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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Apr. 22, 2020

Rivera v. Palillo

Judge
Sarah Netburn
Docket
1:19-cv-10533
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
FlsaCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Rivera v. Palillo, Judge Netburn ordered the parties to submit their Fair Labor Standards Act settlement for fairness review by April 27, 2020.

Who this affects

The parties to Rivera v. Palillo, including Lauren Rivera and Michael Palillo, and any other defendants identified by the case caption.

What happened

Rivera v. Palillo concerns the parties’ settlement under the Fair Labor Standards Act. On April 2, 2020, the parties agreed that Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn would review whether the settlement was fair.

The order instructed the parties to submit their signed settlement agreement to the court by April 27, 2020. It stated that the agreement would be filed publicly unless a party showed a valid basis for sealing it.

Judge Sarah Netburn did not approve or reject the settlement in this order. She directed the parties to submit it for review and entered the order on April 22, 2020.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Rivera v. Palillo · No. 1:19-cv-10533
Judge
Sarah Netburn
Date
Apr. 22, 2020

Background

The parties consented on April 2, 2020, to Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn’s jurisdiction for the limited purpose of reviewing the fairness of their Fair Labor Standards Act settlement.

Court’s Order

The court instructed the parties to file the executed settlement agreement for review no later than April 27, 2020. The agreement was to be filed publicly through the court’s electronic filing system unless a party established a basis for sealing it under the standard identified in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 2006).

Disposition

This order directed submission of the settlement agreement; it did not state whether the settlement was fair or approve or reject the settlement.

The authoritative version

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