Estes v. Vanderpool Construction and Roofing, Inc. et al (TWP1)

Filing 18

ORDER ACCEPTING IN WHOLE Report and Recommendations re 16 Report and Recommendations and GRANTING parties 11 Joint Motion for Court Approval of Parties Settlement of Wage Claims and Dismissal With Prejudice. The Clerk is DIRECTED to close this case. Signed by District Judge Thomas W Phillips on 8/15/2018. (MDG)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE

WILLIAM ESTES,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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VANDERPOOL CONSTRUCTION AND
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ROOFING, INC., and BILL VANDERPOOL, )
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Defendants.
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No. 2:17-CV-58
Judge Phillips

ORDER
This Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) case is before the Court for consideration
of the joint motion for approval of the settlement agreement [Doc. 11] between plaintiff
and defendant Bill Vanderpool. After referral, United States Magistrate Judge Clifton L.
Corker issued a thorough Report and Recommendation on July 30, 2018, in which he
recommended that the settlement agreement be approved. No objections to the Report and
Recommendation were filed and the time for doing so has passed. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1);
Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(2).
Having carefully reviewed the joint motion, the proposed Settlement Agreement,
and Magistrate Judge Corker’s Report and Recommendation, the Court concludes that the
terms of the proposed agreement are fair and reasonable resolutions of a bona fide dispute
over FLSA provisions. Accordingly, the Court ACCEPTS IN WHOLE the Report and
Recommendation [Doc. 16] under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), which
the Court adopts and incorporates into its ruling. The parties’ Joint Motion for Court

Approval of Parties’ Settlement of Wage Claims and Dismissal With Prejudice [Doc. 11]
is GRANTED. All claims are DISMISSED with prejudice. The Clerk is DIRECTED
to close this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/ Thomas W. Phillips
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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