Franklin et al v. HCA Management Services LP et al

Filing 33

ORDER: The court determines that the 30 findings and conclusions of the magistrate judge are correct, and accepts them as those of the court. Accordingly, the court denies Plaintiffs' 20 Opposed Amended Motion to Conditionally Certify a Collective Action and to Issue Notice. (Ordered by Judge Sam A Lindsay on 1/13/2017) (sss)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
MARILYN FRANKLIN, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
HCA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, L.P.,
And COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER
OF LAS COLINAS,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 3:15-CV-3194-L

ORDER
Before the court is Plaintiffs’ Opposed Amended Motion to Conditionally Certify a
Collective Action and to Issue Notice, and Brief in Support Thereof, filed September 27, 2016.
On December 19, 2016, United States Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver entered the Findings,
Conclusions, and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (“Report”),
recommending that Plaintiffs’ motion be denied. On December 21, 2016, the court granted
Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Objections to the Report, and extended
the objection deadline to January 9, 2017. The deadline has passed, and no objections were filed
to the Report. Having reviewed the motion, record, Report, and applicable law, the court
determines that the findings and conclusions of the magistrate judge are correct, and accepts them
as those of the court. Accordingly, the court denies Plaintiffs’ Opposed Amended Motion to
Conditionally Certify a Collective Action and to Issue Notice.
It is so ordered this 13th day of January, 2017.

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Sam A. Lindsay
United States District Judge
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