Orozco v. CWS Amsterdam Ave, Inc
- Vincent Briccetti
- 7:21-cv-01902
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Orozco v. CWS Amsterdam Ave, Inc., Judge Briccetti ordered counsel to seek approval of an agreed FLSA settlement in principle.
The plaintiff, the named defendants, and the people included in the proposed similarly situated group are affected by the required settlement-approval process.
What happened
Orozco v. CWS Amsterdam Ave, Inc. is a wage case brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act by Jonathan Cardenas Orozco for himself and similarly situated people. The opinion says the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court required the lawyers to submit an application seeking approval of the settlement by June 21, 2021. The order does not say that the court approved the settlement or enter a final judgment.
Judge Vincent L. Briccetti issued the order on May 20, 2021, directing the submission under the approval process required by the cited Second Circuit decision.
The detailed version
- Orozco v. CWS Amsterdam Ave, Inc · No. 7:21-cv-01902
- Vincent Briccetti
- May 20, 2021
Background
Jonathan Cardenas Orozco brought this Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) case on behalf of himself and other similarly situated people against CWS Amsterdam Ave, Inc., CWS Yonkers, Inc., CWS Yonkers 2, Inc., Ahmed Amin, Tony De Desisso, and Md R Chowdhury. The opinion states that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
Order
The court ordered counsel to submit an application for approval of the settlement by June 21, 2021. The order cites the Second Circuit's requirement that FLSA settlements receive court approval. The opinion does not state that the court approved the settlement, dismissed the case, or entered judgment.
Effect
This is a procedural order concerning the proposed settlement-approval process. Judge Vincent L. Briccetti required the parties' counsel to take the next step of submitting the approval application; the order did not decide the underlying wage claims.
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