Saquicela v. Sajid Contracting, Corp.
- Sarah Cave
- 1:23-cv-08318
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Saquicela v. Sajid Contracting, Judge Cave ordered the parties to provide more documents before deciding whether to approve their Fair Labor Standards Act settlement.
The parties to the proposed FLSA settlement, including Miguel Saquicela and Sajid Contracting, Corp., must supplement the settlement-approval motion with the requested documents.
What happened
Saquicela v. Sajid Contracting, Corp. concerns the parties’ request for court approval of a proposed settlement of Miguel Saquicela’s claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal wage law.
The court did not approve or reject the settlement in this order. Instead, it ordered the parties to supplement their request by April 25, 2025, with Saquicela’s retainer agreement and his lawyer’s contemporaneous billing records.
Judge Sarah L. Cave issued the order on April 22, 2025. The order requires additional information for the court’s review of the proposed settlement.
The detailed version
- Saquicela v. Sajid Contracting, Corp. · No. 1:23-cv-08318
- Sarah Cave
- Apr. 22, 2025
Background
The parties asked the court to approve their proposed settlement of Plaintiff Miguel Saquicela’s claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a federal law governing certain wages and working conditions. The order refers to the court’s review of the settlement under the process commonly called a Cheeks review.
Court’s Action
After reviewing the settlement-approval motion, the court ordered the parties to supplement it on or before April 25, 2025. They must provide two items: (1) Saquicela’s retainer agreement, which is the agreement governing his relationship with his lawyer, and (2) his counsel’s contemporaneous billing records, meaning records made at or near the time the legal work was performed.
Disposition
The order does not state that the court approved or rejected the proposed settlement. It requires additional materials before the court completes its review. Judge Sarah L. Cave issued the order on April 22, 2025.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.