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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Nov. 9, 2020

Roberts v. M. Falanga Trucking, LLC

Judge
Vincent Briccetti
Docket
7:20-cv-05854
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
FlsaCivil Procedure
In one sentence

In Roberts v. M. Falanga Trucking, Judge Briccetti ordered the parties to submit their agreed settlement for court approval.

Who this affects

The order affects plaintiff Anthony Roberts and defendants Margaret Falanga, Anthony Falanga, Sr., M. Falanga Trucking, LLC, and Anthony Falanga, Jr., by requiring them to submit their settlement agreement for court approval.

What happened

In Roberts v. M. Falanga Trucking, the court said the parties in this Fair Labor Standards Act case had reached an agreement on all issues.

The court directed the parties to submit their settlement agreement for judicial approval by December 9, 2020. The opinion says this approval was required under Second Circuit precedent.

Judge Vincent L. Briccetti entered the order on November 9, 2020; the opinion does not say that the court had approved the settlement.

The detailed version

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

Case
Roberts v. M. Falanga Trucking, LLC · No. 7:20-cv-05854
Judge
Vincent Briccetti
Date
Nov. 9, 2020

Background

Anthony Roberts brought this Fair Labor Standards Act case against Margaret Falanga, Anthony Falanga, Sr., M. Falanga Trucking, LLC, and Anthony Falanga, Jr. The court stated that it had been advised that the parties had reached agreement on all issues.

Court’s Action

The court ordered the parties to submit a settlement agreement for the court’s approval by December 9, 2020. The order stated that court approval was required under Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., a Second Circuit decision.

Result

Judge Vincent L. Briccetti issued the order on November 9, 2020. The opinion directed submission of the settlement agreement but does not state that the court approved it.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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