Montalvo v. Fig & Olive Founders LLC

District Court, S.D. New York

Montalvo v. Fig & Olive Founders LLC

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DATE FILED: 10/30/2 020 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------- X ALBERTO MONTALVO, DANIEL HURTADO, : FREDY RAMIREZ, JOSE RICARDO LOPEZ, : MARIO VARGAS, MAURICIO SANTOS, : VICTOR HUGO SERRANO, ON BEHALF OF : THEMSELVES, FLSA COLLECTIVE : PLAINTIFFS, AND THE CLASS, : : Plaintiffs, : 20-CV-1603 (VEC) : -against- : ORDER : : FIG & OLIVE FOUNDERS LLC, FIG & OLIVE : INC. DOING BUSINESS AS FIG & OLIVE : UPTOWN, : : Defendants. : -------------------------------------------------------------- X VALERIE CAPRONI, United States District Judge: WHEREAS on February 24, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and related state law claims, Dkt. 1; and WHEREAS on October 30, 2020, Plaintiffs filed a notice of voluntary dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), Dkt. 47; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs must inform the Court by no later than Friday, November 6, 2020, whether the parties have entered in a settlement agreement to resolve Plaintiffs claims. If the parties have settled, the Court may not dismiss this action unless the settlement agreement has been approved by either the Court or the Department of Labor (DOL). See Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc.,

796 F.3d 199, 206

(2d Cir. 2015). If the parties have not entered into a settlement agreement, Plaintiffs’ counsel must submit a sworn affidavit that his clients have agreed to dismiss the case without settlement and that counsel has informed his clients that they have the right to retain another attorney and refile the case.

SO ORDERED. « -

Date: October 30, 2020 VALERIE CAPRONI New York, New York United States District Judge

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