Chavez Melchor v. 228 Bleecker LLC
- Katharine Parker
- 1:18-cv-10527
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Chavez Melchor v. 28 Bleecker LLC, Judge Parker directed the parties to report settlement and submit any proposed agreement for review.
Jorge Chavez Melchor, the other named defendants, and the people he seeks to represent as similarly situated plaintiffs.
What happened
Chavez Melchor v. 28 Bleecker LLC concerns Jorge Chavez Melchor’s lawsuit brought individually and for others similarly situated. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims in detail.
The court directed the parties to file a joint letter by December 20, 2019, stating whether they had settled the action. The opinion does not say that the parties had settled.
Judge Katharine H. Parker further directed that, if the parties had settled, they submit the proposed settlement for court approval under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This order did not decide the merits of the lawsuit.
The detailed version
- Chavez Melchor v. 228 Bleecker LLC · No. 1:18-cv-10527
- Katharine Parker
- Dec. 13, 2019
Background
Jorge Chavez Melchor sued 28 Bleecker LLC and other defendants, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated. The opinion provides no further detail about the claims or the parties’ factual positions.
Order
The court directed the parties to file a joint letter by December 20, 2019, advising whether they had settled the action. If they had settled, the court directed them to submit the proposed settlement for approval under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The order cited Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc. for the requirement of judicial fairness review of Fair Labor Standards Act settlements.
Disposition
The court entered an order scheduling a settlement conference and issued the reporting and settlement-submission directives described above. It did not resolve the merits of the action or state that the parties had reached a settlement. Judge Katharine H. Parker signed the order.
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