Peterson et al v. Disaster Restoration Squad, Inc. et al, No. 2:2013cv00402 - Document 24 (M.D. Fla. 2014)
Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER granting 22 Motion for Approval of FLSA Settlement; adopting and incorporating 23 Report and Recommendations; approving settlement as fair and reasonable. The Clerk shall enter judgment dismissing the case with prejudice, terminate all deadlines, and close the file. Signed by Judge John E. Steele on 1/10/2014. (RKR)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION MICHAEL PETERSON and STACY GREEN Plaintiffs, v. Case No: 2:13-cv-402-FtM-29DNF DISASTER RESTORATION SQUAD, INC., a Florida profit corporation, CUSTOM PLASTERING & STUCCO, INC., a Florida profit corporation, and ROBERT S. MILLIKEN, an individual, Defendants. OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on consideration of the Magistrate Judge s Report and Recommendation (Doc. #23), filed December 5, 2013, recommending that the parties' Joint Motion for Approval of FLSA Settlement Agreement (Doc. #22) be granted, the Settlement Agreements (Docs. ## 22-1, 22-2) be approved as fair and reasonable, and the case be dismissed. No objections have been filed and the deadline to object has expired. After conducting a careful and complete review of the findings and recommendations, a district judge may accept, reject or modify the magistrate judge s report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. ยง 636(b)(1); United States v. Powell, 628 F.3d 1254, 1256 (11th Cir. 2010). The district judge reviews legal conclusions de novo, even in the absence of an objection. See Cooper-Houston v. Southern Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994). After a careful and complete review of the findings and recommendations, as well as the record in this case, the Court accepts and adopts the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is now ORDERED: 1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. #23) is hereby ACCEPTED and ADOPTED and the findings incorporated herein. 2. The parties' Joint Motion for Approval of FLSA Settlement Agreement (Doc. #22) is granted, and the Settlement Agreements (Docs. ## 22-1, 22-2) are approved as fair and reasonable. 3. The Clerk shall enter judgment dismissing the case with prejudice, terminate all deadlines as moot, and close the file. DONE and ORDERED at Fort Myers, Florida, this of January, 2014. Copies: Hon. Douglas N. Frazier All Parties of Record - 2 - 10th day
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