Nall v. Mal-Motels, Inc., et al., No. 12-13528 (11th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 207(a)(1), against her employer and subsequently settled the action without an attorney. Applying Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, the court concluded that the agreement between the parties was not made under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor, so it was valid only if the district court entered a "stipulated judgment" approving it. In this case, the district court did enter a judgment but it was not a stipulated one. Accordingly, the district court should not have granted the opposed motion to approve and enforce the settlement agreement and dismissed the complaint. Accordingly, the court vacated and remanded for further proceedings.
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