Hall v. Inmate Services Corporation

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS NORTHERN DIVISION CHRISTINA HALL, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated PLAINTIFF No. 3:18-cv-235-DPM INMATE SERVICES CORPORATION; and RANDY CAGLE, JR. DEFENDANTS DAVID DILLARD and NICOLAS WILLIAMS PLAINTIFFS Vv. No. 2:19-cv-150-DPM INMATE SERVICES CORPORATION; and RANDY CAGLE, JR. DEFENDANTS ORDER Joint motion, Doc. 90, granted. The proposed settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate. Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1353 (11th Cir. 1982); see also Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC, 927 F.3d 1024, 1027 (8th Cir. 2019); Melgar v. OK Foods, 902 F.3d 775,779 (8th Cir. 2018). It reflects a good-faith compromise of a particularly tangled dispute over wages. And the attorney’s fee was negotiated after the merits were resolved and separately. Compare Vines v. Welspun Pipes Inc., 2021 WL 3640219, at *3 (8th Cir. 18 August 2021). The Court will dismiss the complaint with prejudice and retain jurisdiction to enforce the settlement.

So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge Uvemlu aoa!

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