 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10019

SEYBERT, District Judge:
The pending motion for conditional certification of a
collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (Docket Entry
28) is hereby REFERRED to Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson
pursuant to Rule 72(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for
DECISION.

See Summa v. Hofstra Univ., 715 F. Supp. 2d 378, 383-

84 (E.D.N.Y. 2010) (reviewing objections to a decision of a
magistrate judge granting conditional certification under Rule

72(a) because a motion seeking conditional class certification is
“only a preliminary determination[] and [is] not dispositive”
(alterations in original) (internal quotation marks and citations
omitted)).

SO ORDERED.
/s/ JOANNA SEYBERT______
Joanna Seybert, U.S.D.J.
Dated:

February
17 , 2015
Central Islip, NY